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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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  • 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.
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    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.
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    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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