Parallel manipulators: state of the art and perspectives.

Parallel manipulators: state of the art and perspectives

Parallel link manipulators are undergoing increasing developments this last few years as well from a theoretical view point as for practical applications. We summarize in this paper what has been discovered recently and illustrate various applications for this kind of manipulator.

Membrane Science and Research in Asia and the Middle East: State of the Art and Perspectives

Asia and Middle East represent one of the most dynamic regions in the world which has experienced fast economic and technological growth. Access to clean and affordable water is essential for building resilience and maintaining human’s well-being and livelihood development in this region. Likewise, various energy resources are fundamental to support stable economic and social progress for bette...

State-of-the-art and perspectives

State-of-the-art and future perspectives

Organic food products are highly susceptible to fraud. Currently, administrative controls are conducted to detect fraud, but having an analytical tool able to verify the organic identity of food would be very supportive. The state-of-the-art in food authentication relies on fingerprinting approaches that find characteristic analytical patterns to unequivocally identify authentic products. While...

Nanophononics: state of the art and perspectives

Understanding and controlling vibrations in condensed matter is emerging as an essential necessity both at fundamental level and for the development of a broad variety of technological applications. Intelligent design of the band structure and transport properties of phonons at the nanoscale and of their interactions with electrons and photons impact the efficiency of nanoelectronic systems and...