Presentations from Nanocomposites Update

Henrik Hillborg, ABB, and Jesper Bøgelund, DTI, were two of the speakers at Nanocomposites Update in Lund, 11 November. Here are their presentations.

The Nanocomposites Update workshop was an opportunity for researchers and companies to share their experience of the development and use of polymer based nanocomposites.

43 participants had registered for the event, including 16 representatives of companies, institutes or authorities.

Talks were given by:

Jesper Bøgelund, DTI:

Extreme materials for extreme environments

Henrik Hillborg, ABB Corporate Research:

Polymer nanocomposites as electrical insulation in high voltage application

Rodney Rychwalski, Chalmers:

Polymer carbon nanocomposites (abstract)

Lars Berglund, Wallenberg wood science center and KTH:

Nanostructured cellulose composites - opportunities and challenges

Anders Mikkelsen, Lund University:

MAX IV and imaging of nanocomposites

Patrik Fernberg, Swerea SICOMP AB:

Next generation fibre reinforced composite materials

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Material on nanosafety

One of the topics discussed was nanosafety. A number of reports were mentioned:

Compendium of projects in the European Nanosafety cluster 2010

Considerations on a definition of nanomaterial for regulatory purposes

Scientific basis for the definition of the term ““nanomaterial””

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