Mitra S. – TechConnect Briefs

Carbon Nanotube Immobilized Membranes for Next Generation Desalination

Roy S., Bhadra M., Mitra S., New Jersey Institute of Technology, US

The objective of this project is to utilize carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to create breakthrough membrane properties for the generation of pure water via membrane distillation (MD). This fundamentally new approach will reduce the cost and [...]

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 [...]

Durable Icephobic Coatings

Constantinou J., Panwar A., Mitra S., Nahum T., Wagner M., Dodiuk H., Barry C., Kenig S., Mead J., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, US

Accumulation of ice on the surfaces of windmills, airplanes, ships and telecommunications equipment hinders the efficient functioning of this equipmement, which can be overcome by the use of an icephobic coating. Prior work has established [...]

Contact Properties of Titanium Nitride Sidewall Coating for Nanoelectromechanical Electronics

Shavezipur M., Harrison K.L., Lee W-S., Espinosa B., Provine J., Mitra S., Wong H.S.P., Howe R.T., The Ohio State University, US

The performance of hybrid NEM-CMOS low power electronics and logic gates highly depends on the source-drain contact resistance and adhesion force, which affect the power consumption and the pull-in/pull-out hysteresis, respectively. In the present work, [...]

Self-assembly of Carbon Nanotubes on Large Structures and on Ceramics

Karwa M., Brukh R., Saridara C., Wang Y., Iqbal Z., Mitra S., New Jersey Inst. of Technology, US

Self-assembly techniques as related to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is explored. The first is the self-assembly on the inside wall of stainless steel tubings using C2H4 as the carbon source and the iron nanostructures in the [...]

Fault Detection and Diagnosis Techniques for Molecular Computing

Tahoori M.B., Mitra S., Northeastern University, US

Fault detection and diagnosis techniques that are essential for defect tolerance, fault tolerance and self-repair of molecular computing systems are discussed. These techniques enable robust molecular computing system design protected from manufacturing defects and run-time [...]