Personal & Home Care, Food & Agriculture – Page 29

Molecular Communication among Nanomachines Using Vesicles

Moritani Y., Hiyama S., Suda T., NTT DoCoMo, Inc., JP

Molecular communication is a new and interdisciplinary research area that spans the nanotechnology, biotechnology, and communication technology. Molecular communication allows biological and artificially-created nanomachines to communicate over a short distance using molecules. In molecular communication, [...]

From Helical Starch Inclusion Complexes to Supramolecular Starch Assemblies

Conde-Petit B., Nuessli J., Heinemann C., Escher F., ETH Zürich, CH

Starch, in particular the linear amylose fraction has the ability ot form helical inclusion complexes with suitable guest molecules like monoglycerides, linear alcohols, lactones or terpenes. The helical amylose segments have a strong tendency to [...]

Morphological Implications of the Interphase; Linking Crystalline and Amorphous Regions in Semi-Crystalline Polymers

Rastogi S., Terry A.E., Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

In semi-crystalline polymers, a range of morphologies can be obtained in which a chain may traverse the amorphous region between the crystals or fold back into the crystals leading to adjacent or non-adjacent re-entry, depending [...]

Playing with actuators in microfluidic systems

Tabeling P., Barbier V., Goulpeau J., Lonetti B., Willaime H., ESPCI, FR

In the lab-on a chips of the future, flows will be handled at the microscale through mazes of microchannels. For such systems, it will be crucial to integrate a number of actuators on the chip [...]

Effect of Surface Hydration and Interfusion of Suspended Silica Nanoparticles on Heat Transfer

Milanova D., Wu X., Kumar R., University of Central Florida, US

Nanofluid suspensions enhance thermal conductivity and the heat transfer. The authors have previously shown that the Critical Heat Flux (CHF) of NiChrome wire in a silica nanofluid can be increased by 200% compared to conventional [...]

Controlled production of food emulsion using microfluidics

Pulido de Torres C., Amici E., Gallarino A., Da Silva M., Jousse F., Unilever, UK

We present Microfluidic technology applied to the production of monodisperse emulsion in a food context. We investigate the effect of surfactants and microdevice geometry on drop size and robust production regimes. Minimum drop size achievable in [...]

Soft Nanotechnology

Investigation of Patterned Media Concept for Very High Magnetic Storage Density

Horton B., Streator J.L., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

One potential architecture for very high magnetic storage density, called perpendicular recording, orients the magnetic domains normal to the media surface to achieve a higher domain volume and therefore increase the thermal stability. Additionally patterned [...]

Development of a Scalelable Interconnection Technology for Nano Packaging

Becker K.-F., Löher T., Pahl B., Wittler O., Jordan R., Bauer J., Aschenbrenner R., Reichl H., Fraunhofer IZM, DE

Microelectronics miniaturization is following Moore’s law since the mid sixties and over the years it has always been possible to follow it without meeting fundamental technological limits. This might be in question for future applications, [...]

Adhesive and Conductive – Inkjettable Nano-filled Inks for use in Microelectronics and Microsystems Technology

Meyer E.M., Meyer W., Arp A., Calderone F., Kolbe J., Meyer E.M., Meyer W., Schaefer H., Stuve M., Metalor Technologies SA, CH

The present work demonstrates feasibility of an inkjettable, isotropically electrically conductive adhesive in the form of a silver loaded resin with a 2-step curing mechanism. In the first step, the adhesive is dispensed (jetted) and [...]