• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Synonyms:
  
                  Nanocrystals, nanopowder, nanoparticles, nano structures, nanophase,  

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Description:

Nano-sized powders sometimes available as small as 10 nm  

• Nanocrystal & Nanopowder Products Available:

Alumina
Aluminum
Aluminum nitride
Aluminum oxide
Antimony pentoxide
Antimony tin oxide
Brass
Calcium carbonate
Calcium chloride
Calcium oxide
Carbon black
Cerium
Cerium oxide
Cobalt
Cobalt oxide
Copper
Copper oxide
Gold
Hastelloy
Hematite- (alpha, beta, amorphous, epsilon, and gamma)
Indium
Indium tin oxide
Iron
Iron-cobalt alloy
Iron-nickel alloy
Iron oxide
Iron oxide, transparent
Iron sulphide
Lanthanum
Lead sulphide
Lithium manganese oxide
Lithium titanate
Lithium vanadium oxide
Luminescent
Magnesia
Magnesium
Magnesium oxide
Magnetite
Manganese oxide
Molybdenum
Molybdenum oxide
Montmorillonite clay
Nano oxide suspensions
Nickel
Niobia
Niobium
Niobium oxide
Silicon carbide
Silicon dioxide
Silicon nitride
Silicon nitride- Yttrium oxide
Silicon nitride- Yttrium oxide- Aluminum oxide
Silver
Specialty
Stainless steel
Talc
Tantalum
Tin
Tin oxide
Titania
Titanium
Titanium diboride
Titanium dioxide
Tungsten
Tungsten carbide- cobalt
Tungsten oxide
Vanadium oxide
Yttria
Yttrium
Yttrium oxide
Zinc
Zinc oxide
Zirconium
Zirconium oxide
Zirconium silicate

Note: Others can possibly be custom manufactured to your chemical specification

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Physical Properties Sometimes Available:

3 nm to 200 nm

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Typical Applications:

1) Nanostructures, coatings, and fillers

2) Attractive applications effective January 2009 are:

a) Ultrasmall, highly parallel, computers with multi-teraflop speed

b) Image information processors, e.g., extraction and recognition

c) Low-power personal and autonomous communication and computation devices

d) high-density information storage devices, e.g., terabit/cm2 nonvolatile memory

e) Lasers and detectors for weapons and countermeasures

f) Optical (infrared, visible, ultraviolet) sensors for improved surveillance and targeting

g) Integrated sensor suites for chemical and biological agent detection

h) Catalysts for enhancing and controlling energetic reactions

i) Synthesis of new compounds (e.g., narrow-bandgap materials)

j) Designer materials with combinations of properties that do not currently exist

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Packaging:

Secure Jars and drums

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Varies. For further information please call the E.P.A. at 1.202.554.1404

• Nanocrystals & Nanopowders Safety Notice:

1) Before using nanocrystals and nanopowders, the user shall determine the suitability of the product for its intended use, and user assumes all risk and liability whatsoever in connection therewith.

2) Please visit and read this excellent "Approaches To Safe Nanotechnology" document from the CDC & NIOSH

3) With the publication of the "Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology" document, NIOSH hopes to: raise awareness of the occupational safety and health issues involved with nanotechnology; make recommendations on occupational safety and health best practices in the production and use of nanomaterials; facilitate dialogue between NIOSH and its external partners in industry, labor and academia; respond to requests for authoritative safety and health guidelines; and, identify information gaps and areas for future study and research.

4) You can contact the Center For Disease Control (CDC) at +1–800–232–4636 or by email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

•  NIOSH / CDC Good Handling Practices- Nanoparticles:   

Visit this External NIOSH Link

• Safety Of Manufactured Nanomaterials:

Visit this External OECD Link 

• Domains Of Nanoparticles & Clusters With Different Structures:

a) Molecules= (~1 to 10 atoms)

b) Clusters= (~10 to 10³)

c) Particles= (~10³ to 10⁵)

d) Bulk= (~10⁵ and larger)

Source: University of Texas at Austin