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Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology

Attention to possible risks to human health and environment along with other public concerns about social and ethical issues is essential for responsible development of new technologies.

22 Nov 2009

Nanostructuring: A Route for Enhancing Materials Response?

A nanostructured material is nowadays a broad term used to refer to materials that have been either patterned or have structural features in the nanometer (nm) scale.

22 Nov 2009

DNA for Biosensing Applications

Although various DNA biosensing techniques have been developed, the demand for higher throughput and sensitivity methods is ever increasing.

22 Nov 2009

Temptation, Temptation, Temptation: Why Easy Answers About Nanomaterial Risk are Probably Wrong

Whilst many celebrate the amazing properties these novel materials can bring to technological applications, others fear we may be opening a modern Pandora's box.

15 Nov 2009

Nanomaterials - Securing the Future with Lessons from the Past

Nanotechnology has come to symbolize the next industrial revolution in America. The opportunities to reduce the scale of products, to make materials lighter and stronger, and to design machines that perform useful functions on the micrometer and smaller scale seem endless.

15 Nov 2009

Electronics With Single Molecules

Single molecule electronics is a research field focusing on the study of electron transfer through single molecules. One of the long-term goals is to develop devices with functional units defined by the single molecule.

15 Nov 2009

Engineering of Nanomembranes for Emerging Applications

Nanoscience and nanotechnology is recognized as the key strategy to improve conventional and develop new membrane technologies by exploring novel nanomaterials and nano-scale processes.

4 Nov 2009

Polyelectrolyte Films - Versatile Approach to Generate Well-Controlled Environments for Tissue Engineering Applications

One of the challenges in tissue engineering applications is to preserve cells normal physical activities on synthetic scaffolds and maintain tissue-specific function.

4 Nov 2009

Soft Lithography Enhances Biological Cells Imaging

The development of microarrays for analysis and manipulation of cells or viruses has attracted considerable interest from both researchers and biomedical related industry.

4 Nov 2009

Fabrication of Organic Photovoltaic Devices

The next generation of solar cells will be light, flexible, attractive and most importantly, cheap, because they will be made from organic (plastic) materials. Their flexible lightweight properties will enable them to be deployed over a wide range of new applications.

25 Oct 2009