Rensselaer Researchers Secure $1 Million Grant To Develop Oil Exploration Game-Changer
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 12:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Nikhil Koratkar is leading a $1 million study to develop new coatings for nanosensors that could lead to more accurate and efficient oil exploration. Koratkar and colleagues are investigating how the flow of water, steam, or certain gasses over surfaces coated with carbon nanotubes or graphene can generate small amounts of electricity.