[nanoPost] Nanomaterials for resistance to shock wave impact, catalytic storage, photo-catalyst

Company Belgium

IoN tack technology is used to track and etch polymers as a film or as a thin layer deposited on a support. Track etched sheets are made of polycarbonate, polyimide or PET, while thin layers of these polymers can be track-etched after deposition on a substrate such as glass, quartz or silicon. Using the specific features of this technology, pore size and pore density is controlled over wide ranges.

A variety of materials (metals, semiconductors, oxides and heterostructures) can be deposited into the pores as nanowires or nanotubes; these structures can be produced with over wide range of aspect ratios with excellent shape control, and can be either used in-situ or easily harvested by simple chemical dissolution. IoN track technology is also able to confine nanopores and hence nano-objects into zones as small as 1-micron square (patterning process).

Currently applied to:

·     Sensors

·     Separation

·     Detection

·     Healthcare

Potentially applied to:

·     Nanotube possibilities as a semi-conductor or metallic properties applicable to the nuclear industry;

·     Inorganic nanotubes tribology, resistance to shock wave impact, catalytic storage, photo-catalysts and energy storage.