A new guide to thin films, edited by Gianfranco Pacchioni and Sergio Valeri is given the review treatment by Dr. Charles Dunnill, University College London.
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How to Improve The Thermal Behaviour of Polymer Nanocomposites?
Luo and Lloyd, using molecular dynamics simulations, have investigated methods to increase the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites.
Building Artificial Brains: Nanotechology to Mimic Synapses
A new nanodevice has been developed, intended to reproduce the behaviour of a human synapse.
Precision Matters: Measuring Young’s Modulus
Clamping down a nanowire with a different material allows researchers to make more precise measurements of the nanowire’s Young’s modulus.
Rapid Microfluidic Sorting for On-chip Capture and Analysis of Single Cells
On-chip culturing and molecular profiling of captured cancer cells using a low-cost, rapid microfluidic cell sorter device
Comparing MRI Contrasts
Gossuin, Sandre, et al. describe the design of magnetic nanoparticles with optimised relaxivity for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Carbon Meta-Nanotubes – Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Professor Dirk Guldi reviews Carbon Meta-Nanotubes – Synthesis, Properties, and Applications.
Synthetic Scent Hounds: Nanotechnology to Detect Explosives
Nanostructured sensor for the detection of very low concentrations of explosive.
New Carbon Materials for Faster Computers and Better Mobile Phones
Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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