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Materials Today Virtual Conference The New Carbon Era October 27th 2010
The inaugural Materials Today Virtual Conference on the ‘New Carbon Era’ will take place on October 27th 2010.
Materials Today 2010 Cover Competition
Materials Today Magazine invites you to nominate your best materials-related image to be considered for publication on the cover for one of ten 2011 issues.
Materials Today 2010 writing competition
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A tale of twists and untwists
A new study has created crystals that can both twist and untwist......
'White graphene' to the rescue
It is being suggested that white graphene may be the perfect solution for silicon as a new era unfolds in nanoscale electronics.

Podcasts

Infrared nanospectroscopy with the atomic force microscope
Interview with: Craig Prater; Chief Technical Officer for Anasys Instruments, Santa Barbara, USA
Chemistry and material science at the cell surface
Interview with: Assistant Professor Jeffrey Karp; Harvard Medical School, USA
Immunosensing using nanoparticles
Interview with: Professor Arben Merkoçi; ICREA & ICN, Spain
Polymer Research for Renewable Energy and Clean Water
Interview with: Assistant Professor Michael Hickner; Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Nanomechanical characterization of the most challenging soft materials
CSM Instruments is pleased to announce our webinar entitled "Nanomechanical characterization of the most challenging soft materials". This is presented in partnership with Materials Today (Elsevier) and is scheduled on September 29th. Characterization of soft materials such as polymers, elastomers gel or cell by indentation has always been a challenging task because these materials show almost always time dependent mechanical properties. Their visco-elastic properties are characterized by storage and loss moduli whereas response of the material to constant load is described by its creep properties. Since these properties are time dependent, the use of experimental techniques with perfect thermal stability is required so that the results are not discredited by the inherent error of the measurement technique. The most important source of errors in indentation is phenomenon called thermal drift, i.e. change in displacement signal while constant load is applied on a thermally stable material such as fused silica.
Tools & Techniques for Nanomechanical Testing of Biomaterials: Part II: Softer Biomaterial Applications
In the next part of the Hysitron Webinar Series, we continue to examine a more focused group of applications relating to the study of biomaterials.
Tools & Techniques for Nanomechanical Testing of Biomaterials
In part 3 of the Hysitron Webinar Series, we examine a more focused group of applications relating to the study of biomaterials.
Developments in Quantitative EDS Analysis
This webinar will deal with some of the basic and advanced developments in EDS analysis and address some of the peculiarities of the technique.

Blogs

To tweet or not to tweet
Posted by Jonathan Agbenyega • 04 February 2010
I spotted this tweet recently, and it got me thinking... Which is a better barometer of opinion: Tweet or Taxi driver? Are we placing too much emphasis on networking via the internet when a simple f...
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Graphene single-electron transistors Graphene single-electron transistors
Graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms forming a perfectly stable and clean two-dimensional crystal with very few defects, has been proclaimed to be a new revolutionary material for electronics. These hopes rest mainly on the unique band structure properties of graphene.
Carbon nanotubes for coherent spintronics
Carbon nanotubes bridge the molecular and crystalline quantum worlds, and their extraordinary electronic, mechanical and optical properties have attracted enormous attention from a broad scientific community.
The carbon new age The carbon new age
Graphene has been considered by many as a revolutionary material with electronic and structural properties that surpass conventional semiconductors and metals.
Graphene, a promising transparent conductor
New electronic devices such as touch screens, flexible displays, printable electronics, solid-state lighting and thin film photovoltaics have led to a rapidly growing market for flexible transparent conductors.

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Graphene, a promising transparent conductor • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2010, Pages 52-59 | Wassei, J.K.; Kaner, R.B.
Graphene: carbon in two dimensions • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 10, Issue 1-2, January 2007, Pages 20-27 | Katsnelson, M.I.
Polymer-based solar cells • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2007, Pages 28-33 | Mayer, A.C.; Scully, S.R.; Hardin, B.E.; Rowell, M.W.; McGehee, M.D.
III-V compound SC for optoelectronic devices • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2009, Pages 22-32 | Mokkapati, S.; Jagadish, C.
Fabrication of low-cost electronic biosensors • Review article
Materials Today, Volume 12, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 12-20 | Sokolov, A.N.; Roberts, M.E.; Bao, Z.

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