UMass Lowell – TechConnect Briefs

Durable Superhydrophobic Coating

Nahum A. Panwar T., Dodiuk H., Kenig S., Barry C., Mead J., UMass Lowell, US

Bottom up cost-effective and durable superhydrophobic coatings were formulated using hydrophobic silica nanoparticles and epoxy binder at different epoxy-to-silica nanoparticle ratios. The localization of the silica nanoparticles in the dissolved epoxy oligomers before curing and [...]

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 [...]

Durable Superhydrophobic Coatings for Icephobic Applications

Nahum T., Mitra S., Panwar A., Barry C., Dodiuk H., Kenig S., Mead J., UMass Lowell, US

Recent studies about the application of superhydrophobic surfaces for anti-ice properties have found that ice adhesion strength is reduced significantly compared to bare aluminum surfaces, but these surfaces lack durability. In this work, bottom up [...]

Solar-Electric Commuting Trike with Manual Pedaling

Mil’shtein S., Srinivasan B., UMass Lowell, US

With dwindling petroleum resources and concerns about global climate, it is imperative to find better suited modes of commute for the future. In the United States, studies have shown that 50% of the travel on [...]

Design of a Tandem Conjugated Polymer Bulk Heterostructure Solar Cell

Valenzuela J., Mil’shtein S., UMass Lowell, US

The use of conjugated polymers in solar cell applications has drawn a lot of attention as a way of bringing the high cost of electricity produced by inorganic solar cells to competitive levels. Different research [...]