Recently, the field-effect transistors (FETs) with graphene as the conducting channels have been used as a promising chemical and biological sensors. However, the lack of low cost and reliable and large-scale preparation of graphene films limits their applications. In this contribution, we report the fabrication of centimeter-long, ultrathin (1-3 nm), and electrically continuous micropatterns o...

Films for agricultural applications, such as greenhouses films or mulching are generally made of polyolefins linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) polyethylene. However, the use biodegradable and/or compostable polymers is increasing, which enjoy additional advantage that they can be left on site since a fine life would gradually assimilated to underlying soil. Nevertheless, polymeric often d...

lighvan cheese is one of the most popular iranian cheeses that always faces to microbial problems due to traditional ways of production. in this study the effect of two types of low density polyethylene-nanocamposite films contains of ag, cuo and zno nanoparticles with different percentage increasing the shelf-life of chesse in 4̊c was investigated. microbial tests of the packed cheeses were don...

Silver nanowire films are promising alternatives to tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) films as transparent conductive electrodes. In this paper, we report the use of vacuum filtration and a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-assisted transfer printing technique to fabricate silver nanowire films on both rigid and flexible substrates, bringing advantages such as the capability of patterned transfer, the bes...

Okayama University-type retinal prosthesis (OURePTM) is a photoelectric dye-coupled polyethylene film which generates electric potential in response to light and stimulates nearby neurons. This study aims to test surgical feasibility for subretinal film implantation and to examine functional durability of films in subretinal space. Dye-coupled films were implanted subretinally by vitrectomy in ...

A clear understanding of the mechanical behavior of nanometer thick films on nanostructures, as well as developing versatile approaches to characterize their mechanical properties, are of great importance and may serve as the foundation for understanding and controlling molecular interactions at the interface of nanostructures. Here we report on the synthesis of thin, compressible polyethylene ...

in this paper, a modified sol-gel method using peroxotitanic acid sol (pta) was applied for the preparation of tio2 nanostructured thin films on glass plates. the peroxotitanic acid sol was synthesized using titanium isopropoxide, isopropylalchol, h2o and hydrogen peroxide. tio2 films were then calcined at 500oc and characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd) and scanning electron microscopy (sem)...

Zero-mode-waveguides (ZMWs) are subwavelength apertures on metal films. They are fabricated at the CNF with a lift-off process using electron-beam lithography (Figure 1). We further process these structures for biological studies by topping the surface with polyethylene glycol, and selectively coating the inside of the ZMWs with 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) functionalized polymer. Using fluorescence...

Methodology Active packaging material was low density polyethylene (LDPE) film incorporated with Tinuvin 326(UV absorber) and iron powder in different concentrations (0-0.5% and 0-15% w/w, respectively). Eleven treatments were performed according to the central composite design (CCD) in order to evaluate changes in mechanical, physical and barrier properties of films. Moreover, the influence of...