{"id":432,"date":"2019-01-16T23:19:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimav.edu.mx\/en\/?page_id=432"},"modified":"2020-09-23T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:34:09","slug":"nanostructures-and-polymeric-nanocomposites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cimav.edu.mx\/en\/research\/monterrey-unit\/nanostructures-and-polymeric-nanocomposites\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanostructures and Polymeric Nanocomposites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nanomaterials have been present in nature and human life since ancient times. It is through the development of new, post-industrial revolution technological tools that a great interest on their study and manipulation is generated. A characteristic of nanomaterials, which highlights the importance of their study, is that they generally have better properties when their dimensions decrease to a nanometric level, that is, to the order of a billionth of a meter.<\/p>\n

The main competences<\/strong> within this area of research are the experience of their members in synthetizing and obtaining, physically and chemically, nanostructures, as well as the modification of their properties. This field of study opens the doors to different applications in the environmental, energy and automotive sectors. That is why researchers of the Nanostructures and Polymeric Nanocomposites Area<\/em> are dedicated to studying the characteristics of these materials. <\/p>\n

Nanostructures and polymeric nanocomposites represent an alternative to develop new applications by exploring the synthesis and modification routes to allow for\u00a0higher performance on specific applications such as: pollutant removal, self-cleaning coatings or solar energy conversion, just to name a few examples.<\/p>\n

Each member of this area works on specific lines of research to generate basic scientific knowledge and, in turn, address problems in the industrial sector through the solution of national and regional technological challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The overall objective or research into the Laboratory of Nanostructures and Two-dimensional Materials: Synthesis and Modification (Laboratorio de S\u00edntesis y Modificaci\u00f3n de Nanoestructuras y Materiales Bidimensionales)<\/em> is aimed at obtaining and chemically and superficially modifying carbon nanostructures and two-dimensional materials through doping. The modification of those materials though this method allows for control over their properties and, to a certain point, proper design for specific applications. <\/p>\n

In order to have control over the chemical modification, first we must know the synthesis methods. The synthesis of carbon nanostructures and analogues is carried out at this laboratory through several methods: CVD (RTCVD, PECVD) and chemical (Intercalation-Exfoliation, co-precipitation, sol-gel, hydrothermal) methods. Once the synthesis method is known and under control, the doping effects and the structural, vibrational, electronic changes and, generally, change of properties that the non-doping systems have, are studied and in order to be directed towards a specific field of application such as energy, catalysis, environment and biomedicine, as well as industrial, automotive and aerospace sectors. <\/p>\n

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