Materials Nanoarchitectonics for Mechanical Tools in Chemical and Biological Sensing

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Design of fluorescent materials for chemical sensing.

There is an enormous demand for chemical sensors for many areas and disciplines. High sensitivity and ease of operation are two main issues for sensor development. Fluorescence techniques can easily fulfill these requirements and therefore fluorescent-based sensors appear as one of the most promising candidates for chemical sensing. However, the development of sensors is not trivial; material s...

Nanoarchitectonics + future leaders = bright success in materials science and technology

World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPIMANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan 2 School of Physical and Mathematical Science, Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore E-mail: ARIGA. [email protected], [email protected] and AONO. [email protected] Great progress requires great ideas. Ov...

Biological materials: Structure and mechanical properties

Most natural (or biological) materials are complex composites whose mechanical properties are often outstanding, considering the weak constituents from which they are assembled. These complex structures, which have risen from hundreds of million years of evolution, are inspiring Materials Scientists in the design of novel materials. Their defining characteristics, hierarchy, multifunctionality,...

Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of Biological Materials

Biological materials, such as isolated protein networks, tissues and living cells are extremely heterogeneous and contain structures on length scales from nanometers to hundreds of microns. Their complex geometries and sensitivity to environmental conditions make traditional measurements of structure and mechanics difficult, challenging experimenters to develop new techniques. In this work, we ...