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...devices at the whim of a researcher has until this week been elusive. Because nanowires also have the ability to direct light, they have potential applications in “optoelectronic” devices, which use light instead of electricity to do computations. Agarwal, working with Professors David G. Grier ’84 at New York University and Hyman Professor of Chemistry Charles M. Lieber at Harvard, among others, found a way to cut, rotate, and fuse hundreds of nanowires in precise patterns. Agarwal’s discovery uses a mechanism called the Holographic Optical Trap, or HOT, invented...
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...best things we hear about Kodak is the quality of their service," says Scott Grier, a director at First Consulting Group who specializes in medical information technology. But here, again, old rivals are already a threat, while other technological powerhouses--GE, Phillips, McKesson and Siemens--have competing products and services...
That aha! has paid off. Soon afterward, in 2000, Grier co-founded Arryx, an optical-equipment company whose laser gear can grab, trap and move minute particles of just about anything. The firm expects to make a profit this year--impressive progress for a biotech start-up. Arryx is one of 29 "Technology Pioneers" chosen by the World Economic Forum, the Geneva-based nonprofit organization best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which opens this year on Jan. 26. Others on the pioneers list--including technologists in the fields of energy, biotech and information--have become entrepreneurs...
...Arryx, Grier and Dufresne's 16-trap breakthrough was so exciting that the University of Chicago, where they were based, showcased their work to Lewis Gruber, a biotech entrepreneur and patent lawyer. Within months, he had invested in the technology, and Arryx was born, with Gruber as chief executive. Grier, who is now a professor at New York University, is the company's chief scientific adviser. Grier and company have long since replaced the plastic with a liquid-crystal device, which they build into a small, box-shaped machine that you could call a cell catcher. The technology is used...