A method has been proposed for developing structure-property relationships of nano-structured materials. This method serves as a link between computational chemistry and solid mechanics by substituting discrete molecular structures with equivalent-continuum models. It has been shown that this substitution may be accomplished by equating the molecular potential energy of a nano-structured materi...

Thermal transport in micro/nano materials is very critical, not only because the thermal property may have important influence on the performance of the materials, but also because the change of this property can reflect the inner structure change. Due to the complicated structure and small scale, the thermal properties of biomaterials, such as silkworm silk, spider silk and human head hair, ar...

The self-assembly and sol-gel polymerisation of novel alkoxysilane-functionalized polymethylsiloxanes provide versatile access to nano-assembled containers, silica-based micro- and nano-architectures and dispersed mixed metal oxide hybrid materials.

In this paper, the authors define new classes of devices based on nanocomposite materials (NMs). The work introduces approaches about the design and the experimental characterization of these materials. A wide range of applications is presented by discussing novel devices implemented by nanocomposite techniques including sensing and robotic in micro/nano scale. The approaches are oriented on th...

oxide films Chang-Yup Park, Soon-Gil Yoon, Young-Hun Jo, and Sung-Chul Shin Department of Physics and Center for Nanospinics of Spintronic Materials, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea School of Nano Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea Nano Materials Research Team, Korea Basic Science Instit...

The development of nano-materials is viewed as one of the most important technological advances of the 21st century and new applications of nano-sized particles in the production, processing, packaging or storage of food are expected to emerge soon. This trend of growing commercialization of engineered nano-particles as part of modern diet will substantially increase oral exposure. Contrary to ...

Nan-sized inorganic particles having characteristic morphology and narrow size-distribution have attracted attention due to their potential applications as functional materials, i.e., catalysts, magnetic materials, conducting inks, and ferrofluids. Various preparation and stabilization methods of nano-sized metal particles, metal oxide particles, and metal sulfide particles have been reported. ...

As the semiconductor nano-electronics industry progresses toward incorporating increasingly lower dielectric constant materials as the inter layer dielectric (ILD) in Cu interconnect structures, thermo-mechanical reliability is becoming an increasing concern due to the inherent fragility of these materials. Therefore, the need for metrologies to assess the mechanical properties and elastic cons...

With the development of nanotechnologies, the number of industrial processes dealing with the production of nanostructures or nano-objects is in constant progress (microelectronics, metallurgy...). Thus, knowledge of atom mobility and the understanding of atom redistribution in nano-objects and during their fabrication have become subjects of increasing importance, since they are key parameters...