The objective of this paper was to gain an understanding of the mixing and characterization of nanosized powders. Three different nanosized material systems were selected based on their physical and chemical properties. Mixing experiments of the selected nanopowders were performed using a variety of environmentally friendly dry powder processing devices and the rapid expansion of supercritical ...

In this paper, we report the preparation and characterization of both the ZnO nanocrystalline thin films and nanopowder by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique. ZnO films were grown on polished Si(1 0 0) and amorphous glass substrates at different deposition temperature range varying from 200 to 500 1C. Both orientation and the size of the crystallites were found to depend on the substrate and ...

The identification of similarities in the material requirements for applications of interest and those of living organisms provides opportunities to use renewable natural resources to develop better materials and design better devices. In our work, we harness this strategy to build high-capacity silicon (Si) nanopowder-based lithium (Li)-ion batteries with improved performance characteristics. ...

Nanoparticles (NPs) are applied in a wide range of processes, and their use continues to increase. Fluidization is one of the best techniques available to disperse and process NPs. NPs cannot be fluidized individually; they fluidize as very porous agglomerates. The objective of this article is to review the developments in nanopowder fluidization. Often, it is needed to apply an assistance meth...

Nanosized Powders are known to have very useful applications in the areas of medical, structural, chemical and other various fields because of their enhanced physical, optical, and magnetic properties. Several Synthesis methods have been developed for the production of nanopowders. This paper will discuss different methods used for the production of nanosized powders and their advantages and di...

This report summarizes the findings of an interlaboratory study (ILS) conducted in 2009-2010 under the auspices of the Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) Technical Working Area (TWA) 34 (Nanoparticle Populations). The stated objective of this ILS was to assess the “real world” measurement precision and between-laboratory variation for determination of the surface are...

The nanoparticle technologies consisting of multiple layers of mixtures of activated carbon and ruthenium (IV) oxide for super capacitors are reported. The mono-particulate layer process described here is a modified Langmuir-Blodgett trough. We report the processes for a spray-coated zinc nanopowder electrode used as a counter-electrode forming a galvanic cell of extremely high charge storage c...

Conductive polypyrrole–polyaniline/TiO2 nanocomposites (PPy–PANI/TiO2) were prepared by in situ oxidative copolymerization of pyrrole and aniline monomers in the presence of TiO2. For comparison studies, polypyrrole/TiO2 (PPy/TiO2) and polyaniline/TiO2 (PANI/TiO2) were also prepared. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis diffuse reflectanc...