Sentences with phrase «of multifunctional materials»

Abstract: The fabrication of multifunctional materials with tunable structure and properties requires programmed binding of their building blocks.

When it comes to the fabrication of multifunctional materials, nature has humans beat by miles.

Not exact matches

A team of researchers, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, an associate professor at HST and in M.I.T.'s department of electrical engineering and computer science, report in Advanced Materials that they have developed and tested injectable multifunctional nanoparticles — particles billionths of a meter in size — that they expect to become a new, potent weapon against cancer.

Boasting a wide array of behaviors, including electronic, magnetic and superconducting, these multifunctional materials are poised to expand the way we think about the functions of traditional silicon - based electronic devices such as cell phones or computers.

A group of North Carolina State University researchers is exploring novel ways to apply semiconductor industry processes to unique substrates, such as textiles and fabrics, to «weave together» multifunctional materials with distinct capabilities.

For the future, Lin envisions more complex nanocrystals with multifunctional shells and additional shapes, including nanorods and so - called «Janus» nanoparticles that are composed of biphasic geometry of two dissimilar materials.

Material scientists expect the new multifunctional properties of hybrid nanostructures will transform the development of high - performance devices, including batteries, high - sensitivity sensors and solar cells.

And generally the hope is that it will be a multifunctional material — so within a few layers of atoms we will be able to encode the logic circuit, the power unit and so on.

It means individual nanoscale regions in complex oxide materials can behave as self - organized circuit elements, which could support new multifunctional types of computing architectures.

It's looking to explore completely different approaches towards multifunctional architectures where integration of multiple outside stimuli can be done in a single material.»

The growth can be controlled by varying the number of building blocks added or by changing the solution pH. Repair using peptoid monomers with differing structure and chemistry demonstrated that the lipid - like design of these membranes could essentially be rewritten by inserting patterns of new distinct functional groups into them with nanometer - scale precision to produce multifunctional two - dimensional materials by design.

Joshua Robinson is associate director of the Center for 2 - Dimensional and Layered Materials (2 - DLM) and co-director of the NSF - I / UCRC Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC), both at Penn State.

The work is funded by the Chemical and Biological Technologies Department of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in the «Dynamic Multifunctional Materials for a Second Skin D [MS] 2» program, and by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.

«The goal of this science and technology program is to develop a focused, innovative technological solution for future chemical biological defense protective clothing,» said Tracee Whitfield, the DTRA science and technology manager for the Dynamic Multifunctional Material for a Second Skin Program.

His research interests focus on the design of multifunctional carbon - based nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene and adamantane) and other 2D materials for therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging applications.

The apartment's design uses many of the standard small space design ideas we're now familiar with: breaking down walls, installing some multifunctional elements and using materials and colours in a way that expands and connects spaces, instead of closing them off.

The fibers, which can be arranged in regular patterns and be made of 3 different materials, could provide the basis for a program aimed at developing multifunctional uniforms - functions that would include the production and storage of electrical energy.