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	The 2nd Workshop on NanoTechnology Transfer in Europe December 13, 2006 \| Hotel Mercure Paris Montmartre \| Paris, France Hosted by European Nano Systems 2006

NanoTransfer 2006

Emmanuel Sofianopoulos - Responsible for EU projects, BPM S.A., Greece

ACTIVATION, A Nanomaterials Technology Transfer Case

Superhigh energy ball milling with the help of novel laboratory and industrial planetary mills was applied for the development of new materials and technologies based on particle size reduction and mechanical activation of particles. So far in the industry, a number of techniques of synthesizing nano-scale materials via bottom-up routes are employed. ACTIVATION, attempted a top-down method of mechanochemical processing (high energy milling) which is relatively simple. The stage of milling involves a complex mechanical treatment of every particle. The energy impact on the particle in the high energy density mechanical activators such as planetary mills is comparable to the energy of the crystal lattice of the material under treatment. Intense mechanical treatment results in the specific defect structure created and stabilized. Thus, a particle obtained by means of high energy milling differs from a particle of the same size obtained by a bottom-up synthesis method, as it is mechanically activated. Mechanically activated materials are characterized by diminished sintering temperature, high density, hardness and strength and other improved properties useful in many applications. The limiting size of the particles attainable by the milling technique used is estimated as a few tens of nanometers (40-50 nm). In ACTIVATION, enhanced properties of the materials are obtained by means of finding an optimal balance between the particle size and mechanical activation.

The aim of the presentation is to give preliminary results on the ACTIVATION project with some Technology Transfer tips.

Emmanuel Sofianopoulos (BEng, Mphil) is a Materials Engineer with postgraduate studies on Advanced Ceramics. For the past 8 years he is employed in the Innovation and Technology Transfer profession on the materials sector. He is currently managing STREP Project ACTIVATION (3.2 Meuro - 11 partners, 6 countries) whose purpose is the production of activated nanopowders. He is also participating in the following major projects as the project manager and TT expert.