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Materials

Here you will find information on catalysis and membrane materials and other innovative materials. We provide an overview of each material and then go into detail up to the literature source used.
We look at the following aspects: What properties does the material have? How can people come into contact with it? Is there a release into the environment? Can humans or the environment absorb these materials? What effect do they have?

Aluminium Oxides

Aluminium oxide is hard and temperature- stable. It is often used for abrasives, bone substitutes, melting pots and watch glasses...

Carbon Black

Carbon black is used as a component of toner, car tyres, mascara, for leather dyeing and for a variety of...

Carbon Nanotubes

Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in 1991, this group of carbon molecules has been considered as a wonder...

Cellulose

Nano-cellulose is used for insulating materials and films for food packaging. It is also found in medical products due to...

Cerium Dioxide

As a car exhaust catalyst, cerium dioxide in the form of nanoparticles can convert highly toxic carbon monoxide into less...

Clays

Clays and especially nanoclays are used to improve the flame retardancy of plastics. They are important components of soils and...

Cobalt

Cobalt is used in most modern batteries such as the lithium-ion battery or the nickel-metal hydride batteries that have been...

Copper and Copper Oxides

Copper, as a red-brown metal, is in high demand with a usage of more than 20 million tons per year....

Diamond

Diamond is the hardest known material. Diamonds in the nanometre range are produced industrially at high temperatures and under high...

Fullerenes

Fullerenes, also called bucky balls, are a very new modification of pure carbon and their form resembles soccer balls. They...

Gold

The use of gold and gold nanoparticles can be traced back many centuries: the mixing of gold metal vapours into...

Graphene

Graphene is a one-atom thick layer of carbon and is considered to be a new wonder molecule. Its production became...

Indium Tin Oxide

Indium tin oxide (ITO) or tin-doped indium oxide is a mixture of indium oxide and tin oxide in which the...

Iron and Iron Oxides

Iron is further processed into steel or electronic data storage media. Iron compounds are also used in catalytic processes in...

Manganese and Manganese Oxides

Manganese oxides are chemical compounds consisting of manganese and oxygen. They occur in nature and are mined there to be...

Nickel

Nickel is a heavy metal. Like many others, it has a shiny, silvery appearance. Nickel is a component in utility...

Perovskites

The term perovskite summarizes a group of materials that derives from a mineral, the perovskite. The various perovskites have a...

Platinum

Platinum is a rare precious metal that is used for the manufacturing of jewellery, automotive catalysts, laboratory equipment, dental implants...

Quantum Dots

Quantum dots are a class of “nanocrystals” with a very small diameter of often only one or a few nanometers....

Silicon Dioxide

Silicon dioxide is the main component of beach sand and is commonly known as quartz in its pure crystalline form....

Silver

Silver is a noble metal that has been used in jewellery and cutlery for hundreds of years. In the electronic...

Titanium Dioxide

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles are the main component of sunscreens and wall paints. Thus humans generally come into contact with Titanium...

Zeolites

Zeolites are important materials for numerous industrial and consumer products. They have been used intensively for several decades. Zeolites are...

Zinc Oxide

Zinc oxide is an all-rounder when it comes to technical applications: it is used in rubber production, in cement and...

Zirconium Dioxide

Zirconium dioxide or zirconia is one of the most widely used ceramic oxides. Its applications range from use in abrasive...

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