What does S/V stand for?

The most important advantage of manganese oxide nanoparticles is increasing the ratio of surface to volume in materials in bulk form.

The proposed concepts and methods are relevant to a wide range of applications where specifically high silicon surface to volume rates are of importance: solar cells, solar-driven generation of hydrogen, electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, precursors for production of silicon nano-particles and platforms for chemical and biological sensors.

The high surface to volume ratio of nanomaterials can result, for instance, in key differences between them and their bulk counterparts in thermo-physical properties, such as melting points and the amount of heat required for formation.

But cubic membranes, as periodic minimal surfaces, partition space with the maximum ratio of surface to volume.

Project status:Accepted Project Funding: 240000 EURO General information: In the power generation, nuclear, chemical and petrochemical industries plants designed upon the basis of uniaxial creep data are thought to be inadequate because - of the many assumptions made in the prediction of component behaviour and hence lifetime uniaxial specimen data; - the anisotropy of materials~ properties; - design related discontinuities (eg welds, changes in section) cannot be incorporated in uniaxial tests; - differences in surface to volume ratios between uniaxial specimens and real components.

Due to their very high surface to volume ratio and appropriate physico-mechanical properties, such nanomaterials have received much attention from the scientists.

This is due to minimal density difference between inclusions and molten aluminum, and high surface to volume ratio of the inclusions.

Among the advantages of the magnetic nanoparticles , mention can be made of the ease of separation process by using a magnet and high ratio of surface to volume that increases their adsorbent capacity.