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In response to the need of real-time non-contact thermometry with submicron resolution and high sensitivity readout in Nanotechnology in general and NanoBioMedicine in particular, the group has developed a new technology based on the use of luminescence nanosensors and a fluorescence detection instrument. The nanoprobes consist of ad hoc designed copolymers bearing lanthanide luminescence complexes. […]

Thermodynamic measurements give a great deal of information on fundamental properties, providing direct and quantifiable insight into, e.g., densities of state and phase transitions. Many interesting materials are obtained in the form of sub-microgram single-crystals, thin films or even grafted monolayers. The mass of these samples is extremely small and so is their heat capacity. […]