Agriculture Applications
Nowadays, hundreds of chemical materials are presented to the markets for protecting plants against pathogenic agents by manufacture companies in the world, that they unfortunately, damage environment very much. With introducing and discovery of nanotechnology inventions in Nano biotechnology department, now is able to produce and present Nanoshel as an antibacterial material that has [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Nanoshel colloids for horticulture
Advance in ‘nano-agriculture’: Tiny stuff has huge effect on plant growth
Advance in ‘nano-agriculture’: Tiny stuff has huge effect on plant growth
With potential adverse health and environmental effects often in the news about nanotechnology, scientists in Arkansas are reporting that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could have beneficial effects in agriculture. Their study, scheduled for the October issue of ACS Nano, a monthly journal, found that tomato seeds [...]
Intelligent PECVD Coatings
Coatings with enhanced functional or mechanical properties are widely requested by industry in key applications such as protective and antibacterial coatings. For example, antiscratch coatings are used to protect a soft material from the abrading effect of external agents; UV-filtering properties are needed to protect plastics or on sunglasses and containers; antibacterial coatings find applications [...]