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• Our company specialises in antibacterial surface coatings, we would like to take our product development forward in the direction of nanotechnology and need background information on this.     

A nanometre is a billionth of a metre in length and the technology which takes place within 1,000 nanometres is nanotechnology.  Put simply, the main purpose is to manipulate individual atoms and molecules to create tools thousands of times smaller than existing technologies allow, making product assembly, detection etc possible with a greater degree of strength and precision.

FREE of charge to members, the RSC Virtual Library is an excellent place to start your background research with premium e-book resources to take you from the basics to properties, applications, commerce, the environment, health and safety.  The full text e-journals and journals databases will help you keep up with the most up to date journal articles in this area.

NetLibrary - full text e-books

The Handbook of Nanotechnology: Business, Policy, and Intellectual Property Law 
 
Nanotechnology for Dummies 

Knovel  - full text e-books

Nanostructured Materials - Processing, Properties and Potential Applications

Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials

Springer -  full text e-books

Nanotechnology and Occupational Health

Micromanufacturing and Nanotechnology 

Springer - full text e-Journals

Nanoscale Research Letters

Journal of Nanoparticle Research 

Chimica - through the ChemVillage platform

Ultrasound-assisted coating of nylon 6,6 with silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial activity  Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 104, 3 , 2007, 1423-1430
 
Layer-by-layer deposition of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles on textile fibers Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 289, 1-3 , 2006, 105-109

Chemical Businesss NewsBase - through the ChemVillage platform

Surfactis develops antibacterial molecular shields. Source: La Tribune, n 3671, 28 May 2007, p 13 Language: French
 
Tackling the pandemic: nanotechnology and bird flu NanoNow, v 1, n 1, Feb 2007, p 14-15

Environment Index - through the EBSCO platform

Ethical and Scientific Issues of Nanotechnology in the Workplace Environmental Health Perspectives, Jan2007, Vol. 115 Issue 1, p5-12
 
Toxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Gill injury, oxidative stress, and other physiological effects.  Aquatic Toxicology, Oct2007, Vol. 84 Issue 4, p415-430, 

Business Source Corporate - through the EBSCO platform

Nanotechnology: Huge Future for Small Innovation.   Medical Design Technology, Jul2007, Vol. 11 Issue 7, p12-15, PDF Full Text

Natural Biopolymer-Based Nanocomposite Films for Packaging Applications. Critical Reviews in Food Science & Nutrition, Jun2007, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p411-433, 10 charts, 4 diagrams, 3 graphs; PDF Full Text

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