Myelination is one of the important stages of the nervous system (NS) development and regeneration. Understanding myelination is key to understanding certain diseases of the NS including healing after injuries. In a recent article by Huang et al (Nanotechnology. 2011;22(27):275101), the authors studied myelin structure at various stages of formation using a co-culture of Schwann cells and PC12 ...

A multi-scale investigation of nanostructured carbon films has been performed by means of inelastic light scattering (Raman and Brillouin scattering). Carbon films with different nanoand mesostructure have been deposited from supersonic cluster beams in a low energy deposition regime by exploiting aerodynamic focusing effects. Acoustic phonon propagation in the porous amorphous structure, where...