While both IR and THz/mmW wireless communications share some attributes such as line-of-sight signaling, their behaviors in response to various weather phenomena such as rain, fog, dust, and air turbulence can be quite different. The performance of mmW/THz and infrared freespace communication links are compared under the same weather conditions.

Datacom and Telecom are continuously evolving in terms of bandwidth, consumption and cost. The general request is bandwith increase with no change or even reduction of overall consumption and cost. According to the Ethernet roadmap the bandwidth doubles every two years [1]. The actual candidate technology for large volume and low cost is Si Photonics [2]. With Si Photonics it is possible to rea...

Carbon nanotubes and graphene have emerged as promising nanocarbon (nC) materials in various fields. However in order to benefit from their full potential, a functionalization step is usually required. For this reason, different covalent and non-covalent derivatization methods have been developed in the last few years. In this context, we have found a new functionalization method that consists ...

h-zsm-5 nano-zeolites were synthesized by hydrothermal method using tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (tpaoh) as a template in the presence of various tpabr concentrations. the effect of different tpabr/tpaoh molar ratios was studied on the catalytic performance of dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether (dme) in a fixed bed reactor under the same operating conditions (t=300°c, p=1 atm, and whsv=...

How can robots effectively assist humans in the packaging industry, when it comes to handling large components, such as a LCD television? This is the question that scientists and industry partners of the research project “CustomPacker” [1] are seeking to answer. The aims of the project are to free the human worker of tedious, unchallenging work, whilst simultaneously reducing packaging costs. A...

Recent studies show that certain nanomaterials (NMs) are toxic to living organisms, both in in vitro and in vivo studies. Main common mechanisms of toxicity, such as immunotoxicity, inflammation and increased production of oxygen reactive species which, in turn, provoke oxidative stress, have been already demonstrated for NMs. Nevertheless, specific mechanisms for different materials and key pr...

Reproducing electronic device functionalities that have been successfully realized, and gainfully employed for many decades in traditional semiconductor devices made of Silicon, or III-V heterostructures is a difficult long-term survival strategy for 2D crystal material electronic device applications. They sure are the most sensitive tests of the physics of transport, electrostatic control, and...

Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) is a semicrystalline thermoplastic which belongs to a biocompatible, biodegradable and bioresorbable polymers. PLLA also fulfills many requirements of the traditional nonbiodegradable packaging materials and it is therefore considered of great value from an ecological point of view due to its biobased character. Nonetheless, there are several aspects such as its slow crys...

A formulation based on a synthetic aminolipid containing a double-tailed with two saturated alkyl chains along with a non-ionic surfactant polysorbate-80 has been used to form lipoplexes with an antisense oligonucleotide capable of inhibiting the expression of Renilla luciferase mRNA [1]. The resultant lipolexes were characterized in terms of morphology, zeta potential, average size, stability ...