/innovation/taxonomy/term/72/all en /innovation/article/made-quebec/made-quebec-sky-limit-nanocrystals <p>“It’s like a Saturn V rocket, except it’s upside down.” Howard Fields is excited, and with good reason: things at <a href="http://anomera.ca">Anomera </a>are poised to takeoff, and in a big way.</p> <p>Anomera, for the uninitiated, is a small company based in Montreal with locations in Mississauga, Ontario and Témiscaming, Quebec. Anomera specializes in nanoparticles, specifically, carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose, or CNCs for short. And while the company may be small, and the particles they sell much, much smaller, they are on the verge of big things. Very big things.</p> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:12:31 +0000 junji.nishihata@mcgill.ca 701 at /innovation