Enhanced proliferation of osteoblast cells on mechanically deformed elastic membranes
Proliferation of osteoblast cells is enhanced on functionalized elastically deformed membrane
Keywords: mechanical
Poly(butyl terephthalate)/oxytetramethylene + oxidized carbon nanotubes hybrids: mechanical and tribological behavior
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been used for providing mechanical reinforcement to polymers [1, 2] – as have been other approaches. Much less attention than to mechanics has been paid to improvement of tribological properties of [...]
Effect of Size on Properties of Nano-Structured Polymers –Transition from Macroscaling to Nanoscaling
Lem K.W., Haw J.R., Lee D.S., Brumlik C., Sund S., Curran S., Smith P., Brauer S., Schmidt D., Konkuk University, KR
The growth in investment on the effect of size in nanoscience and nanotechnology has been astounding. Among the $12.4B spent in 2006 worldwide Nanotechnology research funding (Lux Research, 2007), at least 50%, that is >$6B, [...]
Mechanical Characterization of Metallic Nanowires by Combining Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Mechanical characterization of nanowires still poses challenges due to their small length scale. Existing nanowire mechanical characterization techniques in literature can be grouped as: 1) resonation of nanowires in an electron microscope, 2) mechanical characterization [...]
Elastic Properties of Aspergillus nidulans Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy
An atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used as a nanoindentor to measure cell wall mechanical properties of the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans in both hyphal and spore forms. Hyphae and spores were immobilized on polylysine-coated [...]