Sporting Goods with Nanotechnology

How can nanotechnology improve sporting goods?

If you're a tennis or golf fan, you'll be glad to hear that even sporting goods has wandered into the nano realm. Current nanotechnology applications in the sports arena include:

• Increasing the strength of tennis racquets by adding nanotubes to the frames which increases control and power when you hit the ball.

• Filling any imperfections in club shaft materials with nanoparticles; this improves the uniformity of the material that makes up the shaft and thereby improving your swing.

• Reducing the rate at which air leaks from tennis balls so they keep their bounce longer.

See the Current Nanotechnology Applications section below for more information.

Sporting Goods: Current Nanotechnology Applications

Using nano-sized material to fill any voids in golf shafts.

Coating kayaks with an epoxy containing carbon nanotubes reduces the chance of damaging the skin of the kayak.

Using a nanocomposite film to keep the air in tennis balls longer.

Strengthening fishing rods without increasing their weight by adding silica nanoparticles to fill spaces between carbon fibers.

Sporting Goods: Nanotechnology Company Directory