Sentences with phrase «based microstructures»

In addition to making batteries, he says, the 3D patterning technique is likely to be useful for making a wide variety of novel carbon - based microstructures.

«Thinner probe array that uses silicon - based microstructure could underpin safer neural implants.»

Not exact matches

Reporting their latest results in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, scientists in Germany based at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) together with researchers from the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants at the University of Bonn, have been discovering what makes these plants so special.

One way to improve the energy density is to manufacure the batteries based on three - dimensional microstructured architectures.

They were interested in a phase separation phenomenon that has been known for around 50 years, but could neither be precisely observed nor understood until now: The microstructure of nickel - based alloys changes under controlled ageing or heat treatment and in the classical two - phase microstructure new phases are initially formed.

«Today, optical security features, such as holograms, are frequently based on two - dimensional microstructures,» says Professor Martin Wegener, expert for 3D printing of microstructures at the Institute of Nanotechnology of KIT.

Cindy Barrera, a postdoctoral researcher in Cornish's lab, found in tests that eggshells have porous microstructures that provide larger surface area for contact with the rubber, and give rubber - based materials unusual properties.

By manipulating the process to precisely manage the solidification on a microscopic scale, the researchers demonstrated 3 - dimensional control of the microstructure, or crystallographic texture, of a nickel - based part during formation.

Dated to 3.43 billion years ago in sandstone from the Strelley Pool Formation in Western Australia, the microstructures were found with micrometer - sized pyrite crystals (fool's gold, an iron - sulfur mineral), as would be expected as the metabolic by - products of sulfur - based life that employ «sulphate - reduction and sulphur - disproportionation pathways.»

Varying in size from just 3.5 to 50 μm, the dimensions of the graphene microstructures developed by UIUC put them right in the middle of a range of electronic devices, including various types of photodetectors, nano antennas, and other sub-miniature components that were once only the domain of silicon - based products.

The Microstructures series is conceptually based on 3D gradient patterning and explores the use of pioneering 3D printing technology at the scale of furniture.

Based on their discoveries about the feathers» microstructure, the scientists recreated the design in a nanofiber membrane that could be developed into an ice - proof material, which they say could potentially be used in applications such as electrical insulation.

Using tract - based spatial statistics (TBSS), a method of assessing changes in white - matter microstructure on a voxel-wise level across the whole brain, Wang et al. (2012) found significantly lower FA and higher mean diffusivity (MD), RD and AD in many white - matter tracts in adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) and comorbid ADHD compared to HCs (Wang et al. 2012).