Hu Z. – TechConnect Briefs

From Flasks to Applications: Combinatorial Chemistry and Scale-up of High-Performance Complex Nanomaterials using Automated Synthesis

Hanson C.J., Jeffrey S., Hu Z., Htoon H., Hollingsworth J., Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

Semiconducting nanocrystals, also known as quantum dots (QDs), that emit light with near-unity quantum yield and that are extremely photostable are attractive options as down-conversion and direct electricity-to-light materials for a variety of applications, including [...]

Graphene/PDMS composites for optical heating on microfluidic chips

Tao C., Lv Y., Liu H., Hu Z., Zhu H., Wang J., National University of Defense Technology, CN

Microfluidic chips have attracted extensive attention from both industrial and academic communities due to its virtues of miniaturization, integration, automation. Nowadays, simple and economical means of photothermal conversion on microfluidic chips are strongly desired.In this [...]

Reliability Prediction of Single-Crystal Silicon MEMS Using Dynamic Raman Spectroscopy

Dewanto R., Hu Z., Gallacher B., Hedley J., Newcastle University, UK

This paper proposes an extension and improvement to reliability predictions in single-crystal silicon MEMS by utilizing dynamic Raman spectroscopy to allow the gathering process of Weibull fracture test data to be done directly on devices [...]

Multifunctional magnetic hydrogels with polyethylene glycol-derivative colloidal nanospheres for drug delivery and hyperthermia applications

Ghosh S., GhoshMitra S., Cai T., GhoshMitra S., Neogi A., Hu Z., Mills N., Southeast Missouri State University, US

Magnetically responsive thermo-active hydrogels offer several potential advantages over other bio-material systems for the controlled release of drugs and targeted thermal therapy of the cancerous cells. Thermal and magnetic responses of hydrogels can be tuned [...]