Nanoindentation suite

达尔豪西大学的合作研究小组为材料表征的纳米压痕套件寻求资金。该奖项将提供一个国际公认的最先进的设施，它将丰富知识，并使新一代材料的开发能够跨越包括医疗器械开发在内的一系列应用。该设备将使材料成分、结构和性能之间的关系能够以全面和国际上受人尊敬的方式进行评估。这种设备将使研究人员能够检查医疗设备如何与组织相互作用(例如，涂层与植入物的粘合程度/材料与组织的粘合程度)；这些知识对于肿瘤学、骨科和一般医学工程中新疗法的开发至关重要。

The collaborating research groups at Dalhousie University seek funds for a nano-indentation suite for materials characterization. This award will provide an internationally recognized state-of-the-art facility which will enrich knowledge and enable the development of a new generation of materials for across a range of applications including medical device development. This equipment will allow relationships between material compositions, structure and properties to be evaluated in a comprehensive and internationally respected fashion. This equipment will allow researchers to examine how medical devices interact with tissues (e.g. how well coatings are adhered to implants / how well materials bond to tissue); such knowledge be crucial to the development of new therapies in oncology, orthopedics and in medical engineering in general.