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THE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERACTION OF CARBON BASED MATERIALS WITH IONIC LIQUID ON THE TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF LUBRICATING GREASE AND OIL
Stringent government regulation on environment emissions and demand to develop energy efficient and durable modern mechanical systems has imposed a significant challenge on the lubricant additive manufacturer to develop ... -
Sub-10K Cold-Electron Injection to Silicon at Room Temperature
(2022-12-20)The Fermi-Dirac thermal excitation of electrons results in unwanted off-state leakage currents in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), leading to excessive power consumption in modern electronic ... -
Dispersion study of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Synthesis of MOF-High-density polyethylene fibers
(2023-05-19)Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a highly versatile class of materials with a wide range of potential applications in gas storage, separation, catalysis, drug delivery, and sensing. The ability to tailor the properties ... -
Assessment of Joule Heating Properties of Various Solder Alloys in BGA Assembly
(2023-05-22)The continuing demands for smaller, yet higher performance devices have resulted in many revolutionary changes in device packaging in recent years, including the change in package form factors, structure, and the type of ... -
Effects of Graphene in High-Density Polyethylene Microfibers
(2022-12-20)High-Density Polyethylene uniquely can induce banded spherulites as it is crystallized from its melt. We studied the effects of graphene in the crystallography of banded HDPE by examining parameters such as the extent of ... -
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COBALT-BASED MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES
(2020-08-18)Co is an attractive element in the development of nanostructured magnetic materials due to its relatively high moment (1.72-1.75 µB) and strong exchange and spin-orbit interactions, and many of these materials have potential ... -
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF Mo-DLC
(2021-12-20)Diamond like carbon (DLC) films have been extensively used in a wide range of applications over the last decade due to their excellent mechanical and tribological properties. Metallic elements are used to dope DLC films ... -
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Pure Titanium at Constant Applied Voltage
(2021-12-20)Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is a method of coating which is used to apply non metal coatings to different metal substrates. This process occurs in an electrochemical cell that consists of an electrolyte, two ... -
Study on Forming DNA-Mediated Nanoparticle Conjugates: Toward Detection of COVID-19
(2021-12-21)The objective of this thesis is to establish a rapid, robust, and reproducible procedure to controllably assemble DNA-functionalized Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) into satellite-shaped nanostructures using sequence-specific DNA ... -
A 3D SERS DEVICE FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE DETECTION OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS IN LIQUID
(2021-05-26)Detection of organic chemicals in liquid medium have been gaining utmost attention in recent times. Real time detection and monitoring of a variety of environmental pollutants, explosive materials, chemical agents, and ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF ASPHALT/RECYCLED PLASTIC BLENDS MODIFIED BY EXFOLIATED CLAY NANOPLATELETS
(2021-05-09)There is a renewed interest from federal and state transportation agencies as well as the asphalt industry in developing successful utilization of recycled plastics in asphalt pavements. By incorporating a third material ... -
STUDY OF INTERDIFFUSION AND GROWTH OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS IN BIMETALLIC LAYERS OF ALPHA BRASS AND Al-Mg ALLOY
(2020-08-17)This work aims to study the formation of Inter Metallic Compounds (IMC’s) and their growth rate in Brass and Al-Mg alloy. This diffusion couple consists of four elements Aluminum, Copper, Zinc and Magnesium. Aluminum and ... -
Study Of New Transistor Architecture With Energy Filtering
(2020-08-24)The thermodynamic limit of the subthreshold slope to 60mV/decade at 300K forces MOSFET devices to use high supply voltages (> 0.5V) and therefore dissipate a lot of energy. This physical limitation of transistors is a ... -
FABRICATION OF SOLID POLYMERIC 3D SHAPES FROM PROGRAMMABLE FLAT HYDROGEL SHEETS
(2018-05-24)Modern methods of fabricating three-dimensional (3D) objects include sheet metal forming, thermoforming, and additive manufacturing among others. These methods have their own advantages and disadvantages regarding scalability, ... -
OSTEOPROGENITOR CELL ADHESION AND GROWTH ON THE BIOACTIVE SILICON NITRIDE SURFACE FOR CRANIOFACIAL IMPLANTS APPLICATIONS
(2018-04-27)As a novel biomaterial, silicon nitride (Si3N4) has been used for orthopedic and spinal fusion applications. Its ability to promote continuity for structural support of missing bone, by in/on bone growth, gives it advantageous ... -
Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Titanium Under Constant Applied Voltage
(2020-06-08)Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) is a method capable of applying nonmetallic coatings to metallic substrates submerged in electrolyte via a plasma development under high voltage. The PEO technique is particularly useful ... -
Synthesis of nickel-titanium intermetallic surface coatings via electrolytic plasma processing
(2020-05-28)Electrolytic plasma processing (EPP) is an environmentally friendly surface cleaning and deposition technique. Dependant on circuit polarity, anionic or cationic species can be deposited from an aqueous electrolyte bridge, ... -
NANOSILICA BASED 3D PRINTED SCAFFOLD FACILITATE OSTEOBLAST MINERAL FORMATION
(2017-08-24)Bone has the ability to heal fractures so long as the size of the fracture is sufficiently small. If the defect is large or of critical size, a filling material or graft will be needed to help bone union. Among all the ... -
ELEMENT-SPECIFIC NANOPARTICLE PLACEMENT TOWARD FABRICATING MULTI-ELEMENT METASTRUCTURES
(2019-05-17)Nanoscale entities such as semiconductor nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles, and dielectric nanoparticles have attracted a lot of attention due to their novel electrical, optical, and magnetic ... -
ULTRA-SMALL GOLD NANOPARTICLES BY GALVANIC REPLACEMENT OF LARGER SILVER NANOPARTICLES
(2019-05-16)In the last two decades, Au nanoparticles have been extensively explored for their biomedical applications, which is mainly driven by their biocompatibility and special optical properties known as surface plasmon resonance ...