News tagged with polydimethylsiloxane
Adjustable Fluidic Lenses for Eyesight Correction Applications
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Arizona have created a fluid-based opthalmic lens in which the amount of fluid can be constantly adjusted to provide customized eye correction. The lens may one day be incorporated ...
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Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells ...
Smart Contact Lenses
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Jul 30, 2008 |
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"Smart" contact lenses that measure pressure within the eye and dispense medication accordingly could be made possible using a new material developed by biomedical engineers at UC Davis.
Researchers demonstrate a flexible, 1-step assembly of nanoscale structures
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have created a one-step, repeatable method for the production of functional nanoscale patterns or motifs with adjustable features, size and shape using a single master "plate."
Videos Extract Mechanical Properties of Liquid-Gel Interfaces
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Blood coursing through vessels, lubricated cartilage sliding against joints, ink jets splashing on paper—living and nonliving things abound with fluids meeting solids. However important these liquid/solid ...
Microfluidic chambers advance the science of growing neurons
Aug 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. The new approach extends the lifespan of the neurons at very low densities, ...
Scientists create wrinkled 'skin' on polymers
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Applied scientists demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on the surface areas of polymers using a focused ion beam. By controlling the direction and intensity of the ion beam, the researchers ...
Flexible electronics advance boosts performance, manufacturing
Dec 13, 2006 |
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Flexible electronics made with organic, or carbon-based, transistors could enable technologies such as low-cost sensors on product packaging and ''electronic paper'' displays as thin and floppy as a placemat. ...
Scientist spin human brain cell silicone
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Nov 30, 2006 |
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British scientists say they have succeeded in spinning fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain viable living human brain cells.
A medical micropump
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Using material similar to bathtub caulk, University of Utah engineers invented a tiny, inexpensive "micropump" that could be used to move chemicals, blood or other samples through a card-sized medical laboratory ...
Electromagnetic miniatures
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Magnetic components that can be controlled by the application of an external electric field are useful in many different applications. They can serve as microfluidic pumps, mixers, or valves in miniature lab-on-chip systems, ...
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