Nanosilicates
Nanosilicates (clays) are layered materials where the building blocks are typically platelets of 1nm thickness. These particles may be charged, and have ions loosely attached to its surface. As a result, assemblies of such particles can organize into a variety of structures that show drastically different properties depending on external forces or applied electric fields.
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Nanocarbon
Carbon comes in various forms. the most exotic ones are the man made nanocarbon materials: nanotubes, C60 and carbon cones. These could have enormous potential for making super strong materials, in the electronic industry and in the future hydrogen society.
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Ferrofluids
Ferrofluids are "liquid magnets" and an early success story in the commercialization of nanotechnology. In the 1970s, ferrofluids were adopted by the disk drive industry as near-zero friction bearings. Prepare for a "liquid magnetism technology", with smart fluid applications ranging from vibration shock absorption to materials separation.
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Biopolymers
The protein spectrin is our favorite model of nanoparticle of biological origin. Spectrin is a 100nm long flexible chain made up of nearly identical 5nm long segments. Combining experiment and theory, we investigate the structure, dynamics and functional mechanisms of biological nanoparticles such as spectrin.
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Nanostructured surfaces
The objective of the project is to investigate changes in electronic properties of self-assembled surface alloys that are formed by annealing of thin lanthanide overlayers on transition metal substrates. The relevance of the project is towards surface and heterogenous catalysis.
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Quantum systems
Small systems are sensitive to their environment. Environment-induced non-stationary fields, i. e., noise, originating from thermal or quantum sources, are the main obstacle limiting the actual sensitivity of nano-electronic devices. A fundamental knowledge of how such quantum structures interact with environment is largely lacking.
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