As knowledge of the structure and function of nucleic acid molecules has increased, sequence-specific DNA detection has gained increased importance. DNA biosensors based on nucleic acid hybridization have been actively developed because of their specificity, speed, portability, and low cost. Recently, there has been considerable interest in using nano-materials for DNA biosensors. Because of th...

Recently, nano-composite solders have been developed in the electronic packaging materials industry to improve the creep and thermo-mechanical fatigue resistance of solder joints to be used in service at high temperatures and under thermo-mechanical fatigue conditions. This paper reviews the driving force for the development of nano-composite solders in the electronic packaging industry and the...

Aim: To compare the effect of four different polishing systems on color stability of two Nano composite resins immersed in four beverages (Coffee, Tea, Cola and Fanta). Methods: Eighty disc shaped specimens of 10 mm diameter and 2 mm thickness were prepared for each of the two Nano composite resins (Tetric N Ceram; Estelite alpha). The specimens of each material were divided into four groups (n...

Angular dependency of the reflectivity of two distinct nano-textured and planar reference liquid-phase crystallized silicon solar cells are investigated. We show that nano-textured layers outperform planar devices for all incident angles. OCIS codes: 040.5350, 310.6845

This paper uses the molecular dynamics method to investigate the influence of chemical bonds on the mechanical behaviour of nanotube–polyethylene composites subjected to nano-particle impacts. In the analysis, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were incorporated into the polyethylene (PE) matrix in two ways, with and without radical centres, so that the resulting nano-composites had two corresponding prop...

While separating two natural nano-sized triterpenic acids via bromolactonization, we serendipitously discovered that arjuna-bromolactone is an excellent gelator of various organic solvents. A simple and efficient method for the separation of two triterpenic acids and the gelation ability and solid state 1D-helical self-assembly of nano-sized arjuna-bromolactone are reported.

We present a novel method to fabricate complete and highly oriented anodic titanium oxide (ATO) nano-porous structures with uniform and parallel nanochannels. ATO nano-porous structures are fabricated by anodizing a Ti-foil in two different organic viscous electrolytes at room temperature using a two-step anodizing method. TiO2 nanotubes covered with a few nanometer thin nano-porous layer is pr...

Nano-structuring can significantly modify the properties of materials. We demonstrate that size-dependent modification of the spin-wave spectra in magnetic nano-particles can affect not only linear, but also nonlinear magnetic response. The discretization of the spectrum removes the frequency degeneracy between the main excitation mode of a nano-particle and the higher spin-wave modes, having t...

this study was conducted to evaluate the bioavailability of nano and micro sources of manganese in broiler chickens. two hundred and eight, 10-d-old male ross 308 broilers in a completely randomized design with 13 treatments, 4 replications and 4 chicks per replicate were studied for 35 days. during the experimental period, a basal corn-soybean meal diet containing 20 ppm mn (control treatment)...