Liu Q. – TechConnect Briefs

Nanoporous thin-film waveguide resonance sensors with wavelength interrogation over a broad bandwidth

Qi Z-M, Zhang Z., Liu Q., Lu D., Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CN

Nanoporous dielectric film based leaky-mode waveguide resonance sensors have attracted considerable attention because of their interesting features [1-4]. Such sensors generally operate in the angular interrogation mode [1-3]. The first application of the wavelength interrogation [...]

Fabrication and assembly of nanowrinkle patterns on metallic surface: a nonlithography method for nano fabrication

Zhang Z., Guo C., Liu Q., National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, CN

Ordered periodic nanostructures have shown its great importance in both fundamental research and practical use. Motivated by wrinkles, which are ubiquitous in nature, artificial patterns with micro periods were fabricated in stiff/soft bilayer. Compare to [...]

A Revolutionary New Method for the Synthesis of a Wide Array of Metal Oxide and Mixed Metal Oxide Nanoparticles with Sizes as Small as 1 nm

Woodfield B.F., Liu Q., Liu S., Liu Q., Liu S., Astle L., Boerio-Goates J., Brigham Young University, US

We have developed a revolutionary new method for the production of large quantities of high-purity metal, metal oxide, and mixed-metal oxide nanoparticles. Particles are uniform in size with dimensions that can range from 1 nm [...]

Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetorheological Fluids with Super Paramagnetic Nanomaterials in Polymeric Matrix

Kancharla V., Fahmi A., Liu Q., Gindy N., University of Nottingham, UK

Magneto-rheological (MR) fluids represent an exciting family of smart materials that have the unique ability to undergo rapid (within a few µs) changes in their apparent viscosity on the application of an external magnetic field. [...]