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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Nanofoams"”.
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Solid-state Polymer Nanofoams
… and properties of solid-state polymer nanofoams. Polymer nanofoams, which are expected to be the next generation cellular materials, have attracted much attention in the past decade. Nanoscale dimension of the bubbles could potentially render the nanofoams to have improved properties or …
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Cellulose Nanofoams: 3D Printing and Characterization
In recent years, the advancement in cellulosic nanofoams has been considerable. Yet, their customization potential for diverse application requirements has been constrained by reproducibility challenges. Our research, therefore, focused on two primary objectives: enhancing the thermal regulation …
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High temperature nanofoams based on ordered polyamide matrices
Polyimides are one class of high temperature materials that have been extensively used in the microelectronics industry in passivation and protection. The extremely good thermal stabilities, along with desirable mechanical and electrical properties, have led to their use in integrated circuits and …
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Synthesis and characterization of high Tg nanofoams based on pyromellitic dianhydride and 1,1-bis(4-aminophenyl)-1-phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethane polyimide block and graft copolymers
… mechanical and electrical properties. Polyimide nanofoams based upon the controlled pyrolysis of the labile component were prepared. The methodology for producing the nanofoams was to first spin cast well-designed microphase separated graft or block copolymer solutions comprised of the thermally …
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Virus-enabled design of high-performing, three-dimensional nanomaterials for electrochemical energy applications
… nanoporous foams. Virus-templated nanofoams were incorporated into several relevant energy applications spanning water electrolysis, microbatteries, and electrolytic urea decomposition. The virus-mediated synthesis toolkit yielded clear enhancements in electrochemical performance, …
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Modeling and simulations of low dimensional and nanostructured materials systems at the nanoscale
… particular based on graphene, such as Graphene Nanofoams and Pillared Graphene Frameworks, and low dimensional nanomaterials such as SiC/SiO2 core/shell nanowires and graphene layers. The work is divided in four parts treating four different topics with the underlying theme of material modeling, …
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Utilizing viruses to probe the material process - structure - property relationship : controlling catalytic properties via protein engineering and nanoscale synthesis
… method for the development of tunable 3D nanofoams is detailed. Viral templates were rationally assembled into a variety of genetically programmable architectures and subsequently templated into a variety of material compositions. Subsequently, this synthetic method was employed to examine …
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Engineering M13 Bacteriophage Nanoplatforms for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications
… on the morphology of phage templated metal nanofoams and on the in-vitro and in-vivo tissue trafficking of targeted phage nanocarrriers. An optimal length for enhancing ion transport and active material access in MnOx cathodes is described. Chlorotoxin-phages, conjugate with indocyanine …
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Foam formation in a PMMA-methanol system
… implications of this work for the production of nanofoams is therefore the identification of production-accompanied stress development as a foam properties influencing magnitude.
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Deformation and fracture of PMMA with application to nanofoaming and adhesive joints
This thesis contributes to the understanding of the deformation and fracture of methyl methacrylate (MMA)-based polymers in the context of void growth. The first part of the thesis focuses on the prediction of void growth during solid state nanofoaming of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). These …