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February 24,
2005
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Partnership Tackles Making Nanotech Useful
European program links academic and industrial groups |
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PATRICIA L. SHORT
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A multimember partnership has been launched, under the auspices of the European Union’s sixth R&D framework program, to establish design methods for the manufacture of novel dispersed nanoparticulate products. The goal is to encourage rapid implementation of processes to make predictable products that meet rigorous quality standards.
The partnership brings together the academic institutions Karlsruhe University, Loughborough University, Birmingham University, Warsaw University of Technology, and Poznan University of Technology; technology specialists Rockfield Software, C3M, and BHR Group; and the large international companies Unilever and Bayer.
The group will develop and refine methods to characterize such factors as particle wettability, porosity, morphology, size distribution, liquid and dispersion rheology, and product stability. It will then assess a variety of processing factors, including changes in the liquid phase caused by the presence or dissolution of nanoparticles and the mechanical phenomena and fluid dynamics within processing devices.
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Chemical & Engineering News
ISSN 0009-2347
Copyright © 2005 |
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