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Materials Today Virtual Conference The New Carbon Era October 27th 2010
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.
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'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.
Nanomaterials find a new home
Engineering researchers at Rice University have published work showing how nanomaterials are poised for widespread use in the construction industry.........
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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.
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Blogs
To tweet or not to tweet
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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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Features
Shape memory materials
After being severely and quasi-plastically distorted, shape memory materials (SMMs) are able to recover their original shape at the presence of the right stimulus.
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Chemical sensitivity of porphyrin assemblies
Porphyrins show unique binding properties that are widely exploited in nature to accomplish essential functions for life; the potential mimic of these functions with synthetic counterparts has provided the basis of many kinds of chemical sensors.
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Metal oxide nanowires as chemical sensors
It is almost a decade since the first presentation of metal oxide nanowires as chemical sensors.
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Immunosensing using nanoparticles
Immunosensing technology is taking advantage of the lastest developments in materials science and inparticular from the nanomaterials field.
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ThinFilmID
ThinFilmID software determines in-situ composition and thickness of thin film structures.
Semiconductor nanowire devices
In the past ten years the idea of using self-assembled nanostructures to overcome the limitations of top-down fabrication approach was the driving force behind the tremendous interest in semiconducting nanowires and nanotubes.
Carbon nanotube-based neat fibers
Macroscopic fibers containing only Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs) will yield great advances in high-tech applications if they can attain a significant portion of the extraordinary mechanical and electrical properties of individual CNTs.
Spiderman gloves
Theoretical van der Waals gloves could generate an adhesion force comparable to the body weight of 500 men.
Nanoparticle-modified polyelectrolyte capsules
The concept of polyelectrolyte capsules as multifunctional carrier systems is described. The walls of a capsule can be functionalized with fluorescent, magnetic, and heatable colloidal nanoparticles and also biological macromolecules, while its cavity can be loaded with cargo molecules. Potential applications of this carrier system for delivery and sensing in cells are discussed.
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