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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 [...]

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 [...]

The SURVISMETER – a Green Technology in Service

Singh M., Bhanumati S., Shukla A., Shukla S.S., Shukla A., Shukla S.S., University of Delhi, IN

Viscosity is a measure of stickiness and the reverse is fluidity. It is a valuable data for all liquids in the oil, lubricant, paint, polish, food, beverage, cosmetic, biosolvents, drugs and pharma, polymer, nanomaterials, and [...]

Spark Plasma Synthesis (SPS) Device for Sintering of Nanomaterials

Jalabadze N., Nadaraia L., Mikeladze A., Chedia R., Kukava T., Khundadze L., Technical University of Georgia, GE

It is known that pieces with nanocrystalline structure condition have much higher performance than those with an ordinary structure. There are number of techniques for manufacturing nanocrystalline materials in powder condition however a question of [...]

Nanomaterial: A realistic business case for Pharma

Keller T.H., GlaxoSmithKline, UK

Main points from a pharma perspective: Review nanotech’s current position Nanotech and its realistic potential Nanotech and the barriers into the clinic GSK’s position on the subject matter

In-situ Gas Injection-Heating Atomic Resolution TEM for Nanomaterials

Zhang X.F., Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., US

In-situ gas environmental transmission electron microscopy (TEM) capability has been developed based on a Hitachi 300 kV high-resolution transmission electron microscope (H-9500) combined with a Hitachi gas injection-heating sample holder. This simple but high performance [...]

Windows of Opportunity: A New Platform to Understand Structure-Property Relationships in Nanotechnology

Miller J.M, Kearns G.J., Hutchison J.E., Dune Sciences, LLC, US

Excitement about nanotechnology derives from unique size/structure dependent properties of nanoscale materials. Methods to prepare a wide range of structures are now available, but a limited fundamental understanding of structure-function relationships remains a significant challenge [...]

Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Based Nanomaterials

Smith G.D., Smith J.S., Bedrov D., Borodin O., Smith G.D., Smith J.S., University of Utah, US

In materials design and engineering there is a need for fundamental information that spans large scales of time and distances, from the quantum chemical nature of interactions to the macroscopic mechanical, and electrical properties. In [...]

Synthesis of Shear Thickening Fluid Using Sonochemical Method

Rangari V.K., Hassan T.A., Mahfuz H., Jeelani S., Tuskegee University, US

Shear thickening fluid is developed using sonochemical method which one step process and can be processed from its dry metal oxide powder forms instead of its colloidal solution. The main problem with the current process [...]