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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Multifunctional Material"”.
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Microvascular composites as a multifunctional material for electric vehicles
… battery packaging is proposed to accomplish this multifunctional objective using microvascular fiber-reinforced composites. Batteries are sandwiched between carbon fiber/epoxy panels containing embedded microchannels. Coolant flow enables active cooling while the composite material provides …
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Probing Coherent States and Nonlinear Properties in Multifunctional Material Systems
The rapid progress on developing new and improved multifunctional materials, for optoelectronic and spin based phenomena/devices, have increased the importance of the fundamental understanding of their coherent states and nonlinear optical properties. This study is aimed at characterizing, …
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Synthesis and characterization of next-generation multifunctional material architectures : aligned carbon nanotube carbon matrix nanocomposites
Materials comprising carbon nanotube (CNT) aligned nanowire (NW) polymer nanocomposites (A-PNCs) have emerged as promising architectures for next-generation multifunctional applications. Enhanced operating regimes, such as operating temperatures, motivate the study of CNT aligned NW ceramic matrix …
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Engineering the electrochromism and ion conduction of layer-by-layer assembled films
… and development of new electrochemically active materials. Elements of the thin-film electrochromic cell were chosen as a particular focus for LBL fabrication. Layer-by-layer assembly is the ideal processing tool to tailor the electrochemical systems within electrochromic cells because modulating …
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Composite Multifunctional Lithium Ion Batteries
… design a battery that serves as the structural material as well as the power source for a transportation vehicle. The combination of both mechanical and electrochemical aspects within one material defines the component as a multifunctional material, or in this case, a multifunctional battery. …
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Modeling effects of microstructure for electrically active materials
… framework is proposed for the description of multifunctional material properties. The focus of this theory is on deriving equilibrium and kinetic equations for electrically active materials, particularly for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and piezoelectric and electrostrictive …
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Development and Analysis of a Multifunctional Fuel Cell Structure
Multifunctional material systems are systems that contain individual materials or components which are capable of performing multiple functions. The combination of functions into single entities allows for system-level benefits that are not possible through the optimization of subsystems …
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Thermal and Electrical Considerations for the Design of Highly-Integrated Point-of-Load Converters
… consuming task due to the brittleness of the material, and the interlayers add additional complexity to the fabrication process. Philip's PCB integration was primarily aimed at integrating passives along with the PCB process for reduction of size. Inductor windings and capacitive layers were …
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Polyethylene-Based Multifunctional Composite Material for Radiation Shielding, Passive Thermoregulation, and In-Situ Fabrication for Space Exploration
… to the considerably high cost of transporting materials and equipment to space, a cost-effective solution for mitigating ionizing radiation and overheating risks is crucial, especially for extended, deep-space missions. This thesis presents a polyethylene-based multifunctional composite …
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Electro-Optic And Magneto-Dielectric Properties Of Multifunctional Nitride And Oxide Materials
<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p> <p>Materials that simultaneously exhibit different physical properties provide a rich area of research leading to the development of new devices. For example, materials having a strong coupling between charge and spin degrees of freedom are essential to realizing a …
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Voxelized Atomic Structure Framework for Atomistic Modeling of Multifunctional Materials
The behavior of material systems is governed by complex physical phenomena taking place over a hierarchy of length scales, making it computationally expensive to model with physics-driven simulation methods alone. Atomic systems at the first-principles level are typically considered the smallest …
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1, 2, and 3 Dimension Carbon/Silicon Carbon Nitride Ceramic Composites
… exceptional ultra-high temperature and stable multifunctional class of materials that can be synthesized from a polymer precursor through thermal decomposition. The presented research focuses on 1-D nanofibers, 2-D films and 3-D bulk, carbon-rich silicon carbon nitride (SiCN) ceramics. 1-D …
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Bulk Ceramic-Based Biologically Inspired Composites: Design, Fabrication and Testing
… However, biological systems design lightweight materials, circumventing this limitation of conventional materials, by aggregating various multiscale toughening mechanisms. In challenging habitats, organisms evolve to produce remarkable multifunctional material systems that improve their "fit" …