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Photonic Curing of Silver Nanoparticle Based Inks Deposited by M3D

West J., Carter M., Smith S., Sears J., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, US

Photonic curing is uniquely suited to rapidly sinter printed films in an assembly line or roller environment. Previous work has focused on measuring the resistivity of films sintered using photonic curing and comparing those results [...]

Measurement of Figure of Merit for a Single β-Silicon Carbide Nanowire by the Four-Point Three-ω Method

Choi T.Y., Univ. of North Texas, US

The thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) of a single β-Silicon Carbide (SiC) nanowire (NW) was measured using the four-point three-omega (3-ω) method for the first time. The electrical conductivity (σ), thermal conductivity (κ), and Seebeck [...]

Nanoscale Graphene Lithography Using an Atomic Force Microscope

Kumar K., Yang E.H., Stevens Institute of Technology, US

In this work, we study Atomic Force Microscope local oxidation lithography to precisely fabricate nanometer-scale structures from graphene, a recently discovered material with exceptional electrical properties. We have systematically studied oxidation parameters (electric field, humidity, [...]

PRINT® Nanoparticle Manufacturing Scaleup for Pharmaceutical Applications

Schorzman D.A., Liquidia Technologies, Inc., US

Nanotechnology research is still in its infancy, and while nanotechnology is widely seen as having huge potential, the pharmaceutical industry remains skeptical that success at the bench scale can successfully be translated into high volume [...]

A Multiscale Modeling Approach for Microelectronic Packaging Applications

Iwamoto N., Hölck O., Noijen S., Wunderle B., Todd S., Honeywell Specialty Materials, US

With increasing complexity of the systems and ongoing miniaturization, structural dimensions cross over from the micro- to the nanoscale. At this scale, conventional simulation methods are overtaxed: On the one hand, the continuum approach fails [...]

Doping Effects in Optical Properties of Low Temperature Grown ZnO Nanorod Arrays

Lupan O., Tiginyanu I., Ursaki V., Chow L., University of Central Florida, US

The main motivation of this work is the absence of systematic studies of impurity doping using aqueous solution method. The synthesis of ZnO nanorods at low-cost requires facile and low-temperature approaches. Here, we report on [...]

Development of nanoenergetic materials based on Al/I2O5 system

Martirosyan K.S., Wang L., Luss D., University of Houston, US

This report presents a novel nanoenergetic system based on iodine oxide and aluminum thermite reaction and the study of their gas generation and thermal wave behavior during the detonation. The ignition of homogeneous mixture of [...]

Monte Carlo Simulation of Impact of Random Telegraph Noise in 45 nm MOSFET Due to Coupled Effects of Random Interface and Oxide Traps With Random Channel Dopant Distributions

Ashraf N.S., Vasileska D., Ma Z., Arizona State University, US

This paper presents a 3-D Ensemble Monte Carlo ( EMC ) based simulation for 45 nm gate length MOSFET to account for the fluctuations in drain current (saturation) and threshold voltage as causes of reliability [...]

Characterization of Nanostructured Phenolic and Epoxy Composites Under Pulse Laser Degradation

Young S., Kumar A., Ludwick A., Aglan H., Tuskegee University, US

Phenolic and epoxy nanocomposites were fabricated and exposed to pulsed laser. The nanoreinforcements were alumina nanofibers (ANF) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The loading of the nanoreinforcement was kept the same for both the epoxy [...]

Nanopore detection of nerve agent degradation products

Guan X., Gupta J., Zhao Q., de Zoysa R.S., Jayawardhana D.A., The University of Texas at Arlington, US

Improved analytical capability for detection of organophosphate chemical agents (i.e. nerve gases) remains a high priority need in our continuing defense against future terrorist attacks. A nanopore stochastic sensing method for the rapid detection of [...]