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Aerosols and climate
The objective of the research is to answer following questions: 1) What is the direct radiative forcing in our environment? 2) How does pollution in...
Inorganic devices
Development of components, applications and technologies for inorganic printed electronics. These include, but are not limited to sintering processes,...
COMP
Center of Excellence in Computational Nanoscience consists of 7 research groups: - Electronic Properties of Materials (Prof. Puska) - Surfaces and In...
Nanomagnetism and Spintronics
The Nanomagnetism and Spintronics (NanoSpin) Group focuses on the experimental investigation and utilization of magnetic phenomena and spin transport ...What is nano?
Nanotechnology (nano in Latin: small, in Greek: dwarf): is about things in really small scale. One nanoparticle is about 10-9 m in size. Nanotechnology, in this respect, concerns dealing with things of around and below 100 nm scale. When dealing with nanoscale matter, its properties change dramatically compared to those of bulk. For example, bulk gold is inert to chemicals (other than aqua regia) while nanoscale gold can act as a catalyst. Using nanotechnology the properties of materials and products can be improved. For example the mechanical durability, energy efficiency, hydrophobic properties or data transfer efficiency can be enhanced. |
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