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Hypertransparent Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Coatings on Glass Substrates

Jiang Y.D., Smalley Y., Paris H., Hunt A.T., nGimat Co., US

Self-cleaning surfaces have wide applications in architectural and automotive windows and solar panels, etc. The development of superhydrophobic surfaces was inspired by observation of lotus and other plant leaves. Many existing hydrophobic coatings either have [...]

New Coating Technology to Inhibit Toxic, Black Mold Growth

Krotine F.T., Amsey S.W.R., Ecology Coatings Inc., US

A new nanotechnology-enabled process utilizing UV-curable coatings was developed to impart resistance to the growth of Stachybotrys chartarum toxic black mold on wallboard. Wallboard that has been in a flooded area, even with only several [...]

Hypertransparent Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Coatings on Glass Substrates

Jiang Y.D., Smalley Y., Paris H., Hunt A.T., nGimat Co., US

Self-cleaning surfaces have wide applications in architectural and automotive windows and solar panels, etc. The development of superhydrophobic surfaces was inspired by observation of lotus and other plant leaves. Many existing hydrophobic coatings either have [...]

Thermal and Mechanical Response of POSS coated Nanophased expandable foam core materials

Jones W.D., Rangari V.K., Jeelani S., Tuskegee University, US

A sonochemical technique has been established to coat variations of POSS nanoparticles on expandable microspheres. Thermal analyses results indicate that there is an increase in thermal stability of nanophased foam as compared to the neat [...]

In-situ synthesis of Cu nanoparticles on MWCNTS using Microwave irradiation

Rangari V.K., Dey S., Jeelani S., Tuskegee University, US

Microwave irradiation technique is successfully used to synthesize the copper coated MWCNTS in a one-pot reaction with and without surfactant. Since the graphite carbon absorbs the (in 2min 1100oC) maximum microwave radiation had led to [...]

Design and Manufacturing Concepts of Nanoparticle-reinforced Aerospace Materials

Kireitseu M.V., Tomlinson G.R., Basenuk V., Rolls-Royce Centre in Damping, the University of Sheffield, UK

Material and Fan Blade Design Concepts shown in fig. 1 are introduced as follows: 1) CNT-reinforced micro-balloons to be used to create syntactic foam (an two-part epoxy adhesive filled with micro-balloons) such that the density [...]

Mono-component Silicone based Conformal Coating

Francès J.-M., Hantin V., Schneider S., RHODIA SILICONES, FR

We will present a UV resin designed to protect printed circuit board. The UV resin is cured by cationic polymerisation and present high performances with advantages such as low viscosity, no need of inertisation during [...]

Parylene Polymers for Nanotechnology Applications

Kumar R., Greiner A., Specialty Coating Systems, US

During the past several years, Parylene polymers have been considered an integral part of micro devices by many biomedical engineering researchers as devices are made of Parylene through MEMs technology. In advancing Parylenes applications further [...]

Formation and Coatings of Fine Particles in Jets of Supercritical Fluids

Gokhale A., Shen Y., Khusid B., Dave R., Pfeffer R., New Jersey Institute of Technology, US

Recently published studies of the formation of polymer particles in supercritical carbon dioxide are limited to the use of good organic solvents or their mixtures and relatively wide nozzles. In contrast, we use the new [...]

Multiscale Modelling and Simulation of Nanoparticle-reinforced Damping Materials

Kireitseu M., Bochkareva L.V., Altenbach H., Tomlinson G., UIIP National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BY

Nanoparticle-reinforced composite material is a relatively new vibration damping technology entailing placement of numerous nanoparticles inside vibrating material structure that has wide applica-tions in areas of transportation (aerospace, auto, rail, maritime) and electronics. Carbon nanotubes [...]