First nanotechnology products made in VN
VGP – The “made-in-Việt Nam” carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were successfully produced and sold 50% lower than their foreign corresponding items, opening a promising future for hi-tech research and application in Việt Nam.
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The Institute of Materials Science (IMS) in Hà Nội and the Hồ Chí Minh City Hi-tech Park are the first organizations successfully producing CNTs for sale in Việt Nam.
So far, about 100-300g of CNTs with the purity of 95% is produced per day at the laboratory scale.
Vietnamese CNTs charges only US $0.6 per gram instead of the price US $1 on average in the world.
This reason is that Vietnamese producers make use of vegetal materials, such as sugar-cane, gourd, and nulgar bamboo, which are abundant throughout the country.
In the coming time, the Vietnamese nano producers are approaching new possible applications of CNTs, including abrasion-resistant rubber, solid plating, and radar wave-absorbing epoxy materials.
In addition, researchers have succeeded in combining big-diameter nanotubes in order to filter blood or biological water.
Nanotechnology is widely recognized as a technological revolution in the 21st century. Carbon nano is famous for its strength, durability, and electrical and heat conductibility.
By Kim Loan
