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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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  • Polymer semiconductor crystals
    One of the long-standing challenges in the field of polymer semiconductors is to figure out how long interpenetrating and entangled polymer chains self-assemble into single crystals from the solution phase or melt.
  • Designing polymer surfaces via vapor deposition
    Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) methods significantly augment the capabilities of traditional surface modification techniques for designing polymeric surfaces.
  • Ion-containing polymers: new energy & clean water
    New generations of materials are being sought as solid-state electrolytes that facilitate fast ion conduction in mechanically robust, yet thin, polymer membranes.
  • Optoelectronics using block copolymers
    Block copolymers, either as semiconductors themselves or as structure directors, are emerging as a promising class of materials for understanding and controlling processes associated with both photovoltaic energy conversion and light emitting devices.
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  • Block copolymer nanostructures
    One of the most important classes of synthetic systems for creating self-assembled nanostructures is amphiphilic block copolymers.
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