Press Release: Nanotechnology-Based NanoLub Lubricant Significantly Reduces Gear Wear

Press Release 

New Test: Nanotechnology-Based NanoLub Lubricant Significantly Reduces Gear
Wear 

New York, NY, April 23, 2009. ApNano Materials, Inc. (www.apnano.com), a
cleantech company and provider of nanotechnology-based products, today
announced that new test conducted at the FZG Gear Research Centre of the
Technical University of Munich, Germany, clearly shows that ApNano
Material's nanotechnology-based lubricant NanoLub significantly decreases
damaging wear pits on gear teeth. The test was done on oil that was
formulated with a NanoLub additive. 

"The test proves that NanoLub significantly enhances automotive and
industrial gear oils, improving pitting resistance," said Dr. Menachem
Genut, ApNano Materials' President and CEO.  "Gear teeth are especially
vulnerable to micro-pitting and reducing this damage can save high costs of
replacement and repair, making the gears operational 24/7.  For Example,
Anglo-American, one of the largest mining companies in the world has begun
to use NanoLub in its heavy mining equipment in Chile."

"The new test further enhances NanoLub's position in the automotive and
industrial markets, opening new horizons for our innovative lubricant as a
necessary additive to gear oils," said Aharon Feuerstein, ApNano Materials'
Chairman and CFO. "NanoLub is distributed worldwide in Europe, Asia and the
Americas by local agents and distributors. Due to the large demand we have
increased the capacity of our production plant."

Oil blended with NanoLub was evaluated at the FZG Gear Research Centre
according to a recognized international test procedure for investigating the
influence of lubricating oil (especially the quality of additives in these
oils) on the wear and damage of gears. 

In such conditions, indications of damage appear as micro-pits or small
holes on the surface of the gears. The test can differentiate between oils
of varying quality and thus facilitates identifying a high quality lubricant
additive that provides adequate resistance to pitting and wear.

The test at the FZG Gear Research Centre follows other tests done by Dr.
Adrian Oila of Newcastle University, England, on gears with heavy duty gear
oil that was blended with NanoLub powder. No wear damage to the steel
lubricated with the NanoLub oil could be observed with an optical
microscope, while significant wear was observed for the reference oil. The
presence of a beneficial tribofilm was detected on the gears lubricated with
the NanoLub formulation. The tribofilm continues to lubricate the moving
parts also in cases where the oil supply is interrupted.

NanoLub, ApNano's proprietary nanotechnology-based lubricant,  is based on
nanosized particles of tungsten disulfide (WS2)  that have a structure of
nested spheres, called inorganic fullerenes, whose lubrication mechanism
includes the layers slipping off under loads to form an adherent film that
reduces friction and wear . These new nano spheres have first been
synthesized by Dr. Menachem Genut during his post doctorate research. When
these particles are used as an additive to liquid oil or grease, NanoLub
significantly enhances the lubricating properties of the oil or grease with
respect to wear and friction by an order of magnitude versus the same
lubricant without this additive. In addition, NanoLub "wraps" the moving
parts with a lubricating thin film called tribofilm and continues to
lubricate normally for a long time, as an "uninterruptable lubrication
source" during severe oil leakages. In addition to the significant reduction
in wear, NanoLub also contributes to a considerable reduction in the
friction between moving parts resulting in a smoother ignition in case of
"cold start", increased power, and to an improved fuel economy with lower
emission of greenhouse effect gases.