Tang Z. – TechConnect Briefs

Bioinspired Layered Materials with Superior Mechanical Performance Via Interface Design

Cheng Q., Jiang L., Tang Z., Beihang University, CN

After billions of years of evolution, the natural nacre, consisting of almost 95 vol% inorganic plates (aragonite calcium carbonate) and 5 vol% organic macromolecules (elastic biopolymer), shows a unique combination of the remarkable strength and [...]

Tungsten for CMOS-MEMS Pirani and Ionization Vacuum Gauges

Wang J., Tang Z., Dalian University of Technology, CN

Tungsten is consider to be the most suitable material for the CMOS-MEMS vacuum gauges, including Pirani vacuum gauge and ionization vacuum gauge, due to its high temperature coefficient, resistant to the electromigration failure, high melting [...]

Finite Temperature Quasicontinuum Method for Thermal and Mechanical Analysis of Silicon Nanostructures

Tang Z., Zhao H., Li G., Aluru N.R., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

We formulate a finite temperature quasicontinuum method to calculate the thermodynamic and elastic properties of crystalline silicon as well as the mechanical response of silicon nanostructures subjected to externally applied forces. We solve the continuum [...]

Control Synthesis of Functional Nanoassemblies using Langmuir-Blodgett Method

Wang H.-L., Tang Z., Gao Y., Magyar R.J., Tretiak S., Shreve A.P., Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

We strive to design syntheses of a series of amphiphilic molecular building blocks that can self-assembled at the air-water interface to form 2D and 3D nanostructures with specific opto-electronic properties. Compression of these molecular building [...]

Static and Dynamic Analysis of Silicon NEMS

Tang Z., Aluru N.R., University of Illinois, US

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have already revolutionized many areas including communications, information technology, medical, mechanical and aerospace technologies. Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are MEMS with submicron critical dimensions. NEMS have the potential to fundamentally change the way [...]