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Coating Growth on Nanofibers: Multi-Scale Modeling, Simulations and Experiments

Buldum A., Clemons C., Evans E.A., Kreider K.L., Young G.W., The University of Akron, US

Theoretical and experimental investigations on nanoscale deposition technology are critical for nanoscale materials research and for future nanodevice applications. Moreover, because of the varied and coupled physical phenomena involved (mechanical, electromagnetic, chemical, thermal, etc.), the [...]

Morphology of Nanostructured Films Synthesized via Electrodeposition

Magan R.V., Sureshkumar R., Washington University, US

In this study we perform Brownian dynamics simulations to investigate the influence of surface reaction rate on the development of size dispersion of interfacial nanostructures that form by electrodeposition of non-interacting ions (particles) onto surfaces [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of Ferrite Thin Films Obtained by Soft Chemical Methods

Caruntu D., Caruntu G., Caruntu D., Caruntu G., Ganju D., Advanced Materials Research Institute, US

Highly uniform transition metal ferrite films with controllable thickness and composition can be obtained by finely tuning the reaction conditions through soft chemical synthetic approaches. We report here our initial, successful attempts in developing the [...]

Optical Thin-film Structures for Color Analog, and Digital, Long-term Information Archiving

Wood W.M., Nichols J.E., Kuhara Corporation, US

We have demonstrated the use of selective, reproducible, milling of sub-micron feature sizes by focused ion beam of optical thin film structures made from robust materials for color and B&W, analog and digital image and [...]

A Modeling Tool for Contact Probe Tests on Nano-Particle Filled Materials

Tseng K.K., Vanderbilt University, US

With the recent advances in nano-scale science and engineering, materials containing reinforcement with superior mechanical properties can be found in many advanced products. The accurate prediction of the mechanical properties of this class of composite [...]

A Novel Synthesis of Co@Au Nanoparticles and Characterization

Ban Z., O'Connor C.J., University of New Orleans, US

A homogeneous non-aqueous solution reactions method has been developed to prepare gold-coated cobalt (Co@Au) nanoparticles. After the sample was washed with 8% HCl, TGA, XRD, TEM, and magnetic measurements SQUID are utilized to characterize the [...]

Sustainable Nanocomposite Materials from Cellulosic Plastics

Misra M., Park H.M., Mohanty A.K., Drzal L.T., Michigan State University, US

Sustainable 'green' nanocomposites were successfully fabricated from cellulose acetate (CA), triethyl citrate (TEC) plasticizer and organically modified clay. Maleic anhydride grafted cellulose acetate butyrate (MA-g-CAB) was used as a compatibilizer. The effect of compatibilizer proportions [...]

Nanoparticle Composites for Coating Applications

Cayton R.H., Nanophase Technologies Corporation, US

Nanoparticles can be incorporated into polymeric coatings to enable significant improvement in targeted properties, i.e., scratch resistance, UV resistance, conductivity, etc. Commercial processing methods have been developed to surface treat nanoparticles to render compatibility between [...]

Synthesis & Mechanical Characterization of Carbon/Epoxy Composites Reinforced with SiC Nano Particles

Chisholm N., Mahfuz H., Rangari V., Rodgers R., Jeelani S., Tuskegee Unviersity, US

Room temperature cure Epoxy resin has been doped with SiC nanoparticles through an ultrasonic cavitation process. The modified resin is then utilized in a Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) process with satin weave carbon [...]

Assisted Alignement of Carbon Nanotubes

Haik Y., Chatterjee J., Chen C-J., Bimagnetic Engineering Lab, US

Extensive research has been focused on the processing of carbon nanotubes polymeric composites. The ability to impose a preferred alignment of carbon nanotubes in a composite will increase the effectiveness of utilizing nanotubes in composite [...]