Nanostructures manufacturing

The methods and conditions of nanostructure manufacture are crucial, as we will see that the properties depend critically on the size and shape of particles produced. However, the synthetic techniques used are so particular to each system that they make a subject in their own right and we will not attempt to cover them here. 

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Styrolux is an example of a nanostructured polymer which is used in food packaging. It is a polystyrene-polybutadiene block copolymer where polymer chains are build up of alternating polystyrene and polybutadiene blocks. These blocks appear as dark lamellae in the TEM image due to the staining of the polybutadiene with OSO4. This structured nanoscale architecture of the pol5mier, which can be controlled during manufacture, allows the optimum combination of impact resistance and transparency. 

In mechanochemical activation it would be the action of several of the aforementioned parameters, and their relative importance is often difficult to separate. There may be also other phenomena and synergetic effects too, which have not been elucidated yet. Whatever are the mechanisms, mechanochemical activation works amazingly well, and presents an attractive alternative to thermal activation. It also provides easy, top-bottom method for manufacturing nanostructured hydrides and nanocarbons. 

A primary method of mechanochemical synthesis of nanostructured hydrides (nanohydrides) is processing by mechanical (ball) milling. Processes of manufacturing of nanocrystalline/nanostructured hydrides by ball milling are shown in Fig. 1.21. 

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