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Research team creates photoelectrowetting circuit

(PhysOrg.com) -- Working together, Matthieu Gaudet and Steve Arscott from the University of Lille (IEMN lab) in France have built a circuit using a phenomenon known as photoelectrowetting, which allows a switch ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (45) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis

Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers measure nanometer scale temperature

Illinois researchers have developed a new kind of electro-thermal nanoprobe that can independently control voltage and temperature at a nanometer-scale point contact. It can also measure the temperature-dependent ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New magnetic-field-sensitive alloy could find use in novel micromechanical devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop integrated nanomechanical sensor for atomic force microscopy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The atomic force microscope (AFM) is an important tool for nanoscale surface metrology. Typical AFMs map local tip-surface interactions by scanning a flexible cantilever probe over a surface. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Energy harvesting skin generates power from air conditioners

(PhysOrg.com) -- Devices that harvest ambient energy from the surrounding environment have become popular since, for some applications, they eliminate the need for batteries that must constantly be replaced. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Specialized invisible needles make us see surfaces at the nanoscale

We expect our electronic devices, such as mobile phones and computers, to work properly and become even better with time and seldom think about the amazing innovations making this possible. Scientists are ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A versatile high-sensitivity surface stress membrane sensor

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers have developed a versatile and high-sensitivity sensor for detecting analytes ranging from gaseous to biological molecules.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers turn photons into work using DNA

(PhysOrg.com) -- By using light to change the elasticity of a DNA molecule, scientists have designed a molecular motor that can turn light into mechanical work. Unlike most previously reported molecular motors, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

World’s first diamond nanoelectromechanical switch

Japanese researchers have succeeded in the batch fabrication of suspended structures (cantilevers and bridges) of single crystal diamond for nano/micro electromechanical systems.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 24, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Vibrating nanorods measure thin films for microcircuits

(PhysOrg.com) -- A key step in many nanofabrication processes is to create thin films, sometimes only one molecule thick, by a method known as atomic layer deposition. Researchers at Cornell and Tel Aviv University ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 10, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Crystal cantilever lifts objects 600 times its own weight (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a long time, scientists have been trying to transform the collective movements of tiny molecules into useful mechanical work. With this goal in mind, a team of researchers from Japan has ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 6 | with audio podcast feature

A Little Less Force: Making Atomic Force Microscopy Work for Cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists with Berkeley Lab?s Molecular Foundry have developed a nanowire-based imaging technique by which atomic force microscopy could be used to study biological cells and other soft ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of cellular phenomena

For two decades, scientists have been pursuing a potential new way to treat bacterial infections, using naturally occurring proteins known as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Now, MIT scientists have recorded ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 14, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sensitive nano oscillator can detect pathogens

(PhysOrg.com) -- By watching how energy moves across a tiny device akin to a springing diving board, Cornell researchers are a step closer to creating extraordinarily tiny sensors that can instantly recognize ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cantilever

A cantilever is a beam anchored at only one end. The beam carries the load to the support where it is resisted by moment and shear stress. Cantilever construction allows for overhanging structures without external bracing. Cantilevers can also be constructed with trusses or slabs.

This is in contrast to a simply supported beam such as those found in a post and lintel system. A simply supported beam is supported at both ends with loads applied between the supports.

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