Nanotechnologies - The challenges of the future E-Book

Marco Casella

• Herausgeber: Marco Casella
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

By now, nanotechnologies belong to our daily life. They are used in sport, food, electronics, energy production, and so on. This book wants to describe the way how nanotechnologies can revolutionize the future world.

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Marco Casella

Nanotechnologies - The challenges of the future

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Table of contents

Table of contents

Introduction to nanotechnologies

Nanotechnologies in environment

How to face the water crisis

The current water filtration and contamination systems

The pollution and the waste management

For a sustainable production and consumption

Nanotechnologies in energy

The impact of nanotechnologies on production of traditional energy

The nanotechnologies for the conversion of alternative energies

Nanotechnologies in the agro-food industry

Innovative administrative systems of fertilizers, pesticides or drugs

Nano-encapsulation for functional food

The intelligent packaging

Nanotechnologies in the textile industry

Sol-gel treatments

Polymeric nanoparticle-based systems and ultrasounds

Stain-resistant and self-cleaning tissues

Plasma processes

Enzymatic processes

Electrochemical processes

Phase change materials (PCM)

Structurally coloured textiles

Smart clothing

The evolution of nanotechnologies in architecture

The innovative characteristics of the nanostructured materials

The dielectric features of nanocomposite polymers

Catalysts

Nanotechnologies in electronics

Table of contents

Introduction to nanotechnologies

Nanotechnologies in environment

- The green nanotechnologies

- How to face water crisis

- The current water filtration and contamination systems

- The pollution and the waste management

- For a sustainable production and consumption

Nanotechnologies in energy

- The impact of nanotechnologies on production of traditional energy

- The nanotechnologies for the conversion of alternative energies

Nanotechnologies in the agro-food industry

- Innovative administrative systems of fertilizers, pesticides or drugs

- Nano-encapsulation for functional food

- The intelligent packaging

Nanotechnologies in the textile industry

- Sol-gel treatments

- Polymeric nanoparticle-based systems and ultrasounds

- Stain-resistant and self-cleaning tissues

- Plasma processes

- Enzymatic processes

- Electrochemical processes

- Classic functionalization

- New fibres based on mixtures of natural polymers

- Phase change materials

- New fibres based on mixtures of natural polymers

- Structurally coloured textiles

- Luminescent textiles

- Smart clothing

Nanotechnologies in building

- The evolution of nanotechnologies in architecture

- The architectural applications of the nanostructured materials

- The innovative characteristics of the nanostructured materials

Nanotechnologies in the textile industry

The dielectric features of nanocomposite polymers

Catalysts

Self-cleaning surfaces

Nanotechnologies in electronics

Nanotechnologies in sport

Introduction to nanotechnologies

Nanotechnologies (from the Greek nanos, dwarf) are the branch of the applied science and technology about the control, the design and the realization of devices and materials on a dimensional scale inferior to the micrometer, normally included between 1 and 100 nanometres (it has to be remembered that one nanometre is equal to a millionth of millimetre or to a billionth of meter). To understand better these dimensions, a reference can be made to some examples. The relationship between one nanometre and one meter corresponds about to the bigness relationship that exists between the diameter of a tennis ball and that of the Earth.