Advanced Materials & Manufacturing – Page 49

Carbon nanotubes functionalized neural probe platform for characterization of cell attachment and motility

Tyson J., Tran M., Patrick T., Slaughter G., University of Maryland Baltimore County, US

The application of micro- or nano-electromechanical systems (MEMs) or (NEMs) to the fabrication of neural probes, have led to the development of minimally-invasive high density probes. Although the majority of neuroMEMs probes have been used [...]

The Fabrication and Characterization of Nanocarbon Foam as Novel Wick Material for Thermal Management of Electronics

Li J., Xie J., Zhang M., Florida State University, US

Semiconductor devices have suffered large on-chip temperature gradients due to localized high heat flues resulting from the substantial non-uniformity in power dissipation. To solve the heat problems, the flat heat pipes (HPs) are excellent candidates [...]

Dual Glucose and Lactate Self-powered biosensor

Baingane A., Mburu N., Animanshaun C., Slaughter G., University of Maryland Baltimore County, US

Organ preservation plays a major role in improving the clinical outcome of transplantation. Extracorporeal perfusion systems have been developed for solid-organ transplants (e.g. liver) and recently, investigators have demonstrated incremental improvements in preserving porcine vascularized [...]

Facile and High-Throughput Fabrication of Carbon Nanotube Carpet-PDMS Structures toward Flexible Supercapacitors

Zhang R., Ding J., Yang E.H., Stevens Institute of Technology, US

Flexible electronics have a wide range of applications in wearable and multifunctional electronics [1], including flexible displays, curved smart phones, electronic skins, and implantable medical devices. Consequently technologies for flexible energy storage will have to [...]

Progress towards total structure control in SWCNT populations

Fagan J., National Institute of Standards and Technology, US

As-synthesized single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) populations contain substantial distributions of SWCNT structures, including in the distribution of species ((n,m) chiralities) and enantiomers (i.e. the handedness of the lattice vector), as well as in their lengths, [...]

Carbon Nano Structures & Devices

Advanced Characterization of Nanoporous Gold

El-Zoka A.A., Newman R.C., Langelier B., University of Toronto, CA

The interest in nanoporous metals, formed by controlled dealloying of noble metal alloys, has been increasing due to the promising capabilities of such materials. The functionality of NPG is heavily affected by attributes such as [...]

Towards Medical Diagnostics Using Hyperspectral X-ray Scatter

Greenwood C., Rogers K., Wilson M., Lyburn I., Evans P, Davies G., Cranfield University, UK

This pilot study builds from a recent international, programme that showed, for the first time, the clinical value of new biomarkers to predict fracture risk in osteoporotic patients. The research indicated several potential, high impact [...]

Probing Nanoscale Composites, Interfaces, and Damage Gradients with In-Situ and Ex-Situ Multiscale Mechanical Methodologies

Mara N.A., Los Alamos National Laboratory, US

This presentation reports on recent findings within the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies that determine the effects of interfacial structures and damage gradients on mechanical response at length scales varying from nanometers to millimeters. Three focus [...]

FibriPy: a software environment for fiber analysis from 3D micro-computed tomography data

Perciano T., Ushizima D., Krishnan H., Sethian J., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US

Materials characterization using X-ray imaging has enabled development of advanced composites that will open up new opportunities to improve manufacturing. In order to deploy reinforced materials, such as ceramic matrix composites (CMC), several structures must [...]