Enhancing Fog Harvesting in Arid Region
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NBD Nanotechnologies Landed a $5.2 Million Investment by Phoenix Venture Partners
NBD Nanotechnologies, a Boston-based advanced materials startup, has landed a $5.2 million investment led byPhoenix Venture Partners. Supply Chain Ventures and existing angel investors also contributed to the startup's Series A investment round.NBDhas a federal grantto explore whether its specialized coatings can improve the performance of steam condensers, which are used by electric power plants and desalinization facilities to convert steam into liquid water.
The technology also could be useful in large-scale water harvesting, Co-founder and CEO Miguel Galvez says. NBD hasa second federal grantto determine whether it can improve the performance of "fog nets," a water-collecting wire mesh that pulls condensation from the air and collects it as liquid water. Galvez calls that idea "a direct biomimicry play from the beetle."
There are competitors in these highly specialized worlds. NBD is betting it can stand out with a new kind of nanotechnology polymer, which can be manipulated to make it either hydrophobic or hydrophilic depending on the needs of a potential customer.
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