Exposure to nanoscale particles and fibers during fabrication and machining of hybrid CNT advanced composites

by Admin | Oct 8, 2008 | News

D. Bello, B.L. Wardle, K. Ahn, N. Yamamoto, E.J. García, A.J. Hart, M.J. Ellenbecker.  Journal of Nanoparticle Research 11(1):231-249, 2009. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11051-008-9499-4] [PDF]   This study investigated airborne exposures to nanoscale particles...

Tuning of vertically aligned carbon nanotube diameter and areal density through catalyst pre-treatment

by Admin | Oct 7, 2008 | News

G.D. Nessim, A.J. Hart, J.S. Kim, D. Acquaviva, J. Oh, C.D. Morgan, M. Seita, J.S. Leib, C.V. Thompson.  Nano Letters 8(11):3587-3593, 2008. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl801437c] [PDF]   By controlling the timing and duration of hydrogen exposure in a fixed...

Welcome New Lab Members

by Admin | Aug 22, 2008 | News

August 2008: Davor Copic, Erik Polsen, Michael DeVolder, and Yongyi Zhang join our group -people

Sabre Tube desktop CVD wins R&D100

by Admin | Jul 2, 2008 | Awards, News

SabreTube desktop CVD system wins R&D100 award as one of “100 most technologically significant new products of the year”.

Fabrication and characterization of ultra-high volume fraction aligned carbon nanotube polymer composites

by Admin | Jun 5, 2008 | News

B.L. Wardle, D.S. Saito, E.J. García, A.J. Hart, R.G. de Villoria, E.A. Verploegen. Advanced Materials 20(14):2710-2714, 2008. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.200800295] [PDF]   Aligned CNT nanocomposites with variable volume fraction, up to 20%, are...

Exponential growth of LBL films with incorporated inorganic sheets

by Admin | May 17, 2008 | News

P. Podsiadlo, M. Michel, J. Lee, E. Verploegen, N.W.S. Kam, J. Lee, Y. Qi,, A.J. Hart, P.T. Hammond, N.A. Kotov. Nano Letters 8(6):1762-1770, 2008. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl8011648] [PDF]   The fastest growth pattern of layer-by-layer (LBL) assembled films is...