Latest Self-cleaning glass Stories

DUBLIN, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xtk6z9/selfcleaning) has announced the addition of the "Self-Cleaning Window Markets - 2013" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/xtk6z9/selfcleaning ] report to their offering. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130307/600769 ) The key objective of this report is to identify and quantify the market for self-cleaning windows worldwide. With regard...

Stockholm, Apr 26, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - Nanoparticles are currently used in commercial products ranging from catalysts, polishing media and magnetic fluids to cosmetics and sunscreens. A new review by researchers in Sweden and Spain describes recent work to optimize the synthesis, dispersion and surface functionalization of titania, zinc oxide and ceria - the three main nanoparticles used in photocatalytic, UV-blocking and sunscreen applications.With the commercial success of self-cleaning...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reportedly developed a way to make glass free of glare and reflections, resistant to fog, and essentially self-cleaning, the university announced in a press release last Thursday. According to the MIT News Office, the technology is a new surface temperature that can be applied to glass, essentially eliminating reflections and making it so that water droplets bounce right off the surface, not unlike rubber balls. This new...