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Nano-Terra in Water Treatment Deal

Ryan McBride 4/1/09

Nano-Terra, a Cambridge, MA, nanotechnology research and development firm, has formed an alliance with Minneapolis-based multi-industry company Pentair (NYSE:PNR) to develop new surface materials for water treatment, according to a press release. Financial details of the alliance weren’t disclosed. Xconomy contributor Neil Savage wrote that Nano-Terra was founded by renown Harvard chemistry professor George Whitesides and others, and the startup has licensed more than 50 awarded and pending patents from Harvard related to the design and production of nanomaterials.

Ryan McBride is Xconomy's correspondent. You can reach him at rmcbride@xconomy.com, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Ryan_McBride.

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Water4US
6/3/09 12:15 am

Just found this. This will be a game changer as more treatment technologies veer towards nano tech, and with Pentairs distribution expertise this will be a winner in the coming years.