Nano-engineering

Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica G.Natta , Centro NEMAS -Nano Engineered MAterials and Surfaces, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy Corresponding author Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica G.Natta , Centro NEMAS - Nano Engineered MAterials and Surfaces, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy. Tel +39 02 2399 3238, Fax. +39 02 2399 3318, E-mail pio.forzatti polimi.it... 

Hydrogen Storage using Nanoporous Silicon, Schubert, P.J., National Nano Engineering Conference, Boston, MA, 14-15 Nov 2007. sLange s Handbook of Chemistry, 15th ed. 1999. 

De Villoria RG, Yamamoto N, Miravete A, Wardle BL. Multi-physics damage sensing in nano-engineered structural composites. Nanotechnology. 2011 May 6 22(18). 

J. Bystrzyeki, M. Polanski, T. Plocinski, Nano-engineering approach to destabUization of magnesium hydride (MgH ) by soUd-state reaction with Si, J. Nanosci. Nanotech. (2007) (in press). 

Allen C, Maysinger D, Eisenberg A. Nano-engineering block copol3mier aggregates for drug delivery. Colloids Srrrf B 1999 16 3-27. 

Sukhorukov, G.B. Designed Nano-Engineered Polymer Films on Colloidal Particles and Capsules in Novel Methods to Study Interfacial Layers, Mobius, D. Miller, R. (Eds.), Elsevier Amsterdam, 2001, pp. 383 114. 

The use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for trace explosive detection was first investigated during the late 1990s [48], Thereafter [49], SERS detection of 2,4-DNT vapor to 1 ppb was demonstrated. Within a year [50], a field-portable unit had demonstrated a limit of detection (LOD) of 5 ppb vapor DNT and the ability to locate buried land mines. More recently [51], nano-engineered SERS substrates have been employed, and ppb sensitivity for some nerve agent and explosive simulants has been demonstrated. Baker et al. [52] have published a review of the literature in 2005, focusing on SERS techniques and substrate development, for explosives detection. 

All these bioelectrocatalytic functions of redox proteins are based on the control and enhancement of the electrical communication between the redox sites of the proteins and the electrode support. This is accomplished by the nano-engineering of the surfaces with covalently anchored proteins, the structural aligmnent of the proteins on the electrodes and the chemical modification of the proteins with redox-active units. Preliminary results suggest that two approaches will play important roles in the future development of bioelectronic systems (i) protein mutagenesis with specific functional amino acid residues that can align the protein on the electrode surface and control the electrical contact with the electrode (ii) the synthesis of de novo proteins with tailored bioelectronic and electrobiocatalytic functions. 

A.Yabe and et al., Road Map of Miero-Engineering and Nano-Engineering from Manufaeturing and Meehanieal Engineering Viewpoints , JSME International Journal, Series B,Vol.47, No.3,pp.534-540, July 2004... 

The need to improve the electrical communication between redox proteins and electrodes, and the understanding that the structural orientation at the molecular level of redox proteins and electroactive relay units on the conductive surfaces is a key element to facilitate ET, introduced tremendous research efforts to nano-engineer enzyme electrodes with improved ET functionalities. The present chapter addresses recent advances in the assembly of structurally aligned enzyme layers on electrodes by means of surface reconstitution and surface crosslinking of structurally oriented enzyme/cofactor complexes on electrodes. The ET properties of the nano-structured interfaces is discussed, as well as the possible application of the systems in bioelectronic devices such as biosensors, biofuel cell elements or optical and electrical switches. 

Kurt, E. Geckeler, Novel supermolecular nanomaterials from design to reality . Proceeding of the 12 Annual International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering, Tenerife, Spain, August 1-6, CD Rom Edition, 2005. 

Jung, H.Y., Karimi, M.B., Hahm, M.G., Ajayan, P.M., Jung,Y.J., 2012. Transparent, flexible supercapacitors from nano-engineered carbon films. Sci. Rep. 2,65. 

Eurther evidence of blurred lines here lies in the fact that Dr. Lydia Sohn, among the first researchers who noticed that two of Schon s papers, allegedly reporting on different experiments, had the same noise graphs, is a professor of mechanical engineering. Her main research interests are micro-nano engineering and bioengineering. ... 

Allen, C., Maysinger, D. and Eisenherg, A., 1999. Nano-engineering block copolymer aggregates for drug delivery. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, 16, 3-27. 

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