NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
March 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLA PAN-EUROPEAN research project is investigating how nano-particles can best be incorporated in liquids such as paints, improving their effectiveness. For instance, the three-year PROFORM project thinks nano-particles can help protect paint from the sunlight, for instance, but only if these tiny elements are consistently distributed within a liquid, a tall order given the gaps in knowledge about their behaviour and properties. Said a European Commission note on PROFORM: "It is important to ensure, for example, that the particles neither float nor ...
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