We have developed an integrated technology for producing nanopowders of metals from waste. Solid waste (spent magnets, scrap electronic industry, exhaust gas neutralization catalysts) is dissolved in acids. Ion flotation is then used to selectively extract ions. Then we reduction the ions into nanoparticles in the direct micelles of the surfactant. Nanopowders of bismuth, gold, platinum, copper, cobalt ferrites, and nickel ferrites were obtained using this technology.
I don't work on the nanomaterials but I know few people working on it, and they are able to make graphene and CNT from some type of waste materials (like agriculture and other organic waste) which contain C.
We have developed an integrated technology for producing nanopowders of metals from waste. Solid waste (spent magnets, scrap electronic industry, exhaust gas neutralization catalysts) is dissolved in acids. Ion flotation is then used to selectively extract ions. Then we reduction the ions into nanoparticles in the direct micelles of the surfactant. Nanopowders of bismuth, gold, platinum, copper, cobalt ferrites, and nickel ferrites were obtained using this technology.