Recent Patents on Nanotechnology - Volume 10, Issue 1, 2016

Background: Graphene is a new type of two-dimensional crystal material, and its single atomic layer structure shows many excellent physical and chemical properties such as large specific surface area, good electrical conductivity and high Young's modulus. However, few relevant patents to the topic have been reviewed and cited. This paper mainly deals with the methods of the preparations of graphene and graphene applic Read More

Background: Traditional organic friction materials are difficult to adapt to people’s growing technical requirements for stability, safety, comfort and environmental protection in the braking process. With the rapid development of nanotechnology, the brake’s organic friction materials meet new opportunities. This article aims to review the research progress of organic friction materials that have applied nanotechnology. Methods: Read More

Background: Metal oxide nanostructures are being investigated widely due to their strong optical absorption, efficient photoluminescence, abundant of availability and structural stability which lead them as a possible substitute of Si based solar cells and many optoelectronic and sensor devices. Due to their non-toxic nature they are supposed to be promising materials for drug delivery and medical research. Among seve Read More

Background: Germanium (Ge) nanostructures exhibit wide range of potential applications in the field of nanoscale devices due to their excellent optical and electrical properties and have gained significant interest due to the Bohr exciton radius. Bohr radius of Ge (24.3 nm) is larger than that of Si (4.9 nm), leading to quantum size effects and nanostructures with controllable bandgaps. Methods: This article provides a compreh Read More

Background: Nanomanipulation techniques have gone through several phases to be used in scientific explorations not only to reveal more characteristics of nano, micro and mesoscopic phenomena but also to build functional nano-devices useful for specific applications. The nano-manipulator becomes a key instrument for technology bridging between sub-nano and mesoscale. The recent patents have exhibited int Read More

Background: Zirconium alloys have very useful properties for nuclear facilities applications having low absorption cross-section of thermal electrons, high ductility, hardness and corrosion resistance. However, there is also a significant disadvantage: it reacts with water steam and during this (oxidative) reaction it releases hydrogen gas, which partly diffuses into the alloy forming zirconium hydrides. A new strategy for surf Read More

Background: Nanocomposites consisting of spatially confined polymeric chains are of great interest due to their application in optoelectronic and photonics devices. Polymer layered silicate nanocomposites have attracted much attention in industry as well as academia owing to their remarkable physical and chemical properties as compared to conventional polymer nanocomposites. Methods: In present study, compa Read More

Background: It is well-known that multi-layer films with nanostructure can give novel properties by interfacial phenomenon and quantum confinement effects. Nanostructured multi-layer thin films are presently being analyzed for their vast applications in the area of optoelectronics technology particularly photovoltaics. Hereof, two dimensional thin films with nanostructure are of prime importance due to their struct Read More