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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.
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  • Gen F Scientists
    Are you on Facebook? Twitter, perhaps? Maybe LinkedIn? What about a social networking site dedicated to materials science? If you are not, you may be more alone than you think…
  • Resonance properties of metallic ring systems Resonance properties of metallic ring systems
    We review our recent efforts in understanding the resonance properties of metallic ring systems using a rigorous mode-expansion theory. In the quasi-static limit, we established a matrix-form circuit equation to calculate the frequencies and current distributions for all resonance modes in a ring system. We then applied the theory to study different split ring resonators (SRR).
  • Electromagnetic wave in 2D photonic crystals Electromagnetic wave in 2D photonic crystals
    In this article, we have reviewed recent progresses on the negative refraction and the abnormal transmission of electromagnetic wave in two-dimensional photonic crystals. The physical mechanisms related to these phenomena have been analyzed, and the focusing properties of the point source through the photonic-crystal-based flat lens have been discussed.
  • Up close and personal with atoms and molecules Up close and personal with atoms and molecules
    Nature is the best example of a system functioning on the nanometer scale, where the involved materials, energy consumption and data handling are optimized. Opening the doors to the nanoworld the emergence of the scanning tunneling microscope in 1982 and the atomic force microscope in 1986 led to a shift of paradigm in the understanding and perception of matter at its most fundamental level.
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