Metal matrix composite (MMC) is engineered combination of the metal (matrix) and hard particle (reinforcement) to get tailored properties. MMCs are either in use or prototyping for the space shuttle, commercial airliners, electronic substrates, automobiles, golf clubs, and a variety of other applications.In this study, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced aluminum MMCs were synthesized by DPDS fo...

Introduction Scaling and integration of complementary metaloxide-semiconductor devices have made great development in the pursuit of higher performance and lower power consumption. Elemental devices of field effect transistors have been going through a transition from planar to three-dimensional structures for overcoming the physical limitation of thickness for the gate insulator. However, due ...

The many desirable material properties of the novel graphene films, including ultra-high mobility, high saturation velocity, high current carrying capability, excellent thermal conductivity, ultra-thin geometry, and the feature to integrate with traditional CMOS processes, offer the potential for graphene-based electronics. Since the bandgap of semiconducting GNRs is inversely proportional to t...

Nano fibers produced by electrospinning are of industrial and scientific attention due to their special characteristics such as long length, small diameter and high surface area. Applications of electrospun structures in nanotechnology are included tissue scaffolds, fibers for drug delivery, composite reinforcement, chemical sensing, enzyme immobilization, membrane-based filtration, protective ...

A theory of generation linewidth of a spin-torque oscillator (STO) based on an in-plane magnetized nanopillar with an anisotropic “free” magnetic layer has been developed. It is shown that the coherent properties of microwave generation strongly depend on the direction and magnitude of the in-plane bias magnetic field. In particular, it is predicted that by choosing the direction of the bias fi...