Nano-Revolution Infiltrating The Construction Community
Nanotechnology offers tremendous potential for improving building materials, including cement and concrete, coatings, thermal insulation, composites and fire retardants, said Joannie Chin, leader of the Polymeric Materials Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo. “A revolution has begun in science and engineering due to new-found abilities to manipulate and analyze materials at the nanoscale. This revolution is beginning to infiltrate the building and construction community in ways that you may not yet be aware of,” she said.
Chin was a panel member at the 40th Annual ECC Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., Sept. 3-6, organized by the Engineering and Construction Contracting Association, an affiliate of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.