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Flexible integrated photonics: shedding light into the flexible electronics toolkit

Li L., Lin H., Lin H., Geiger S., Zerdoum A., Jia X., Michon J., Du Q., Smith C., Novak S., Richardson K., Qiao S., Lu N., Musgraves J.D., Hu J., Gu T., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

While flexible electronics has been a well-established field with several decades of research and development under the belt, flexible integrated photonics is a nascent technology that has only started to burgeon in the past few [...]

Rapid processing using Intense Pulsed Light

Druffel T., University of Louisville, US

The Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology is well suited to continuous manufacturing platforms such as roll-to-roll due to its very large processing area and rapid processing time scales. The IPL technique delivers high energy pulses [...]

Fabrication and modeling of resistance switching cells for ReRAM applications

Pawlikiewicz M., Kalkur T.S., University of Colorado Colorado Springs, US

This paper presents the technology, fabrication process, measurements and SPICE-compatible modeling of resistance switching devices. Those devices were built using nickel oxide (NiO) as for oxide layers between two platinum layers that were used as [...]

All-printed liquid crystal display devices made from sol-gel Indium tin oxide(ITO) ink

Xia N., Gerhardt R.A., Georgia Institute of Technology, US

Indium tin oxide (ITO) is the most widely used transparent conducting oxide due to its high conductivity and transparency. It is currently used in a wide range of devices that require transparent conducting electrodes. Currently, [...]

Advancements In Ink Jet Technology for Materials Deposition Research and Manufacturing

Buskirk W., Liniger S.D., ImTech Technologies LLC, US

Ink jet technology continues to advance, providing greater opportunities for research, prototyping, and manufacturing. 3D printing continues to evolve, enabling advancements in market segments from medical devices to industrial components. This presentation will provide an [...]

Micro Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fabrication via Inkjet Printing

Hill T.Y., Reitz T.L., Huang H., Air Force Research Laboratory, US

Energy conversion and storage devices (ECSDs) are facing the challenge of manufacturing miniature dimensions and/or unconventional shapes. Furthermore, reducing the total device thickness can significantly reduce the internal resistance and potentially improve interfacial electrochemical kinetics [...]

Modeling of novel concept design for extremely small UHF band transmit/receive element based on multiferroics

Carka D., Sepulveda A., Keller S., Carman G.P., New York Institute of Technology, US

Multiferroic heterostructures consisting of a piezoelectric or ferroelectric material and a ferromagnetic material with magnetostrictive properties allow for cross coupling of the electric and magnetic degrees of freedom via strain mediation of the magnetoelectric coupling. [...]

Predicting the Response of an All-Elastomer In-Plane MEMS Tactile Sensor

Kalayeh K.M., Charalambides A., Charalambides P.G., Bergbreiter S., Charalambides A., Charalambides P.G., UMBC, US

This study is motivated by the need to develop highly sensitive tactile sensors for both robotic and bionic applications. The developments of advanced technologies in robotic grasping, motion of prosthetics, and robot assisted biomedical surgery [...]

Millimeter Wave Therapy

Eckert B., Truong H., Izadjoo M., ChiScan and Trideum Biosciences, US

Millimeter wave therapy has been extensively studied in Eastern Europe. The apparatus varies from IMPATT and Gunn oscillators to IMPATT noise sources, while the power density can range from 1mW/cm^2 down to the Nano-watt range. [...]

The TubeClear® System – On the Market for Clearing Clogged Feeding Tubes – and Evaluating Increasingly Challenging Tubes in the Body: NSF SBIR Funded Medical Device Platform

Bagwell R.B., Aippersbach S.M., Becker N.C., Dillon D.R., Mulvihill M.L., Actuated Medical Inc, US

Feeding tubes deliver critical nutrition and medications to patients that are unable to swallow. Unfortunately, these tubes often clog. Clogged feeding tubes can cause patients to go extended periods without food and medication. Traditional methods [...]