The project of "Research and Industrialization on Non-Crystal and Nanometer Crystal Products", one of Beijing's major sci-tech project, has been examined and approved by the relevant governmental departments on Mar. 24, which put China in the ranks of the top countries that have possessed advanced technology in terms of product system, technological equipment and industrialization of nanometer materials.

According to nanometer experts, the technological design of the new material is targeted at "Shenzhou VI" and other key projects, and the new material will be expected to be applied in aerospace navigation in future.

Non-crystal material, a kind of artificial material that employs hi-tech methods, is produced by quickly cooling and condensing the melted regular metals. As the internal atom structure of non-crystal material is different from the other regular materials it possesses an extraordinary physical and chemical property.

Based on the technology of non-crystal material, the nanometer crystal material, by using proper techniques and materials to obtain the well-distributed small crystal grains of five to ten nanometers, is a kind of authentic nanometer material. Its special structure and crystal scale leads to a sudden functional change.

Ma Lin, director of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, said that the project of "Research and Industrialization on Non-Crystal and Nanometer Crystal Products" examined and approved on Mar. 24 was put on file in Beijing in 2002, and was jointly carried out by Advanced Technology and Materials Co., Ltd (AT&M), University of Science and Technology Beijing as well Institute of Physics under Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). Through the implementation of the project, China has developed a series of non-crystal and new nanometer materials, and scored a breakthrough in producing non-crystal and nanometer materials.

So far the project has applied 18 national patents, and realized a great-leap-forward development in product system, technique equipment and industrialization. Meanwhile, with this achievement, China has come to join in with Japan and Germany to take the lead in the research and production of non-crystal and nanometer materials in the world.

(People's Daily March 28, 2005)