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Friday, 5th December 2008 (1794 views)

Japanese scientists have developed a new technique that could result in a faster way of producing gold-bearing nanotubes.

A team from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) created a method in which unique metal-complex-type organic nanotubes are obtained from a metal salt solution.

In the process, metal molecules are changed into tube-shaped structures within ten minutes, which is around five times faster than conventional methods.

Additionally, the amount of nanotubes created is 200 times more than is usually obtained using previous techniques.

Gold nanostructures such as this could be used in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, electronics, magnetics, optics, catalysts and the food industry.

Meanwhile, the New Jersey Institute of Technology – which includes research on gold nanotechnology in its work – has been awarded extra funding by the state's Commission on Science and Technology.

The cash is designed to help researchers to develop the "most promising patentable inventions".

 

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