Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications – Page 2

New unique PAT method and instrument for real-time inline size characterization of concentrated, flowing nanosuspensions

Besseling R., Arribas-Bueno R., Damen M., Wijgergangs J., Hermes M., Gerich A., InProcess-LSP, NL

With the rise of nanotherapeutics -and nano based products in general-, there has been an increasing need for better understanding and control of nano-particle (NP) synthesis and formulation processes. Size characteristics are often primary, if [...]

Liquid core nanocapsules synthesized using flash nanoprecipitation

Van Keuren E., Taylor S., Chung Y., Chen L., Ugwu-Uche U., Aparicio V.A., Meehan R., Hughes E., Georgetown University, US

The synthesis and application of multicomponent and/or multifunctional nanoparticles is an area that has seen significant growth over the past decade. Nanocapsules, nanoparticles with a liquid core and hard shell, are one example. They have [...]

Memristor Nano Memory Passive Power Device

Christensen G., Hong H., Younes H., Bailey C., Novum Nano, US

A non-volatile memory circuit that has one or more of the following features was created and patented : (a) a logic source, and (b) a semi-conductive device being electrically coupled to the logic source, having [...]

Scalable Manufacturing of High-Nanotube-Content Nanocomposite Fabrics

Martinez-Rubi Y., Jakubinek M.B., Ashrafi B., Simard B., Kingston C.T., Palumbo G., McCrea J., Pallotta R., Katugaha H., National Research Council Canada, CA

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been considered promising for development of advanced composite materials, due to their unsurpassed properties along with low density, and they are now appearing in an increasing number of industrial applications [...]

Grooved Bottom electrode Based Molecular Spintronics Device

Tyagi P., University of the District of Columbia, US

Mass fabrication of molecular spintronics devices (MSDs) can harness the untapped exotic properties of variable spin state molecules for making the next generation of computers, including quantum computers. However, since the conceptualization of molecular devices [...]

Using Contact Angle Measurement for Determination of the Surface Free Energy of Nonporous Core Samples

Hashim I.A., Gobina E., Robert Godden University, UK

The surface free energy is one of the factors that characterises the surfaces of materials. The sessile drop method is the most popular method for determining its value. A contact angle between the surface and [...]

Ceramic sintering and properties characterization based on solid mechanics

Camacho Montes H., Espinosa Almeyda Y., Gamboa Garay J.D., Barraza de León L.E., Vega Siverio A., Espinoza Ochoa I.M., Otero Hernández J.A., Rodríguez Ramos R., Mederos Madrazo B.J., Sabina F.J., Bordia R.K., Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, MX

Ceramic processing can be tedious and time-consuming. Several techniques have been developed to face these complex processing. One of the most popular techniques relies on different approaches for Design of Experiments and/or statistical process control. [...]

Advanced Materials

Quantum Chemical Methods to Elucidate the Mechanism of a Diastereoselective Insertion-Addition Reaction of a Chiral Titanium (IV)-Schiff Base-Benzyl Complex with Hydroxyketones

Ramos B., Castriciones E.V., University of the Philippines, PH

We present our preliminary results on the quantum chemical studies carried out to elucidate the diastereoselective insertion-addition reaction of a chiral titanium(IV)-Schiff base-benzyl complex (I) with hydroxyketones (II) to form the diastereoselective insertion product (III) [...]

Phase Change Materials for Applications in Building Thermal Energy Storage

Habib M.A., Rahman M.M., Wichita State University, US

Phase change materials (PCMs) have excellent thermal energy storage (TES) potential to provide thermal comfort in buildings by lowering the cooling and heating energy demands. The primary grid benefit of thermal energy storage is load [...]