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Precision Abrasive-Waterjet Machining of Most Materials from Macro to Micro Scales

Liu P.H.-T., OMAX Corporation, US

Under the support of an NSF SBIR Phase II Grant, OMAX has developed and commercialized micro abrasive-waterjet (uAWJ) technology to broaden its applications toward micro scales. AWJ has several technological and manufacturing merits that are [...]

Multilayer co-extrusion processing of PS/TPV/CNTs nanocomposites

Jian R., Panwar A., Barry C., Mead J., UMass Lowell, US

The development of layer multiplying technique using coextrusion is able to create polymer films having several thousand layers with individual layer thickness ranging from a few microns to several nanometers. The number of individual layers [...]

Advanced Manufacturing Process for Producing Carbon Nanofiber Yarns

Carpenter A.W., Gause C., Zhang L., Kennedy J.M., Hopper C., Mao Q., Kelkar A., AxNano, LLC, US

AxNano developed a novel method for producing robust, high-volume, cost-effective carbon fibers in support of next-generation materials for structural composites. AxNano has developed a high-throughput advanced process to form bundles of nano-fibers making nanofiber yarns. [...]

Manufacturing of a Continuous CNT Rollstock

Chan E.M., General Nano, US

In Q1 2014, General Nano was awarded a Commercial Readiness Program by the Air Force to scale uniquely long and pure MWCNTs. To accelerate time to commercialization and to minimize capital expenditure, a strategy chosen [...]

Flexible Printed Thermoelectric Textiles for Low Temperature Waste Heat Energy Harvesting Systems

Ankireddy K., Iezzi B., Losego M.D., Jur J.S., North Carolina State University, US

Printed-thermopiles embedded pipe insulation was constructed and demonstrated successfully the feasibility of generating power by wrapping the constructed insulation around a heat pipe. The global need for clean and sustainable energy along with recent advances [...]

Industrial Accelerators – Beyond Transformers and Cyclotrons, More Power

Kroc T.K., Kephart R.D., Fermilab, US

Any device used in industrial applications requires simplicity, versatility, robustness and always – more power. To meet the first three of these requirements, “high power” industrial accelerators have been based on transformers or cyclotrons, but [...]

nPortTM Platform Nanotechnology for Liposome Manufacturing:from 20 to 200nm and from Micrograms to Kilograms

Zhu D.M., Chen G.Q., Cureport, Inc., US

Liposome-based drug delivery is one of the clinically advanced technologies for the treatment of human cancer and severe infectious disease.It improves pharmacokinetics, reduces toxicity, and enhances efficacy of the drugs. The complex manufacturing process, poor [...]

Compact Superconducting Radio-frequency Accelerators and Innovative RF Systems

Chattopadhyay S., Kephart R., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Northern Illinois University, US

We will present our newly developed concepts of compact superconducting linear accelerators driven by innovative radio-frequency power drivers with unprecedented frequency and phase control. Such devices could be used to generate 1 MeV to 10 [...]

The Secret of Chia Gel Revealed – Nanoscale 3D Network Retards and Prolongs Food Release

Pottackal N., Das P., Samateh M., John G., The City College of New York, US

Chia Gels have been associated with numerous health benefits over centuries, like curbing diabetes and obesity by retarding digestion rate and quenching craving for more food. However, the exact mode of gelation has always been [...]

New Insights into Microstructure, Rheology & Molecular Level Structural Changes During Self-Assembly & Gelation in Complex Fluids Through Combined DLS-Optical Microrheology-Raman Spectroscopy

Amin S., Blake S., Kidder L., Lewis E.N., Kenyon S., Malvern Instruments, US

Soft Matter/Complex fluid systems are ubiquitous across a range of industrial and consumer sectors. In many instances the final product format of these complex fluids are gels or soft solids and the processing and product [...]