«
A future application of this material is the observation of individual cell membranes because our material is suited for observing nanoscale NMR on the volume scale of 17 cubic nanometers, which is comparable to the thickness of cell membranes (~ 5 nanometers),» Ishiwata said.
Not exact matches
While both Volvo and Imperial College concede that these
applications are still a long way off, the potential alone is more than enough to get anyone geeked - up about the
future of materials research.
Many people are hopeful
of future applications in both
materials science and electronics.
Scientists hope that carbon may make a more efficient band - gap
material — a
material that excludes light
of certain wavelengths and is therefore the photonic counterpart
of a semiconductor — in
future optoelectronics
applications.
If these discarded fish scales can lead to successful biomedical
applications in
future, it would be a good use
of these waste
materials.»
This outstanding combination
of features makes the nacre - mimetic
material a promising candidate for
future applications, not only as a structural
material, but also for gas storage
applications and food packaging.
In the
future, the diamond sensors could be used in a large number
of different
applications, e. g. in biomedicine for the detection
of diseases and toxins or in
material science for reliability and safety controls.
Moreover, with the advent
of robots in areas such as health care and retail, in addition to manufacturing,
future applications for sensitive elastic conductive
material that can withstand high strain from stretching are likely to increase at a fever pitch.
Dubbed as the
material of the
future, graphene exhibits unique electronic properties that can potentially be employed for a wide range
of applications such as touch screens, conductive inks and fast - charging batteries.
Potential
future applications can be envisaged in fusion research,
materials science and the treatment
of cancers.
Though it may be years before the robots find their way into real - world
applications, Whitesides believes the techniques used in their development — particularly the use
of everyday, off - the - shelf
materials — can point the way toward
future innovations.
Such new insight may open countless
of hitherto unexplored venues for the
future design and optimization
of heterogeneous catalytic systems, for the development
of novel synthetic tools applied to carbon - based nanotechnology, as well as for biochemical and
materials science
applications.
Nanomedicine varieties from the medical solicitations
of Nano
materials and biological devices, to Nanoelectronic biosensors, and even potential
future applications of molecular nanotechnology such as biological machineries.
Two - dimensional
materials (2DMs) such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, silicene and others, are currently amongst the most intensively studied classes
of materials that hold great promise for
future applications in many technological areas.
Candidates are asked in the
application materials to explain their motivation, areas
of interest, and
future plans.
However, that is likely to change in the not too distant
future, as the company has partnered with Novaled, that bills itself among the leaders in development
of «organic electronic
materials and technology for OLED
applications.»
Studies may help identify best
materials for variety
of future electronics
applications Flexible displays that can be folded up in your pocket?
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She was quick to acknowledge the importance
of moving forward, embracing change, experimenting with new
materials and methods
of application, and seeing the
future through the past.
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of instruction in the cultivation
of mindfulness, a practice
of purposeful nonjudgmental attention to the happenings
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