Nano-material and its benefits in the Environmental Application

1. Nanomaterial and its benefits
in the Environmental
Application

2. Presented By
Musaddiq Ali

3. Nanomaterial
• Nanomaterial is commonly define as the material with an average
grain size less than 100nm (10−9 meter).
• Nanomaterials have extremely small size with having at least one
dimension 100nm.

4. Nanotechnology
• Nanotechnology are the study and
application of extremely small things and
can be used across all the other science
fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics,
materials science, and engineering.
• Nanotechnology is the use of the
nanomaterial or very small pieces of
materials by themselves or their
manipulation to create new large scale
material.
• Nanotechnology is the enabling technology
that allows us to develop materials with
improved or totally new technologies.

5. Nanoparticles
Organic
 Polymeric nanoparticles
 Micelles
 Dentrimers
 Lipid nanoparticles
 Nenogels
Inorganic
 Gold nanoparticles
 Quantum dot
 Carbon nanotubes

7. Nanomaterial benefits in the Environmental Application
Energy savings through weight reduction or through optimized function
• In the future, novel, Nano-technologically optimized materials, for example
plastics or metals with carbon nanotubes (CNTs), will make airplanes and
vehicles lighter and therefore help reduce fuel consumption
• Novel lighting materials (OLED: organic light-emitting diodes) with nanoscale
layers of plastic and organic pigments are being developed; their conversion
rate from energy to light can apparently reach 50 % (compared with
traditional light bulbs = 5%)

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Nanoscale carbon black
has been added to
modern automobile
tires for some time now
to reinforce the
material and reduce
rolling resistance,
which leads to fuel
savings of up to 10%
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Self-cleaning or “easy-
to-clean”-coatings, for
example on glass, can
help save energy and
water in facility
cleaning because such
surfaces are easier to
clean or need not be
cleaned so often
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Nanotribological
wear protection
products as fuel or
motor oil additives
could reduce fuel
consumption of
vehicles and extend
engine life
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• Nanoparticles as flow agents allow plastics to be melted and cast at lower
temperatures
• Nano porous insulating materials in the construction business can help
reduce the energy needed to heat and cool buildings.
Reduced use of raw materials through miniaturization
• By reducing the thickness of coatings and decreasing the amounts of food
additives or cosmetic ingredients.