Abstract
Radiation technology has long been proven as a simple, rapid, green and sustainable technology with macroscale applications in healthcare, industry and environment. Its merits, however, have not been fully utilized in today’s ever growing nanotechnology. Ionizing radiation has beneficial effects for the synthesis and modification of structure and properties of nanomaterials. This paper intends to update the application of ionizing radiation in the development of various nanomaterials under the categories: (i) carbon-based nanomaterials, (ii) metal-based nanomaterials, (iii) polymer-based nanomaterials, (iv) polymer nanocomposites and (v) nano-scale grafting for advanced membrane applications.
Highlights
The Japanese scientist Norio Taniguchi of Tokyo University was the first to use the term “nano-technology” in a 1974 conference to describe semiconductor processes such as thin film deposition and ion-beam milling exhibiting characteristic control on the order of a nanometer
Many commercial products that are currently on the market and in daily use rely on the development and availability of nanomaterials
The famous lecture given at Caltech in 1959 by Feynman and the description of nanotechnology for the first time by Taniguchi in 1974 showed us the way to so-called molecular manufacturing, it was only in early 2000 that consumer products making use of nanotechnology began appearing in the market place
Summary
The Japanese scientist Norio Taniguchi of Tokyo University was the first to use the term “nano-technology” in a 1974 conference to describe semiconductor processes such as thin film deposition and ion-beam milling exhibiting characteristic control on the order of a nanometer. The ionizing radiations by virtue of very high energies of γ photons (0.66–1.25 MeV) or accelerated electrons (several keV–10 MeV) and their ability to penetrate into solid materials generate free radicals homogeneously in the media they pass through. This allows irradiation of monomers or polymers in any state at—or if needed, below—room temperature. Various techniques are employed under one of these three approaches for the synthesis of nanomaterials, ionizing radiation is seldom mentioned as either a standalone technique or in combination with any conventional technique as a tool for the preparation of polymeric nanomaterials. The aim of this short review is meant to bring awareness of the advantages of using ionizing radiation for the synthesis of nanomaterials
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