The Maurer Lab at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new class of self-assembled monolayers that could be used in MEMS and NEMS.
Month: January 2013
Polymer electrolyte films for energy applications
MIT researchers change film morphologies by making simple changes in LbL assembly conditions.
Hierarchical structures make superomniphobic surfaces
American researchers develop structured surface that repels virtually all liquids.
Single Polymer Chain Folding – A Review
C. Barner-Kowollik highlights the most recent progress in the area of single polymer chain folding, aimed at mimicking natural biomacromolecules.
A Snapshot of Plasmonic Sensors
Modern nanofabrication schemes and other methodological advances enable new fascinating possibilities in the emerging area of biosensing.
Making conductive CNTs easy
New nanotube fibers have unmatched combination of strength, conductivity, flexibility.
EDF select Hardide Coatings for nuclear power station work
Company chosen to extend life of boiler steam valves at Hinkley B nuclear power station in UK.
Micro- and Nanoengineering of Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications
The future of nano and micromaterials for healthcare, described by Ali Khademhosseini and Nicholas Peppas as part of an Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue.
13th century logic to solve a 21st century problem
Invoking William of Ockham to infer structure from experiment: toward a variational approach to the structural inversion problem for disordered materials.
Call for Papers "Focus Issue Semiconductor Nanowires" in physica status solidi
Physica status solidi RRL have issued a call for papers for their focus issue on semiconductor nanowires.
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