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NASA is interested in lubricants for space in nanotube configuration developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Home »Latest News» NASA is interested in lubricants for space in nanotube configuration developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The US Space Agency is showing interest in nanotube lubricants, developed by researchers from the Blaustein Desert Research Institutes, and is examining examples of these structures with the intention of using them in experiments with satellites. In collaboration with their counterparts from the University of Western Australia UWA, Ben-Gurion's team of researchers, led by Prof. Jeffrey Gordon, was able to produce significant amounts of spherical hollow structures in the "boron-nitride" (BN) formation.
The nanometric size of the particles, less than one thousandth of the diameter of her hair, together with the hollow crystalline structure and chemical properties of BN, make them lubricants with exceptional properties for applications under high temperature and pressure conditions.
Left: BN microscope image in the "Nanomaterial Onion" BN, demonstrating the possibility of producing large quantities of these nanoparticles
In the middle: Enlargement of a single "nano-onion" BN.
Right: Schematic description of the optical system used to produce the particles
Producing significant quantities of these materials was a dream until the Swiss Institute for Energy and Environment Research of arid regions came into operation. Prof. Gordon from the Yersin Institute of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics at the Swiss Institute, and Prof. Hui Tong Chua from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UWA were able to produce substantial quantities of BN "onion" BN in a fast and safe one-step process; A process that does not involve toxic substances and can produce large quantities of the material.
An initial patent protection application has been filed these days, while an agreement was signed with Innovyz Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Pty Ltd of Adelaide, Australia, which grants its subsidiary Ablano patent rights.
An article on the development was published last year in leading newspaper Nano Researchhttps://www.new-techonline.com/2020/06/נאסא-מתעניינת-בחומרי-סיכה-לחלל-בתצורת/
NASA is interested in lubricants for space in nanotube configuration developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Home »Latest News» NASA is interested in lubricants for space in nanotube configuration developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The US Space Agency is showing interest in nanotube lubricants, developed by researchers from the Blaustein Desert Research Institutes, and is examining examples of these structures with the intention of using them in experiments with satellites. In collaboration with their counterparts from the University of Western Australia UWA, Ben-Gurion's team of researchers, led by Prof. Jeffrey Gordon, was able to produce significant amounts of spherical hollow structures in the "boron-nitride" (BN) formation.
The nanometric size of the particles, less than one thousandth of the diameter of her hair, together with the hollow crystalline structure and chemical properties of BN, make them lubricants with exceptional properties for applications under high temperature and pressure conditions.
Left: BN microscope image in the "Nanomaterial Onion" BN, demonstrating the possibility of producing large quantities of these nanoparticles
In the middle: Enlargement of a single "nano-onion" BN.
Right: Schematic description of the optical system used to produce the particles
Producing significant quantities of these materials was a dream until the Swiss Institute for Energy and Environment Research of arid regions came into operation. Prof. Gordon from the Yersin Institute of Solar Energy and Environmental Physics at the Swiss Institute, and Prof. Hui Tong Chua from the Department of Chemical Engineering at UWA were able to produce substantial quantities of BN "onion" BN in a fast and safe one-step process; A process that does not involve toxic substances and can produce large quantities of the material.
An initial patent protection application has been filed these days, while an agreement was signed with Innovyz Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Pty Ltd of Adelaide, Australia, which grants its subsidiary Ablano patent rights.
An article on the development was published last year in leading newspaper Nano Researchhttps://www.new-techonline.com/2020/06/נאסא-מתעניינת-בחומרי-סיכה-לחלל-בתצורת/
