Lithium metal is the ideal anode for the next generation of high-energy-density batteries. Nevertheless, dendrite growth, side reactions and infinite relative volume change have prevented it from practical applications. Here, we demonstrate a promising metallic lithium anode design by infusing molten lithium into a polymeric matrix. The electrospun polyimide employed is stable against highly re...

We are developing an inkjet printing technique for patterning electrodes on polymeric substrates to create microfluidic devices for bioparticle applications. Electrode deposition is important for actuating electrokinetic phenomena in microfluidic devices, and polymeric substrates are becoming increasingly common. Dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces are induced via application of a spatially non-unif...

Tightly bonding of bioactive coating is the first crucial need for orthopaedic implants. This study describes a novel and convenient technique to prepare bioactive coating with high adhesion on orthopaedic substitutes made of polymeric matrix. Here, a chemical corrosion method has been adopted to fabricate a coating on the surface of injection-moulded polyamide66 (PA66) substrates by corrosive ...

Unimolecular polymeric micelles have several features, such as thermodynamic stability, small particle size, biocompatibility, and the ability to internalize hydrophobic molecules. These micelles have recently attracted significant attention in various applications, such as nano-reactors, catalysis, and drug delivery. However, few attempts have explored the formation mechanisms and conditions o...

Submitted for the MAR09 Meeting of The American Physical Society Impact of Nanofillers on the Durability of Polymeric Coatings and Composites LI-PIIN SUNG, STEPHANIE WATSON, AARON FORSTER, Materials and Construction Research Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, SHENG LIN-GIBSON, Poymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology — Metal oxide nanoparticles hav...

A unilamellar polymeric vesicle is a self-assembled structure of a block copolymer that forms a spherical single bilayer structure with a hydrophobic interlayer and a hydrophilic surface. Due to their enhanced colloidal stability and mechanical property, controllable surface functionality, or tunable membrane thickness, polymeric vesicles are useful in nano and bio-science, providing potential ...

Since Flexible field effect transistor (F-FET) is the building block of any sophisticated electronic circuit, particularly in area wearable electronics and biomedical sensors, it has drawn a lot attention recently. It usually fabricated using stretchable semiconductors over polymeric substrates. This paper displays brief overview current fabrication techniques F-FET, specifically terms type sub...

Powder Injection Molding (PIM) is a precision manufacturing process used for production of advanced composites. Mixing of polymeric binder with metal powders, molding of feedstock, de-binding of brown parts and sintering of green samples are four main steps of this process. In the present study, the compounds containing multi-component binder system and aluminum/ nano-alumina (0-9 wt.%) powders...

We have developed a novel method of manufacturing and assembling process termed nano-pelleting [1-2], which refers to large-scale handling and long-range order assembly of individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The nano-pelleting concept overcomes the limitation of very small-scale order by embedding carbon nanotubes into micro-scale pellets. This technique includes vertically growing single stran...

Nanofabrication technologies have been a strong advocator for new scientific fundamentals that have never been described by traditional theory, and have played a seed role in ground-breaking nano-engineering applications. In this study, we fabricated ultra-high-aspect (∼10(6) with O(100) nm nanochannel opening and O(100) mm length) orthogonal nanochannel array using only polymeric materials. Ve...