Norton M.G. – TechConnect Briefs

Next Generation Nanospring-Enhanced Catalytic Converters

Corti G., Cantrell T., Beaux M., McIlroy D.N., Norton M.G., GoNano Technologies, Inc., US

Air pollution generated from automobile emissions is an area of general concern because of the environmental impact associated with such emissions and the growth in the world vehicle fleet. Significant developments in automotive catalytic converters [...]

Molybdenum Dioxide: A Reforming Catalyst for Fuel Flexible Fuel Cells

Norton M.G., Marin-Flores O., Turba T.F., Ha S., Breit J., Washington State University, US

Molybdenum dioxide has been shown to be a very active catalyst for the partial oxidation of a Jet A fuel surrogate (n-dodecane). It not only shows a high oxidation activity towards long-chain hydrocarbons, it also [...]

Nanostructured Photocatalytic Approach to CO2 Conversion

Corti G., Cantrell T., Beaux M., Prakash T., McIlroy D.N., Norton M.G., GoNano Technologies, US

Several approaches to stabilize and reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations have been tested. While carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been hailed as the most promising approach for sequestering CO2 safely away from the atmosphere, the [...]

Nanospring™ Enhanced Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay for Increased Sensitivity and Early Detection

Beaux M.F., Cantrell T., Prakash T., Corti G., McIlroy D.N., Norton M.G., GoNano Technologies, Inc., US

GoNano Technologies NanospringTM material is proposed as an enhancement of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to increase detection sensitivity. The high surface area and hydroxyl rich surface chemistry provides greater attachment capability and decreased functional surface [...]

Silica Nanosprings – A Novel Nanostructured Material for Hydrogen Storage

Norton M.G., McIlroy D.N., Corti G., Miller M.A., Washington State University, US

Hydrogen storage for transportation applications remains a challenge. Current approaches are still short of published goals, in particular in being able to operate at acceptable temperatures. Physisorption, or non-dissociative approaches, where the hydrogen is stored [...]

Engineering High Surface Area Catalysts for Clean Tech Applications

McIlroy D.N., Corti G., Cantrell T., Beaux M., Prakash T., Norton M.G., Washington State University, US

Since catalytic performance is a limiting factor for many essential elements of the hydrogen economy, the need for improved catalysts is great. One-dimensional (1D) nanomaterials are ideal catalysts because of their large surface area to [...]