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Retarded Growth of Nano-sized Carbide Particles in Liquid Metals at 1500°C

Kim J., Kim J., Seo M., Kim J., Kang S., Seoul National Univ., KR

The nanocrystalline solid-solution carbide powders were prepared by carbo-thermal reduction after high-energy planetary milling of proper oxide mixture. Then, particle growth behaviours of nanocrystalline transitional metal carbides such as (W,V)C and (Ti,W,M1,M2)(CN) were investigated and [...]

Nanocomposite Contact Material for MEMS Switches

Ding C., MacDonald N.C., university of california, santa barbara, US

This work reports the development of a nanostructured composite contact material for improving the contact reliability of MEMS switches. The nanocomposite material was integrated into a bulk titanium MEMS (BT-MEMS) switch which was fabricated using [...]

Local temperature measurement near remotely heated,ultra-small gold nanoparticles

Gupta A., Denver H., Borca-Tasciuc D-A., Joshi A., Kane R., Hella M., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

This work presents a novel technique to measure the temperature in the vicinity (~3.5 nm) of a remotely heated, ultra-small gold nanoparticle. The temperature measurement is carried out employing fluorescent thermometry and core/shell CdSe quantum [...]