Advanced Materials for Engineering Applications – Page 78

Effect of Nanoclay Content on Mechanical Behaviour of TGDDM Epoxy Nanocomposites

Huong N.T.P., Crosky A., Qi B., Kelly D., Li D.C., The University of New South Wales, AU

Exfoliated nanocomposites based on tetraglycidyldiamino diphenylmethane (TGDDM) cured by diethyltoluene diamine (DETDA) reinforced with 1-20 phr of a commercial nanoclay (I30E) were prepared. The effect of the nanoclay content on the compressive modulus of the [...]

Polymeric Nanocomposites Enabled by Controlled Architecture Materials

Shefelbine T.A., Marx R.E., Nelson J.M., Longabach J.W., Brostrom M.L., Bucket M.I., 3M Corporate Research, US

This presentation will focus on the use of Controlled Architecture Materials (CAMs): block copolymers, telechelic, gradient and star branched polymers as additives to induce the exfoliation of nanoclays in thermoplastic resins. Conventional exfoliation methods include [...]

Nano Composites

Improved Reproducibility in Porous Silica Sol-Gel Processing Using Tertiary Butanol Solvent

Rissanen A.K., Blomberg M., Kattelus H., VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FI

Silica aerogels and xerogels are porous materials, which possess many exceptional properties. The research for the use of aerogel thin films in MEMS applications, such as humidity sensors, biosensors and calorimetric devices, is still at [...]

The Measurement of Ferroelectric Thin Films Using Piezo Force Microscopy

Cain M.G., Dunn S., Jones P., National Physical Laboratory, UK

The use of Atomic Force Microscopy to evaluated the surface properties of ferroelectric thin films is often associated with poor signal to noise ratio images and quantitative analysis is not possible. In this presentation the [...]

Sol-gel Silane Films for DNA Microarray Experiments

Saal K., Tätte T., Kink I., Kurg A., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., Mäeorg U., Rinken A., Lõhmus A., Lõhmus R., University of Tartu, EE

Aim of the current research is development of a method for producing a new kind of aminosilanized films suitable for applications utilizing immobilized DNA molecules. We report on new progress in a procedure proposed in [...]

Metrology Development for the Nanoelectronics Industry at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dagata J.A., Richter C.A., Silver R.M., Vogel E., Martinez de Pinillos J.V., NIST, US

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has provided and continues to provide critical metrology development for the semiconductor manufacturing industry as it moves from the microelectronic era into the nanoelectronic era. This presentation will [...]

Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayer as an Anti-adhesion Layer on Metallic Nano Stamper

Choi S., Lee N., Kim Y.J., Kang S., Yonsei University, KR

The increasing demand for micro/nano optical components in the fields of optical data storage, optical communication, and digital display has required mass replication of polymeric micro/nano patterns. In nano replication process, surface quality can be [...]

Coating Growth on Nanofibers: Multi-Scale Modeling, Simulations and Experiments

Buldum A., Clemons C., Evans E.A., Kreider K.L., Young G.W., The University of Akron, US

Theoretical and experimental investigations on nanoscale deposition technology are critical for nanoscale materials research and for future nanodevice applications. Moreover, because of the varied and coupled physical phenomena involved (mechanical, electromagnetic, chemical, thermal, etc.), the [...]

Morphology of Nanostructured Films Synthesized via Electrodeposition

Magan R.V., Sureshkumar R., Washington University, US

In this study we perform Brownian dynamics simulations to investigate the influence of surface reaction rate on the development of size dispersion of interfacial nanostructures that form by electrodeposition of non-interacting ions (particles) onto surfaces [...]