Journal Club Forum
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A forum for all matters concerning the Journal Club. Everyone can propose a paper (including your own) or a theme of the month for future discussions.
Journal Club Theme of 1 May 2008: Mechanical Behaviors of Polymer-matrix Nanocomposites
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1. Definition of nanocomposites Nanocomposites are a novel class of composite materials whose reinforcements have dimensions in the range of 1-100 nm. Although nanoscale reinforcements (or nanofillers) of nanocomposites have different kinds of fillers such as nanofibers, nanowires, nanotubes and nanoparticles etc, their mechanical behaviors have some common features.
Journal Club Theme of March 15: Impact of Chip-Package Interaction on Reliability of Copper/Low k Interconnects and Beyond
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The exponential growth in integrated device density has yielded high-performance microprocessors containing almost 1 billion transistors per chip for the current 65 nm technology. Continuous scaling of the devices and performance requires innovations in materials, processes, and designs for both back-end-of-line (BEoL) interconnects and packaging structures. Mechanical reliability has been a limiting factor for implementation of new materials and processes.
Journal Club Theme of March 1: Measuring Cellular Tractions
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Cell tractions are the outcome of the complex process of cytoskeletal force generation that cell uses to maintain structural stability, to sense the physical environment and to propel itself. We are only now beginning to understand the process of cytoskeletal force generation, and we cannot yet say much about the losses in transmission through focal adhesion/integrin complexes (attachment ‘islands’ at the cell-substrate interface), but we can definitely measure the tractions that result from cytoskeletal force generation. The mechanics behind the measurement method might be of interest to the wider audience of iMechanica, as it involves an interesting inverse problem and different solution methods that have incited lively discussions in past years.
Journal Club Theme of Jan. 1 2008: Role of Mechanics in Biomimetics
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With the beginning of the year 2008, the iMechanica journal club moves to two topics per month. This first topic will be highlighted here for 1-14 January, with the next topic starting on 15 January.
