{"id":13716,"date":"2016-02-23T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/?p=13716"},"modified":"2016-02-23T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:50:28","slug":"scientists-create-new-class-of-nano-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/2016\/02\/scientists-create-new-class-of-nano-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists create new class of Nano Material"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamburg research scientists have synthesised a material that combines several different properties and could open the way to new applications in medical engineering and manufacturing.<\/h3>\n

Scientists from the Hamburg University of Technology, the University of Hamburg, the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht and DESY have developed a new technique which produces a material that is at the same time strong, hard and stiff. To achieve this, the scientists first employed a standard procedure, widely used when working with nanoparticles, whereby ceramic iron oxide nanoparticles are deposited in a regular array. This is done with the help of organic oleic acid, which seeps into the narrow gaps between the nanoparticles and holds them together.<\/p>\n

The self-organisation of these nanoparticles leads to an extended, closely packed supercrystal reminiscent of atomic crystal lattices, the crucial discovery is that by subsequently exposing the material to moderate heat levels, the resulting nano composite displays a much stronger cohesion and its mechanical properties are unlike those of any other.<\/p>\n

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