Nano Materials

Sylvia Leydecker

Published by Birkhäuser 2008

Nano Materials

in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design

Sylvia Leydecker

With contributions by: Marius Kölbel and Sascha Peters
Preface by: Harold Kroto and Michael Veith

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783764383213

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An introduction to a key technology

Nanotechnology is widely regarded as one of the twenty-first century’s key technologies, and its economic importance is sharply on the rise. In architecture and the construction industry it has potentials that are already usable today, especially the coating of surfaces to lend them functional characteristics such as increased tensile strength, self-cleaning capacity, fire resistance, and others. Additives based on nanomaterials make common materials lighter, more permeable, and more resistant to wear. Nanomaterials are not only extremely useful for roofs and facades; they also expand design possibilities for interior and exterior rooms and spaces. Nano–insulating materials open up new possibilities for ecologically oriented architects.
In this book, with a foreword by nobel prize winner Harold Kroto, architects, interior designers and designers will find an introduction to the scientific background specifically tailored to their needs, a critical discussion of the advantages and limits of the technology, and above all a comprehensive presentation of sixteen characteristics and functions of nanomaterials that are specially relevant for building and design, illustrated by numerous international project examples.

Dipl.-Ing. interior designer BDIA Sylvia Leydecker is a practicing interior designer with her own firm in Cologne, 100% Interior. She represents the BDIA (Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekten, or Union of German Interior Architects/Designers) on the Architektenkammer Nordrhein-Westfalen (Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia), serves as an instructor for a number of Architektenkammer academies, and is a member of the Kompetenzzentrum Nanotechnologie CC-NanoChem (Competence Center for Chemical Nanotechnology, or CC-NanoChem) and the Institute of Nanotechnology, or IoN, in Scotland. Numerous lectures and journal publications on the subject of nanotechnology in architecture, interior design, and design.

An application-oriented inside look at a key innovative technology
Presents a broad spectrum of functional uses, systematically and with case studies
Debossed cover conveys a high tactile standard of quality

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Dipl.-Ing. interior designer BDIA Sylvia Leydecker is a practicing interior designer with her own firm in Cologne, 100% Interior.

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Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
What is nanotechnology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
The development of nanotechnology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Carbon – new morphologies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
General market developments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Nanoproducts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Form Follows Function? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Ecology and economics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Is the devil in the dwarfs? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
Nanotechnology and product design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Functions and applications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Self-cleaning: Lotus-Effect^® Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Self-cleaning: Photocatalysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
Easy-to-clean (ETC) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Air-purifying Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Anti-fogging Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
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Thermal insulation: Vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
Thermal insulation: Aerogel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Temperature regulation: Phase change materials (PCMs) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 192
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- Illustrations: 43
- Coloured Illustrations: 276
Keywords: High-Tech Materials; Materials; Smart Materials

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Published: February 1, 2008
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