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Nano materials in architecture, interior architecture, and design /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leydecker, Sylvia
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kölbel, Marius, Peters, Sascha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 2008.
Subjects:
Architecture and technology.
Design and technology.
Nanostructured materials.
Architecture et technologie.
Design et technologie.
Nanomatériaux.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • What is nanotechnology?
  • The development of nanotechnology
  • Carbon: new morphologies
  • General market developments
  • Nanoproducts
  • Form follows function?
  • Ecology and economics
  • Is the devil in the dwarfs?
  • Nanotechnology and product design
  • Functions and applications
  • Self-cleaning: Lotus-Effect® : Ara Pacis Museum, Rome ; Commercial building, Pula ; Private residence, Aggstall ; Strucksbarg housing, Hamburg
  • Self-cleaning: Photocatalysis : Muhammed Ali Center MAC, Louisville, Kentucky ; Hyatt Regency Garden Chapel, Osaka ; AKT, Am Kaiser's Turm, Heilbronn ; East Hotel, Hamburg ; G-Flat, Tokyo ; Kurakuen private residence, Hyogo ; Senri New Town private residence, Osaka ; House in Creek, Hiroshima ; Disabled-access housing for elderly people, Frick ; MSV Arena soccer stadium, Duisburg ; Children's playground, Kagawa
  • Easy-to-clean (ETC) : Science to Business Center Nanotronics & Bio, Marl ; Kaldewei Kompetenz-Center, Ahlen ; Private residence, Erlenbach ; Modern classicism, Shanghai ; Urban lounge/Light bubbles, St. Gallen
  • Air-purifying : Atelier and villa for a calligrapher, Ymanashi ; Paving for Leien Boulevard, Antwerp ; Jubilee Church, Rome
  • Anti-fogging
  • Fragrance capsules
  • Thermal insulation: VIPs : Sonnenschiff centre, Freiburg ; Seitzstra€e mixed-use building, Munich
  • Thermal insulation: Aerogel : County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; School extension, London ; Sports hall, Carquefou ; Factory, Zaisertshofen
  • Temperature regulation: PCMs : "Sur Falveng" housing for elderly people, Domat/Ems
  • UV protection
  • Solar protection
  • Fire-proof : Deutsche Post headquarters, Bonn ; Waverly Gate, Edinburgh
  • Anti-graffiti : New Centre Ulm ; Hofjäger Palais, Berlin
  • Anti-reflective
  • Antibacterial : Housing estate, Duisburg ; Operating theatre, Goslar ; Operating theatre, Berlin ; Patient's hospital room prototype, Berlin
  • Anti-fingerprint
  • Scratchproof and abrasion-resistant
  • The holistic application of nanosurfaces in interiors.