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HT7800: A Fully Digital, Versatile Transmission Electron Microscope

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The HT7800 is a digital, powerful, and versatile transmission electron microscope. With a large range of camera options, the instrument is suitable for a massive span of varying applications.

Nanosensors: Definition, Applications and How They Work

Article - 6 Feb 2007

In this article, AZoNano discusses how nanosensors work, their applications and future directions for the technology.

Top Down and Bottom Up Construction NanoFabrication Techniques Defined

Article - 25 Jan 2007

Nanoscale fabrication techniques can generally be divided into either top down fabrication or bottom up fabrication

Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Forming Helical Structures - First Realization Of Hole Conduction In The Cholesteric Phase

Article - 27 Oct 2006

Our research group has carried out investigation of the relationship between molecular structures and their physical properties, and the establishment of the guiding principle for molecular design to...

Biosurfactants Using Yeasts Forming Nanocapsule Liposomes Suitable For Use As Moisturisers and Cosmetics At One Tenth The Cost Of Natural Ceramides

Article - 27 Oct 2006

Biosurfactants that can be used in skin care products (cosmetics, medicines for external application) are the focus of attention. Through application of microbial biotechnology, AIST is engaged in the...

Establishment Of A Technique For Production Of High-Performance Thin Films With Laser Irradiation - Enabling The Provision Of The World's Highest Quality Superconducting Thin Films At A Low Price

Article - 22 Sep 2006

AIST has obtained results which reverse the conventional wisdom that superconducting films formed by processes needing a vacuum atmosphere are of high performance but expensive, while superconducting...

The Applications and Future Trends of Nanotechnology

Article - 29 Aug 2006

Materials scientists and engineers have made significant improvements to the methods of synthesis of nanomaterial solids. A brief review of future trends in nanotechnology developments is given in...

Regenerative Medicine Using Nanotechnology To Create Bioinert, Bioactive and Resorbable Biomaterials For Smart Implants and Cell Based Therapies

Article - 23 Aug 2006

The vision for nano-assisted regenerative medicine is the development of cost-effective disease-modifying therapies that will allow for in-situ tissue regeneration.

Nanotechnology Improving Healthcare Through Invitro Biosensors and Integrated Devices and In-vivo Implantable Devices and Medical Imaging

Article - 23 Aug 2006

The application of micro- and nanobiotechnology in medical diagnostics can be grouped into two areas, invitro (biosensors and integrated devices) and in-vivo (implantable devices, medical imaging)...

Highly Functional Catalyst For Purification Of Industrial Exhaust Gases - Low Tempe

Article - 15 Aug 2006

This article examines a novel platinum-alumina catalyst that allows removal by oxidation of harmful volatile organic compounds present in factory exhaust gases. The reaction temperature is 100ºC lower...