Sector: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Growth of ZnO Nanorods in Clay Matrix to Ensure Uniform Dispersion in Drilling Fluids
The rheology of drilling fluids plays an important role in controlling drilling operations. The use of modern equipment and most updated technology is wasted if it is not complimented by a compatible drilling fluid. Severe [...]
Optical Trapping of Gold-Coated Liposomes
We recently introduced a nanocomposite material, plasmon resonant gold-coated liposomes, to address unmet needs in area of controlled delivery. Plasmon resonant nanocapsules are created via the deposition of gold onto the surface of 100 nm [...]
Stimuli-responsive nanogels by e-beam irradiation of dilute aqueous micellar solutions: Nanogels with pH controlled LCST
Nanogels have attracted growing interest owing to their potential for applications in drug delivery systems. In this work, responsive nanogels based on amphiphilic block copolymers crosslinked in the micellar state were prepared by electron beam [...]
Synthesis, characterization and viscoelastic properties of Nanocrystalline Cellulose grafted with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
Hemraz U.D., Danumah C., Lu A., Boluk Y., National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, CA
Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) is a renewable, nontoxic and biodegradable nanomaterial that can be obtained by acid hydrolysis of the amorphous regions of the widely available cellulose. The relative low density, low cost, high aspect ratios, [...]
Polymer Nanomanufacturing Strategies for Multifunctional Nanomaterials
Polymeric materials offer tremendous potential for preparing functional materials using nanoscale fillers and features. For example, the use of nanolayered materials in barrier or optical applications, nanofeatured materials for hydrophobic surfaces, and patterned polymer blends [...]
Electrosynthesis of Intrinsically Conducting Polymers/Silicon Nanocomposites: Formation Mechanism and Optical Properties
When a silicon wafer is subjected to electrochemical etching in fluoride-based solution, silicon surface develops pores, often called porous silicon (PSi). A variety of pore sizes ranging from a few nanometers up to a few [...]
Effect of Carbon Black and Silver Nanoparticle Loading on the Structural and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Chitosan-Based Films
This work addresses the synthesis and structural and thermo-mechanical characterization of bare and chitosan-based nanocomposite films synthesized via spin coating and sol casting techniques. The dependence of these properties as a function of the nature [...]
Nanostructured Stearic Acid for Gas sensing applications
In this paper we report the fabrication of long chain polymer molecule Stearic Acid by physical vapor deposition method. Thin films of stearic acid are characterized by X-ray diffraction for the crystalline quality and by [...]