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High throughput adhesion testing using a modified edge lift-off test

February 17, 2008
Author(s)
Jiong Liu, Martin Chiang, Michael J. Fasolka, Christopher Stafford
The strength of an adhesively bonded joint depends on a host of factors such as surface treatment, roughness, materials properties, cure conditions and environmental variables. Therefore testing of adhesion within this large parameter space can be very

JKR Adhesion Testing Between Biologically Relevant Surfaces

February 17, 2008
Author(s)
Adam J. Nolte, Heqing Huang, Christopher Stafford
In this work we report recent observations obtained using an adhesion testing device that utilizes the contact mechanics theory of Johnson, Kendall, and Roberts (JKR). Our goal is to develop a system capable of measuring adhesive forces between

Single cantilever peel test for analysis of adhesion strength in nanotransfer printing

February 17, 2008
Author(s)
Deuk Y. Lee, Gottlieb Oehrlein, Daniel R. Hines, Jiong Liu, Jun Y. Chung, Christopher Stafford, Christopher Soles, Eric K. Lin
Nanotransfer printing (NTP) has attracted much attention as a method for fabricating nanoscale structures using materials that are not generally compatible with conventional lithographic techniques. For NTP of a polymer film to a polymer substrate, thermal

Combinatorial Methodology for the Exploration of Metal Gate Electrodes on HfO 2 for the Advanced Gate Stack

January 23, 2008
Author(s)
Kao-Shuo Chang, Martin L. Green, John S. Suehle, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Ichiro Takeuchi, K Ohmori, T Chikyow, S De Gendt, Prashant Majhi
Combinatorial methodology offers an efficient platform to accelerate the exploration of new materials. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this technique on the study of new metal gates for the advanced gate stack. We report two examples, Ni-Ti-Pt ternary

The Modified-Single Fiber Test: A Methodology for Monitoring Ballistic Performance

January 18, 2008
Author(s)
Jae Hyun Kim, Walter G. McDonough, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
In an effort to develop a minimally invasive testing methodology for monitoring the in-service performance of soft body armor, the ASTM D3379-75 standard was modified by measuring the fiber diameter at 5 equally spaced locations along a 6 cm gauge length

On the nature of asymetry of nucleation centers activity in ultrathin Co films and Co/Pt multilayers

January 14, 2008
Author(s)
Yu L. Iunin, Yury P. Kabanov, Valerian I. Nikitenko, X M. Cheng, Alexander J. Shapiro, C L. Chien, Robert D. Shull
Magnetization reversal in ultrathin Pt(10 nm)/Co(0.6 nm)/Pt(3 nm) magnetic films and Pt(10 nm)/[Co(d)/Pt(1 nm)]_n}/ Pt(2 nm) (d = 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 nm, n = 2, 4) multilayers with perpendicular anisotropy has been studied using Kerr microscopy. These materials

Model for Reversible Nanoparticle Assembly in a Polymer Matrix

January 8, 2008
Author(s)
Andrew Rahedi, Jack F. Douglas, Francis W. Starr
The clustering of nanoparticles (NP) within solutions and polymer melts depends sensitively on the strength and directionality of the NP interactions involved, as well as the molecular geometry and interactions of the dispersing fluids. Since clustering

A Device for Mechanically Folding Yarns and Woven Fabrics of Ballistic Fibers

January 7, 2008
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Jae Hyun Kim, Nolan J. Brandenburg, William R. Blair, Gale A. Holmes
Abstract (2000 characters maximum - spell out acronyms the first time)An apparatus was designed and built that attaches to servo-hydraulic machines that typically perform material fatigue testing. The device was designed to systematically fold woven fabric

Multiscale modeling of point defects in strained silicon

December 31, 2007
Author(s)
Vinod Tewary, B. Yang
A multiscale Green's function method is described for modeling substitutional point defects and vacancies in strained silicon. The model seamlessly links the length scales from atomistic to macro. The model accounts for the discrete lattice effects

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1476a, a Polyethylene Resin

November 29, 2007
Author(s)
Kathleen M. Flynn, S Wetzel, William R. Blair, J R. Maurey
The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1476a Branched Polyethylene Resin was determined to be 1.23g/10 min at 190 C under a load of 2.16 kg using the ASTM Method D1238-03, method A. The average results from 30 determinations yielded a

Microdomain Ordering in Laterally Confined Block Copolymer Thin Films

November 29, 2007
Author(s)
August W. Bosse, Carlos Garcia-Cervera, Glenn Fredrickson
We examine the effects of small-scale, hexagonal, lateral confinement on microdomain ordering in $AB$ diblock copolymer thin films using self-consistent field theory (SCFT) simulations. Specifically, we examine a hexagonal confinement well with side length

Characterizing Polymer Brushes via Surface Wrinkling

November 21, 2007
Author(s)
Heqing Huang, Jun Y. Chung, Adam J. Nolte, Christopher M. Stafford
We present the application of surface wrinkling to measure the properties of polymer brush layers tethered to the surface of a deformable silicone substrate. It is demonstrated that the wavelength of the wrinkling pattern linearly increases with the length

Block Copolymer Ordering With a Spatiotemporally Inhomogeneous Mobility

November 20, 2007
Author(s)
August W. Bosse, Jack F. Douglas, Brian Berry, Ronald L. Jones, Alamgir Karim
Motivated by recent measurements of zone annealing in block copolymer films at low temperatures, we implement a spatiotemporal mobility gradient with intrinsic variations associated with dynamic heterogeneities in the saddle point relaxation of a diblock

Combinatorial Polymer Scaffold Libraries

November 1, 2007
Author(s)
Carl G. Simon Jr., J S. Stephens, Matthew Becker
We have developed a method for fabricating combinatorial libraries of porous, three-dimensional, salt-leached, polymer scaffolds that can be used for screening the effect of scaffold properties on cell response. Syringe pumps, tubing and a static mixer are

Critical Role of Side-Chain Attachment Density on the Order and Device Performance of Polythiophenes

October 30, 2007
Author(s)
Regis J. Kline, Dean DeLongchamp, Daniel A. Fischer, Eric K. Lin, Lee J. Richter, Michael L. Chabinyc, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch
High performance, solution processable semiconductors are critical to the realization of low cost, large area electronics. We show that a signature molecular packing motif - side-chain interdigitation - correlates to high performance for a large and

The Molecular Origin of Enhanced Toughness in Double-Network Hydrogels

October 22, 2007
Author(s)
Taiki Tominaga, Vijay Tirumala, Eric K. Lin, Jian P. Gong, Hidemitsu Furukawa, Yoshihito Osada, Wen-Li Wu
The long-standing pursuit of a synthetic equivalent to tissue cartilage has seen significant new activity with the development of a new materials strategy: double-network hydrogels (DN-gels) prepared from a combination of an anionic polyelectrolyte and a

Dynamics of Confined Polymer Films Measured via Thermal Wrinkling

October 19, 2007
Author(s)
Kirt A. Page, Derek L. Patton, Rui Huang, Christopher Stafford
In the past several years there have been a number of advances in the understanding of the physics of polymer thin films. However, there still remains a wide range of opportunities to further this understanding through the development of measurement tools
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