Nano glass has a partial size measured in rD of 1 to fabric width, and is pushing the boundaries when it comes to many industrial applications sectors due its some unique features. It has a wide range of applications such as in electronics and medicine, which makes it highly demanded material. Moll and his team created the world's best nano-fused glass, but making perfect nano glass requires highly precise engineering — a rare field of science that combines materials science with chemistry and physics in an exacting way.
Understanding Nano Glass
Following are the highlights of Nano glass which make it unique from normal Glasses:
The answer to this is size, or as it should be particles are much smaller to the tune of billionths rather than millionths.
One of the reasons that make these tiny particles so special, they are giving their own properties such as strength improvement, transparency and conductivity.
Uses: It is widely used in areas such as electronics, optics and healthcare.
Problems of Nano Glass Fabrication
Making perfect nano glass - Not so easy.
Uniformity: Uniform particle sizes and distributions are essential to obtain the desired properties.
Contaminants: Contaminations can affect the performance of nano glass to a great extent.
Yield: High yield is to make the project commercially work.
State-of-the-art Engineering Techniques
These issues are addressed through precision engineering as well:
Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Techniques for the controlled synthesis (e.g., chemical vapour deposition, CVD) and sol-gel techniques to create nanoparticles with exactly defined sizes.
Glass Forming: Once the nanoparticles are synthesised, they can be formed into a glass structure using techniques such as sintering or hot pressing.
Characterization: High end Characterization like X-RAY diffraction & Transmission electron Microscopy are used for analysing structure and properties of Nano Glass
Applications of Nano Glass
Many Industries: Nano Glass has huge potential in different sectors, like :-
Electronics: Display technology, touchscreen films (Transparent conductive oxide nano glass)
Lenses and mirrors: Nano glass lenses or mirrors…nanoprecision @ optical performance
Nano Glass Applications in Healthcare: Nano glass as a drug delivery system and biomaterial.
Energy: The efficiency of solar cells and batteries could get a boost from nano glass coatings.
Future Directions
There is always some areas that are explored but promising in nano glass research and development:
Multifunctional Nano Glass: Where composites of nano glass materials are formed that can have several different material properties incorporated into one.
Scale-Up: Production of large quantities in a cost-effective way.
Applications: Discovered or unforeseen uses for nano glass such as novel applications etc.
Conclusion
To achieve the perfect nano glass, a material which has huge potential in many sectors needs precision engineering. Through innovation that tackles the issues of producing nano glasses, researchers and engineers are carving a path towards allowing this extraordinary material to take centre stage in new technologies.
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