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A1 NANOSCIENCE GOES LARGE
21 November 2006 - Q-Sense AB
| When science goes to the nanoscale it demands the involvement of many scientific disciplines to understand what is going on. Morten Foss from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) at the University of Aarhus and Aalborg, Denmark explains what he and his colleagues are doing to progress this new technological field and how QCM-D is involved. Read more » |
A2 The Making of Functional Polymer Architectures
The Institute of Organic Chemistry at the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany are working on developing ways to synthesise new types of functional polymers. Potential novel uses include smart surfaces and as part of drug delivery systems. Patrick Theato discusses the challenges. Read more » A3 Publications Review
With the number of scientific papers involving QCM-D growing dramatically, we are becoming spoilt for choice. This issues batch have a strong emphasis on nanoscience and include an integrated view on the formation of solid-supported lipid bilayers and monitoring the kinetics of surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. Read more » Building the Dream
Q-Sense has now completed the first phase of its expansion into the US with four new staff in place and keen to build further the established operations in a key market. QNews has an interview with two new staff members who talk about their hopes for the future in article 4. They join at a time when our latest E4 continues to surge in sales and has exceeded all our expectations last year. These truly are heady days in the world of Q-Sense. Plus we will run our first ever World Conference, which is planned as a two-day event starting on 1st December, 2006, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in the centre of Boston. It will be a rare opportunity to meet some of the most seasoned users of QCM-D who will speak on different aspects of biointerface characterization and nanotechnology using QCM-D, sometimes in combination with other technologies. Check out our website for the full conference programme and details of how to book your place. In the comparatively tranquil world of QNews, we are also undergoing our own quiet revolution as we move entirely to paperless production starting with this issue. We feel that this will allow us to develop a more flexible content in the future.
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About: Q-Sense AB
Q-Sense is the leading specialist in QCM-D technology, and was the first company set up specifically to develop the technique. It was founded in 1996 by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and the company continues to work closely with researchers at leading universities throughout the world to ensure that QCM-D is at the forefront of developments. Early year 2000, the company entered a more commercial phase and has since then, successfully sold research instruments to academic and industrial scientists worldwide. Today, the company has a world-wide distributor network, instruments used in more than 20 countries and a subsidiary in the US. It is part of Biolin AB, a group which supports the development of innovation in science. The QCM-D technique determines the mass of very thin surface bound layers and simultaneously gives information about their viscoelastic properties. This offers new opportunities to study conformational changes in layers formed on different surface materials, for example biomaterials. The unique properties of QCM-D make it an invaluable tool for studying macromolecules at surfaces and an important complement to existing technologies. Applications include biofouling, biomaterials, drug development and surfactants. |
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