Florida State University – TechConnect Briefs

Recoverable Lightweight Nanocomposites

Huckleby A.B., Li J., Shahrizan Jamal M., Zhang M., Florida State University, US

The demand for lightweight and strong structures continues to rise especially for weight critical applications such as aerospace and automotive. It is also desired that the materials can recover after being deformed. In this work, [...]

The Fabrication and Characterization of Nanocarbon Foam as Novel Wick Material for Thermal Management of Electronics

Li J., Xie J., Zhang M., Florida State University, US

Semiconductor devices have suffered large on-chip temperature gradients due to localized high heat flues resulting from the substantial non-uniformity in power dissipation. To solve the heat problems, the flat heat pipes (HPs) are excellent candidates [...]

Harnessing the resistive-elastic behavior of novel CNT-graphene hybrid foams for practical sensing applications

Wolmarans F., Van H.H., Li S.J., Liu T., Liu T., Zhang M., Florida State University, US

Carbon nanotube (CNT) foam and aerogels hold promise in the area of strain sensors because of their resistive-elastic behavior under compressive strain. To date one of the largest obstacles in the area of CNT foam [...]

Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Hybrid Foam

Zhang M., Cui Y., Li S., Florida State University, US

CNT foam is a material with a porous structure constructed with nano-porous carbon, carbon nanotubes (CNTs). It is expected that CNT foam derives many of its functions from both its nanostructure and its microstructure and, [...]

In-situ structural characterization of SWCNTs for probing the polymer/nanorod interactions

Liu T., Florida State University, US

Quantitative characterization of the structures of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) in the dispersion is important. It provides critical information for quality assurance of SWCNT dispersions, and more importantly for understanding and optimizing the properties and [...]

Nanoparticles that facilitate imaging of biological tissue and methods of forming the same

Sharma R., Florida State University, US

A superparamagnetic nanoparticle (SPIOM) containing antimyoglobin coated and polyethylene encapsulated biotin-avidin-iron-oxide core in center may be provided according to an example in the invention. These nanoparticles may be used as imaging contrast agents due to [...]

Gold nanoparticles and emerging applications in imaging

Sharma A., Sharma R., Sharma A., Sharma R., Florida State University, US

Au from Au–Ag core–shell nanoparticles acts as multimodal Gold-speckled silica nanoparticles as contrast agents for noninvasive imaging with magnetic resonance imaging and photoacoustic tomography. These Au nanopeanuts can be prepared in a simple one-pot synthesis [...]

Copper 64-Cu nanoparticles in multimodal imaging of carotid artery disease

Sharma A., Sharma R., Sharma A., Sharma R., Florida State University, US

Nanoparticle based hybrid imaging by MRI, PET-CT and Fluorescent reflectance techniques are emerging in imaging carotid artery disease. 64Cu-TNP is detectable by MRI and PET-CT. A trimodality reporter 64Cu-TNP is a derivatization product made of: [...]

Functional lipid nanostructures fabricated by dip-pen nanolithography

Lenhert S., Florida State University, US

Combining the advantages of the structural, chemical, and lyotropic properties of membrane lipids with the nanostructuring capabilities of dip-pen nanolithograpy (DPN), makes possible creation of semisynthetic functional lipid nanostructures. Two examples of critical dimensions that [...]

Acyl ascorbate in enzymatic synthesis: Industrial use as a food nano additive

Sharma R., Pathak Y., Florida State University, US

Nanoadditive Acyl ascorbates were synthesized through the condensation of various fatty acids with L-ascorbic acid using immobilized lipase in a water-soluble organic solvent, and their properties as food additive were examined. The optimal conditions, which [...]