Zhang L. – TechConnect Briefs

A Novel, Clear Fire Retardant Waterborne Coating System for Wood Substrates

Hughes J., Wang M., Zhang L., Armstrong World Industries, US

Clear intumescent coatings were developed to allow for presentation of the natural wood visual, but have struggled to achieve an acceptable E84 Class A rating, while also having a plastic-type look to the visual. Many [...]

Testing of a 3D printed, nanostructured osteochondral implant for knee repair in a small animal model

Holmes B., Kuo C-Y, Arumugasaamy N., Gandhi N., Rossi C., Fisher J.P., Zhang L., Oetgen M., Nanochon, Children's National Medical Center, US

Osteochondral lesions of the knee are difficult injuries to treat [1, 2]. Despite improvements in the diagnosis of these lesions, optimal treatment remains elusive, likely as a result of the complex interactions between host factors [...]

Reliability-Aware Device Modeling and Implications on Circuit Aging Simulations

Zhang L., Ma C., Chan M., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK

Device reliability and circuit aging are becoming key design concerns with advanced CMOS technologies. In the traditional way, a reliability model describing the device parameter shifts in the time domain is independent of a device [...]

Advanced Manufacturing Process for Producing Carbon Nanofiber Yarns

Carpenter A.W., Gause C., Zhang L., Kennedy J.M., Hopper C., Mao Q., Kelkar A., AxNano, LLC, US

AxNano developed a novel method for producing robust, high-volume, cost-effective carbon fibers in support of next-generation materials for structural composites. AxNano has developed a high-throughput advanced process to form bundles of nano-fibers making nanofiber yarns. [...]

Electrospun Nanocomposite Nerve Guidance Conduits for Peripheral Neural Regeneration

Zhu W., Zhang L., The George Washington University, US

A novel tissue engineered scaffold was fabricated by electrospinning and electrospraying techniques, which possesses highly aligned poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) microfibrous framework and adjustable neurotropic factor embedded poly (D, L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanospheres. Scanning electron microscope revealed the [...]

Developing a Common Compact Modeling Platform for Model Developers and Users

Zhang L., Chan M., HKUST, HK

With the recent advance of CMOS technology to the 32nm range, there is a major concern to continue the scaling roadmap. Many new devices have been proposed, but selecting the right structure is not a [...]

Numerical Study on Gate-All-Around Tunneling FET with SiO2 Core and Si Shell Structure

Zhang A., Zhang L., Zhang X., Zhang A., Zhang L., Zhang X., Mei J., Zhang A., Zhang L., Zhang X., He H., He J., He H., He J., Chan M., PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hongkong Institution, CN

This work presents a gate-all-around tunneling FET based on SiO2 core and Si shell structure (GAA-SOI-TFET) and demonstrates its performance characteristics via the numerical simulation method. The 3-D T-CAD numerical simulations demonstrate that this new [...]

Uptake and Elimination Behaviors of Polyethyleneimine (PEI)-Coated Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Eisenia Foetida and Daphnia Magna

Petersen E.J., Pinto R.A., Mai D.J., Landrum P.F., Zhang L., Huang Q., Shi X., Weber Jr W.J., National Institute of Standards and Technology, US

Hyphenated mass spectrometry (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry) techniques have been employed as one of the primary analytical tools for investigating the effects of ionizing radiation, chemical/biological carcinogens and oxygen derived free radicals on the induction and [...]

An Integrated Microfluidic Real-Time PCR System for Pathogen Detection

Zhu L., Li L., Li Z., Lin F., Liu Y., An D., Wang M., Wang Y.K., Zhang G., Zhang L., Wang M., Wang Y.K., Li L., Li Z., Lin F., Liu Y., Liu Y., Zhang G., Zhang L., Lin F., University of Manitoba, CA

The development of microfluidics-based PCR for rapid genetic analysis particularly pathogen detection is an emerging research field. Recent advancement of microfluidics critically enabled the development of various on-chip PCR systems to realize its apparent advantages [...]

Comparison and insight into long-channel MOSFET drain current models

Zhang L., Peking University, CN

In this paper we provide an insight into the drain current model for long-channel MOSFET devices. A new method to perform the integral of the rigorous Pao-Sah dual integral current is derived. From it, we [...]