Nanotechnology

  2010 MAR 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the Journal of Materials Science & Technology, "The nano-concentrates and flame retardant nano-coating were prepared in thhis study."

  "The effect of nano-SiO2 on the corrosion resistance and fire resistance of ammonium polyphosphate-pentaerythritol-melamine (APP-PER-MEL) coating was investigated by differential thermal analysis (DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), effective thermal conductivity (lambda/d), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and fire protection test. The chemical action and endothermic effect of ammonium polyphosphate, pentaerythritol and melamine in traditional flame retardant coating were damaged by salt spray condition, whereas the flame-retardant additives in the nano-coating demonstrated the good chemical interaction in salt spray condition," wrote Z.Y. Wang and colleagues, Chinese Academy of Science ...read more

  2010 MAR 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research published in the International Journal of Materials Research, "Graphitic materials obtained at low temperatures are interesting for a wide range of industrial applications including bipolar plates. In this work, graphite based nanocomposites have been obtained starting from carbon nanofibers and a mixture of carbon nanofibers with 20 vol.% of alumina nanopowders. ...read more

  2010 MAR 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to a study from Changzhou, People's Republic of China, "solution-solid method is developed to construct cerium phosphate (CePO4) nanofibers."

  "Tetraphosphoric acid formed the condensed linear polyphosphate (PnO(3n+1))((n+2)-) before reacting with cerium carbonate (Ce-2(CO3)(3)) powder, which was favourable for one dimensional CePO4 nanofibers forming. The growth mechanism was proposed based on solution-solid process," wrote M.Y. Guan and colleagues ...read more