http://www.azonano.com The Lastest Nanotechnology and Nanoscience News from AZoNano - The A to Z of Nanotechnology en Copyright 2001-2008, AZoM.com Pty Ltd 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. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2448 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. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2447 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. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2446 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. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2445 One of the challenges in tissue engineering applications is to preserve cells normal physical activities on synthetic scaffolds and maintain tissue-specific function. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2444 The development of microarrays for analysis and manipulation of cells or viruses has attracted considerable interest from both researchers and biomedical related industry. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2443 The estimated measuring time, along with the reliability and significance of the results often plays an important role in almost any analytical question. Analyses for quality assurance must often be done very quickly in production environments. The NETZSCH furnace helps with thermal analysis. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2442 The presence of residual oxygen is a well known problem in thermal analysis. When samples are investigated in inert gas atmospheres any residual oxygen is decisive in most cases because possible oxidation of the sample would lead to undesired results and incorrect interpretations. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2441 In Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), the temperature change of a sample in a crucible is measured during heating and compared to a reference (empty crucible). Descrepencies in heat flow is calculated on the basis of this temperature difference curve are overcome using the Tau-R Correction. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2439 Temperature modulated DSC, abbreviated TM-DSC, is an extension of the conventional DSC technique. The use of the TM-DSC method has become widespread, especially in the low-temperature field in the areas of polymers and pharmaceuticals. NETZSCH has expanded it to work at higher temperatures. http://www.azonano.com/details.asp?ArticleID=2438