Materialien

Aluminium oxide has many applications in which its properties of extraordinary hardness and thermal stability are exploited. Examples of products...

Carbon Black or carbon soot is a material with high economic importance containing pure carbon. Carbon Black is produced through...

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in 1991, this group of carbon molecules has been considered as a wonder...

Nanocellulose refers to cellulose in the nanometre scale and is a material derived from natural materials including plants and bacteria....

Cerium dioxide (CeO2) has a variety of applications. For example ceria nanoparticles are used in catalytic converters in the automotive...

Clay minerals (short form: clays) and nanoclays are important components of soils and consist of layered silicates. Layered silicates are...

Cobalt is a heavy metal due to its high density. Like many others, it has a shiny grey metallic appearance....

Copper, as a red-brown metal, is in high demand with a usage of more than 20 million tons per year....

Diamond is the hardest known material. The industrial production of nano-scaled diamonds takes place at high temperatures and under high...

Fullerenes, also called bucky balls, are a very new modification of pure carbon and their form resembles soccer balls. They...

The use of gold and gold nanoparticles can be traced back many centuries: the mixing of gold metal vapours into...

Graphene is a one-atom thick layer of carbon and is considered to be a new wonder molecule. Its production became...

Indium tin oxide (ITO) or tin-doped indium oxide is a mixture of indium oxide and tin oxide in which the...

Iron is the highest occurring metal found in the earth crust. Iron ore is the starting material to produce iron...

Manganese oxides are chemical compounds consisting of manganese and oxygen. They occur in nature and are mined there to be...

Nickel is a heavy metal. Like many others, it has a shiny, silvery appearance. Nickel is a component in utility...

The term perovskite summarizes a group of materials that derives from a mineral, the perovskite. The various perovskites have a...

Platinum is a rare precious metal that is used for the manufacturing of jewellery, automotive catalysts, laboratory equipment, dental implants...

Quantum dots are a class of “nanocrystals” with a very small diameter of often only one or a few nanometers....

Silicon dioxide is the main component of beach sand and is commonly known as quartz in its pure crystalline form....

Silver is a noble metal that has been used in jewellery and cutlery for hundreds of years. In the electronic...

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are the main component of sunscreens and wall paints. Thus humans generally come into contact with Titanium...

Zeolites are important materials for numerous industrial and consumer products. They have been used intensively for several decades. Zeolites are...

Zinc oxide is an all-rounder when it comes to technical applications: it is used in rubber production, in cement and...

Zirconium dioxide or zirconia is one of the most widely used ceramic oxides. Its applications range from use in abrasive...