One of the main problems in the area of environmental health studies and the potentially numerous use of nano technology is the absence of a real-time nano particle analyser
What we are developing is a multi site lab on a chip (potentially 100 or more sites in a 100µm diameter area) screening system that can monitor concentrations of contaminants potentially down to below the pg/ml concentration.
Corrosion and fouling is an interfacial process and one of the main ways of influencing this process is by applying a surface treatment to the metal, and provided the surface modification is of the nanoscale, then these processes may be defined as nanotechnology.
