An Advanced Nanomaterials Production in Microgravity

Abstract

Nanomaterials are matrices, containing nano sized particles. The presence of nanoparticles in the matrix leads to a sharp change in the properties of the resulting nanomaterial for the better, including mechanical strength, impact strength, electrical or thermal conductivity. Today, nanocomposites are obtained by laser decomposition of an aerosol solution of ferrocene in toluene, which results in the formation of a nanocomposite containing amorphous carbon nanoparticles and isolated iron-based nanoparticles in a continuous mode and in one operation; by the method of dispersing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the production of nanocomposites with an aluminum matrix; by using lowfrequency ultrasonic processing in the production of carbon nanocomposites. However, these methods do not permit to obtain advanced nanomaterials with high physical and mechanical properties, the matrix of which is filled with uniformly distributed nanoparticles. The article presents a new developed method of advanced nanomaterials with high physical and mechanical properties production, in the matrix of which, a uniform distribution of nanoparticles is carried out in microgravity by using the force of inertia and the isotropic property of microgravity.