Sector: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Silk biocomposites as flexible and biodegradable electrochemical sensors
The convergence of naturally derived and synthetic polymers provides exciting opportunities to develop physiologically compliant bioelectronics systems. The combination of silk proteins and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) enables the formation of functional biocomposites with unique properties. [...]
Aerosol Jet Printed Functional Nanoinks with High Reliability and Reconfigurability
Printed electronic components have long been desired in the aerospace industry to enable prototyping, design verification, and concept validation at a much more rapid pace than photolithography or manual wire bonding processes. For satellites that [...]
The Electrochemical Printing Technique (EPT) for Flexible Electronics
Contact Electroplating Technology (CET), a novel direct contact electroplating technology, enables electrochemical deposition of desired metals or alloys on patterned flexible substrates by direct uniform contact with the substrates. The capability to electroplate metals is [...]
New Paradigms on Materials Synthesis and Additive Manufacturing of Flexible Electronics for Energy Applications
Innovations in materials and manufacturing are important enablers of new technologies across multiple engineering fields. Additive manufacturing comprises a group of revolutionary fabrication techniques, having as principle the addition of materials layer-by-layer to form a [...]
Direct imprinting of liquid silicon
Silicon is one of the most important materials for electronics. The most widespread process for microfabrication technology of silicon is photolithography including etching process. However, huge capital outlay and large-scale equipment has been recognized as [...]
Powder Metallurgy Characterization of Thermoelectric Materials for Selective Laser Melting
Batista N., El Desouky A., Crandall J., Wang S., Yang J., LeBlanc S., The George Washington University, US
Thermoelectric materials are semiconductors capable of converting heat into electrical energy. Traditional manufacturing of thermoelectric devices involves machining and assembly steps which limit device geometries, result in material loss, and introduce parasitic thermal and electrical [...]
UAM Printing for Rocket Engine Combustion Chambers
Rocket Engine combustion chambers face numerous environmental challenges: Tight Tolerances, High Temperatures, High Pressures, Oxidizing or Reducing Environments, Extreme Temperature Differentials, Cryogenic Fluids,vacuum exposure,, Often at the same time. Traditional manufacturing processes have been horrifically [...]