Environmental stability of nanoscale materials for catalysis and sensing

用于催化和传感的纳米材料的环境稳定性

• 批准号: DP0986752
• 负责人: Prof Amanda Barnard
• 金额: $ 41.89万
• 依托单位: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2009-02-09 至 2014-02-08
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0986752
• 关键词: Environmental; stability; nanoscale; materials; catalysis

After two decades of research, the first wave of 'nanotechnology' consumer products are entering the market, and large quantities of nanoparticles (less than millionth of a centimetre in size) are now being produced annually. However, before any new product can be manufactured, we need to know how stable engineered nanomaterials are before we bring them into our home, or we find them (unintentionally) free in our waterways and other ecosystems. For the first time, this project uses high performance supercomputing and advanced theoretical modelling to predict the stability of nanomaterials under a wide range of environmental conditions, to help safe guard Australia from potential 'nano-hazards' associated with these tiny pieces of matter.

经过二十年的研究，第一波“纳米技术”消费品正在进入市场，现在每年都在生产大量的纳米颗粒（尺寸小于百万分之一厘米）。然而，在制造任何新产品之前，我们需要知道工程纳米材料的稳定性，然后才能将它们带入我们的家中，或者我们发现它们（无意中）在我们的水道和其他生态系统中。 该项目首次使用高性能超级计算和先进的理论建模来预测纳米材料在各种环境条件下的稳定性，以帮助保护澳大利亚免受与这些微小物质相关的潜在“纳米危害”。