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Daily Archives: January 10, 2011

Nanotechnology Treatment Protects Wood in Australia

Nanotec Pty Ltd based in Sydney, Australia announced today the start of the marketing of it’s wood protection product “Nanoseal Wood”. Nanoseal Wood is a water based, ultra hydrophobic, colloidal solution with self assembling properties to form the functional surface structure. The repellent effect is done by a combination of molecular structural surface changes and added on hydrophobic properties. According ... Read More »

Solar, wind and nanotechnology combine to deliver a new green alternative

Mexican born Agustin Otegui is reaching out to Calgarians and Albertans to help him bring a new green alternative to the market. Analyzing architecture and understanding leading-edge power technologies inspired Otegui to design Nano Vent-Skin (NVS). “Since Architecture is focused mainly in building habitable spaces, all the industry behind it invests more money in developing products that solve almost the ... Read More »

Nanotechnology comes of age

Nanotechnology, the application of science to materials of the size of 1-100 nanometres (one billionth of a metre) in at least one dimension, has come of age. Twenty five years ago, fullerenes, made of carbon atoms arranged in the shape of a football, were discovered, and the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to its discoverers. The 2010 Nobel Prize ... Read More »