The risks of novel technologies, such as nano(bio)technology cannot be fully assessed due to the existing uncertainties surrounding their introduction into society. Consequently, the introduction of innovative technologies can be conceptualised as a societal experiment, which is a helpful approach to evaluate moral acceptability. This approach is illustrated with the marketing of sunscreens con...

High molecular weight nano/micron sized polystyrene (Mv=1X10) was prepared from styrene and hydrogen peroxide over a range of temperature, shear rate and concentration of catalysts. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements indicated that the size of particles matched with that of the single polymer chain. The same ...

Magnetic particle-labeled biomaterial detection has attracted much attention in recent years for a number of reasons; easy manipulation by external magnetic fields, easy functionalization of the surface, and large surface-to-volume ratio, to name but a few. In this review, we report on our recent investigations into the detection of nano-sized magnetic particles. First, the detection by Hall ma...

This study involved a detailed investigation of a novel approach to reducing naturally occurring cellulose fibers into nanofibers solely by the use of aqueous counter collision (ACC) without any chemical modification. In this process, equivalent aqueous suspensions of cellulose are ejected from dual nozzles and collide at high speed and pressure. Even a few repetitions of the collision process ...

Nano-sized toroidal copper(II)-hydroxide/pyrazolate assemblies, lined by H-bond donors on the inside and hydrophobic on the outside, selectively extract sulfate from mixtures with nitrate or perchlorate. Tetrabutylammonium "lids" seal the "nano-jars" and render the encapsulated sulfate anion completely buried and inaccessible, so that it is not precipitated by Ba(2+) ions.

A novel design of metamaterial (MTM) based absorber with reduced cell size is proposed in this paper. The absorber is designed to operate in the mid infrared (IR) regime using gold nano-pillar inclusions embedded in a dielectric spacer. The absorption band can be controlled by adjusting the nano-pillar’s properties. Numerical simulations have been conducted to investigate the effect of these in...