As
a complement to the 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, the Materials
Research Society is pleased to continue Research Tools
Seminars, an exciting educational program that focuses
on the scientific basis and practical application of commercially-available,
state-of-the-art tools for materials research. Held in
the Exhibit Hall and free-of-charge to meeting attendees,
these one-hour seminars describe a technical approach to
meet a particular challenge, as embodied in commercially-available
products or tools.
Tuesday,
November 29
3:30
pm – 4:30 pm
Efficient Fluorimetric Analysis
of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Applied
NanoFluorescence, LLC | Booth 824
Recent
research breakthroughs allow single-walled carbon
nanotubes to be identified by structure on the basis
of their near-infrared fluorescence spectra. The
NanoSpectralyzer, a new turn-key laboratory instrument,
uses these findings to perform rapid, detailed and
automated analyses of bulk samples for nanotube producers,
industrial consumers and researchers. |
4:30
pm – 5:30 pm
Molecular Recognition
and Force Mapping with PicoTREC—A Novel AFM Technique
Molecular
Imaging | Booth 902
PicoTREC
is a new Topography and RECognition imaging solution
that requires no fluorescence, radioactivity, enzyme-linked
detection schemes or other extraneous labels. It
combines real-time detection of molecular recognition
events, single-molecule sensitivity, and the imaging
capability of AFM/SPM. |
Wednesday,
November 30
11
am – Noon
Combining AFM/SPM Systems with microRaman
Nanonics
Imaging Ltd. | Booth 916
Integrated
microscopic solutions provide the ability to fully
and transparently integrate the worlds of scanned probe
microscopy with Raman microspectroscopy. This
allows for new and exciting possibilities of combined structural and chemical imaging. In
addition, as a result of unique developments in Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering
(TERS) probes and instrument geometry, the first reliable TERS imaging
can now be performed. Using these developments, data on ultra-thin layers
of strained silicon on silicon will be described. |
3:30
pm – 4:30 pm
New Optical, Non-Contact Instruments for
Thermo-Mechanical Analysis
Expert
System Solutions s.r.l. | Booth
1212
Ideally suited for the ceramic field, the new optical, non-contact instruments
allow the study of thermo-mechanical behaviour of a sample during a heating
cycle without interfering with the process. This feature enables precise measurements
following the expansion and shrinkage of the materials even above their softening
temperature. |
4:30
pm – 5:30 pm
What is Quartz Crystal Microbalance/Heat
Conduction Calorimetry?
Masscal
Corporation | Booth 1106
The
G1 characterizes chemical and biological processes
at surfaces and their adjoining thin films. Simultaneous
measurements of mass change, heat generation and
viscoelastic property changes in films adhering
to a quartz resonator when exposed to gas mixtures yield
thermodynamic and kinetic information on the reactions
of gases with coatings and surfaces. |
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