{"id":853,"date":"2018-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/production-advanced-nanomaterials\/853\/"},"modified":"2020-01-10T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T10:49:23","slug":"production-advanced-nanomaterials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/production-advanced-nanomaterials\/853\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerating the production of advanced nanomaterials in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delft start-up VSPARTICLE is dedicated to boosting nanomaterials research in Europe via its VSP-G1 technology \u2013 a fast, easy, and accessible way of automating the production of advanced nanomaterials that all researchers can use.<\/h2>\n

VSPARTICLE is on a mission to speed up research in new nanomaterials by automating the production of advanced nanomaterials. The company introduced the VSP-G1 with the philosophy that making nanomaterials for research should be quick and easy. With the option for a four-month trial period the technology will be accessible for any researcher.<\/p>\n

Each material has certain physical properties: steel, for instance, conducts electricity, and gold has a melting point of 1,064\u00b0C. But there is also a different reality hidden in researchers\u2019 labs; it is the world of the nanoparticles, and that is where start-up VSPARTICLE from Delft plays a role.<\/p>\n

Indeed, properties like conductivity, stiffness, colour, all the physical properties that are specific to those materials, change \u2013 and that opens a whole new world of possibilities.<\/p>\n

New materials can be created with still unknown properties, only matching and mixing while playing with the size of the particle.<\/p>\n

According to Aaike van Vugt, CEO of VSPARTICLE, this ability to create new materials at nano-level is crucial for innovations that can, for instance, provide solutions for climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew generations of batteries or solar panels can become reality only if we are able to create better materials,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The evolution of these products is dependent on the hard work researchers are conducting to make them more efficient and accessible. Europe is currently at the forefront of these research fields but needs to keep up its pace to stay competitive with countries like China and the US.<\/p>\n

Currently, most researchers are forced to spend a significant part of their valuable time on preparing the right nanoparticle, or nanomaterial, for their research. In most cases, though, they merely want to get access to these new materials in order to use them in research for the improvement of products like batteries, solar cells or sensors. This is why VSPARTICLE now enables every researcher to try the nanoparticles generator for a four-month trial period, so they will be able to prepare samples and be sure this is what they are looking for.<\/p>\n

Applications of nanoparticles and nanomaterials<\/h3>\n

The applications of nanoparticles can be found in many areas, some already present in our daily lives, others still in development. Examples of applications include:<\/p>\n