ABSTRACT
Someofthemorepublicizedpropertybenefitsachievedwithnanophaseor nanostructuredmaterialsincludemetalsthatexhibitincreasedhardness[1]and theemissionoflightfromsilicon[2].Forthemostpart,thesematerialshave beenalaboratorycuriosity,butrecentlyahandfulofcompanieshastriedto commercializethepropertybenefitsassociatedwithnanophasematerials.In thisarticle,wewillpresentsomeofthecommercialapplicationsfornanophase materialsastheyrelatetobulkconsolidatedstructureswithnanometergrains, porousstructureswithnanophasegrainsandpores,anddispersionsofnanophase particlesinsolvents.
