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Inkjet Printing of High Index Zirconia Nanocomposite Materials

Healy M.D., Guschl P., Wang X., Weinstein M., Pixelligent Technologies LLC, US

Abstract High refractive index (RI) nanocomposites have properties which surpass traditional polymers while maintaining manufacturability. Nanocrystal-polymer nanocomposites, when inkjet-printed, are useful to many display components and aid the development of next generation displays. This paper [...]

Inkjet printing of carbon nanospheres

Orrill M., Abele D., Banek N., Wagner M., LeBlanc S., The George Washington University, US

Proposed applications of drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printing extend beyond printing of text and graphics to include rapid manufacturing of thin electrical devices. The most commonly printed electronic materials are silver nanoparticles due to their potentially [...]

One-dimensional simulation of drop breakup in inkjet

Jiang H., Tan H., Washington State University Vancouver, US

Drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet printing technology has a wide variety of applications in research and manufacturing, such as 3D printing, functional material printing, MEMS fabrication and tissue engineering, due to its advantage of high precision, simple [...]

Learning MEMS Design, Simulation and Fabrication Through 3-D Printing

Dahle R., Rasel R., SUNY New Paltz, US

This paper presents a cost-effective learning tool for modeling and simulating the microfabrication process and design aspects of MEMS devices using three-dimensional (3-D) printing. This approach was developed to provide engineering educators a more affordable [...]

Modeling and simulation of organic MEM relay for estimating the coefficient of thermal expansion of PEDOT:PSS

Khan N.Z., Rutgers University, US

PEDOT:PSS is becoming a popular transparent electrode material for organic electronic and optoelectronic devices, replacing the more commonly used Indium Tin Oxide (ITO). PEDOT: PSS has good conductivity, transparency, superior electrical and thermal stability and [...]

An investigation into methodologies for the modification of contact angle for MX crystallography

Burton C., Prince M., Topham P., Docker D. Axford P., Orville G. Evans A., Kay J., Stuart D., Aston University, UK

This paper describes a detailed investigation into a range of surface modifications for manipulating the hydrophobicity of X-ray compatible materials for the application of surface microfluidics. With traditional microfluidics, as the scale of a fluid [...]

A New Concept for Humidity Sensing Using Curved Micro-beams

Ouakad H.M., Hasan M.H., Alsaleem F.M., University of Nebraska Lincoln, US

There are number of common humidity sensing methods in MEMS. They include capacitive, resistive, and thermal methods. Among these methods, capacitive sensing is considered the most common in MEMS. In this method, changes of a [...]

The Development of an Optofluidic Evanescent Field Sample Trapping and Loading Solution for Time Resolved Protein Crystallography Experiments

Diaz A.J., Docker P., Sparkes M.R., Kay J., Stuart D., Beale D. Axford J., ONeil W., Cordovez B., Diamond light Source, UK

X-ray crystallography is the leading technique for determining the atomic structure of biological molecules. The developers of this technique have maintained this position by continuously pushing the hardware and software boundaries such that data-collection from [...]

An All-in-One Nanomechanical Bio-nanofluidic System for Possible Applications as Sensor and Actuator in Precise Drug Delivery

Fakhrabadi M.M.S., Università Degli Studi di Padova, IT

The paper presents the physical design and mathematical formulation of a bio-nanofluidic device for possible applications in nanoengineering in general and bio-nanoengineering in particular such as in precise drug delivery as sensors and actuators. The [...]

The development of acoustic levitation for time resolved protein crystallography experiments at XFELS

Docker P., Morris R., Newton M., Kay J., Beale J., Axford D., Orville A., Stuart D., Diamond light Source, UK

This body of work is building on the systems described in a recent publication by Tsujino and Tomizaki 1. They describe the application of acoustic levitation to support protein crystals mounting for X-ray diffraction experiments [...]