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Atomate Welcomes Dr. Eric Wong as Principal Scientist

Simi Valley, CA – November 7, 2007 - Atomate Corporation announced that Dr. Eric Wong has been appointed as new Principal Scientist. Eric will be responsible for the R&D in electronic devices based on carbon nanotubes [CNT] and other nanoscale materials, and assisting Atomate customers with process development.

Eric has over 14 years of experience in nanotechnology, integrating exotic materials – such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and molecular switches – into nanoscale devices. While studying for his PhD at Harvard, Eric developed methods to grow various carbide nanowires, such as SiC for high strength applications. He has developed methods to pattern electrical contacts to individual nanotubes and to use conducting AFM to probe their electrical properties. He also used microfabrication techniques to clamp nanotubes and nanowires for nanomechanical AFM studies in low friction fluid environments. As a postdoc at the Jim Heath Group at UCLA (now Caltech) he developed memory devices based on electromechanical molecular switches.

At NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] he continued his nanotube research by integrating nanotubes and silicon nanowires into microelectrodes for applications, such as chemical sensing and RF electronics. While at NASA-JPL, Eric also gained extensive experience using Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for trace detection of organic compounds. He has used SERS to characterize structural changes in organic molecular switch monolayers during electrochemical switching. He developed nanofabrication methods to make SERS active periodic metal lattices that can be integrated into chip architectures such as for microfluidics.

Eric earned his Ph.D. at the world famous Charles Lieber Group at Harvard University. Eric’s excellence has been recognized with President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Followship at UCLA, Harvard Science Prize Fellowship at Harvard, and National Defense and Engineering Fellowship at Harvard. Dr. Wong has authored over 20 publications including 5 in the journals Science and Nature and has several patents.

“We are very excited that Eric Wong has joined Atomate," said Brian Hunt, VP of Advanced Research at Atomate. “His expertise will greatly speed our R&D efforts in nanoscale electronic devices!"

About Atomate Corporation:

Atomate Corporation develops complete systems, components, materials, and processes optimized for the synthesis of nanowires and nanotubes. The Atomate team is committed to working closely with customers to supply products that solve problems efficiently and economically. Atomate has solutions for research (complete systems and components to enhance existing systems) and production (complete systems with process development support). Atomate's mission is to develop products that enable the customer to focus their efforts on the science and manufacturing, not on the engineering or reliability of equipment. Additional information on Atomate can be found at http://www.atomate.com.