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Polymer Science
Demei Lee, Ya-Ling Tang, Shih-Jung Liu
Summary: Nanofeatured polymeric films were successfully fabricated using nanosphere lithography and UV soft-mold roller embossing, showcasing their application in solar cells. Empirical outcomes demonstrate that UV soft-mold roller embossing offers a simple yet potent way of producing nanofeatured films, with different processing variables influencing the reproducibility of the films.
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Automation & Control Systems
Songtao Meng, Ziqiang Yin, Senbin Xia, Jianhua Yao, Jianwen Zhang
Summary: In the R2R manufacturing of optical films, machining the microstructure on the roller mold is crucial, and a new machining method called diamond micro-scraping (DMS) combined with the polygonal Fresnel lens structure array characteristics provides a possible solution. Tool path planning and simulation analysis were based on the layout of the polygonal Fresnel structure array, and the machining performance of DMS was evaluated by studying the influence of different materials and machining parameters on the machined surface quality. This proposed method guides the design and precision manufacturing of the Fresnel lens structure array on precision rollers.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Dylan Jubinville, Costas Tzoganakis, Tizazu H. Mekonnen
Summary: This study investigates the effects of reprocessing and maleation on the properties of wood plastic composites (WPCs) made from polypropylene (PP) and maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP). The results show that repeated reprocessing allows for the incorporation of high amounts of wood filler, while maleation improves the composite's strength and interactions with the filler. The study suggests that maleation of reprocessed PP could be an important strategy for reducing the use of virgin and petroleum-based MAPP in WPC production.
ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Lulin Wei, Jie Li, Haohao Wang, Shuhong Nie, Wenming Su, Dafang Huang, Mingwei Zhu
Summary: Transparent paper, a promising and environmentally friendly material, can be fabricated in an ultra-fast and low-cost way using a top-down method. The resulting paper has high transparency up to 90.3% and can be used as a substrate material for transparent and flexible electronic devices. This top-down method will greatly promote the market-oriented applications of transparent paper as an environment friendly material.
CHINESE OPTICS LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Yeji Wang, Gege Yang, Fei Jiang, Tianpei Qiu, Qian Liu, Le Zhou, Chaofan Yang, Junjie Huang, Guoliang Dai
Summary: Porous imidazole polymerized ionic liquids (PILs-Im) have been used as anodes in lithium-ion batteries for the first time. They exhibit fast Li+ diffusion kinetics and numerous molecular pores, leading to high capacity and excellent lithium storage performance. In addition, PILs-Im show excellent cycling stability and rate capability, which can be attributed to the fast Li+ diffusion in the ionic skeleton, the filtration of liquid electrolyte through abundant micropores, and the strong endurance to the volume variation of Li+ insertion provided by the large cross-linking system.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Guicai Liu, Grzegorz Lisak
Summary: This study proposes a new concept of converting plastic waste into high-value products and utilizing CO2 through fast pyrolysis integrated with volatile chemical looping CO2 splitting. Three conversion modes were evaluated, and it was found that the cracking mode with Ni/Al2O3 or Ni/MgAl2O4 catalyst exhibited better performance in fuel conversion and syngas separation. The cracking mode's efficiency increased with higher temperature, but the interaction between Ni and the support limited the full separation of syngas.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xiaoyu Shi, Junyu Chang, Jieqiong Qin, Hanqing Liu, Xiong Zhang, Yanwei Ma, Jian He, Xiujian Chou, Liang Feng, Zhong-Shuai Wu, Xinhe Bao
Summary: This study demonstrates a scalable construction method for self-powered integrated systems, utilizing various materials and strategies to achieve high integration and unique flexibility, while showing excellent performance in gas detection.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Xiaoyu Shi, Lijun Tian, Sen Wang, Pengchao Wen, Ming Su, Han Xiao, Pratteek Das, Feng Zhou, Zhaoping Liu, Chenglin Sun, Zhong-Shuai Wu, Xinhe Bao
Summary: A simple, fast, and scalable strategy has been developed to fabricate graphene-based micro-supercapacitors with high integration and exceptional performance, paving the way for standalone microscale power sources for new-generation electronics.
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Proceedings Paper
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Boshen Liang, Louis Paquet, Yongbin Jeong, Paul Heremans, David Cheyns
Summary: In this study, a 3D acoustic-solid interaction model is combined with a time-dependent vorticity enhancement method to optimize the design of nozzle/diffuser micropumps. The vortex method provides a more direct and accurate prediction of the micropump's output characteristics compared to the conventional static pressure loss ratio method. An integrated piezoelectric micropump prototype was successfully fabricated using flat-panel display compatible processing techniques, and high-speed particle image velocimetry showed the fluid movement driven by the piezoelectric actuator.
2021 IEEE 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NANO/MICRO ENGINEERED AND MOLECULAR SYSTEMS (NEMS)
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Guofu Yin, Huiqin Bao, Yulong Zhao, Wei Ren, Xiangfei Ji, Jianhua Cheng, Xi Ren
Summary: A laser-controlled intelligent initiation system and LCEID were designed and fabricated in this study, demonstrating potential military applications with high level integration and intrinsic safety.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Ravneet S. Rattan, Nathan Nauta, Alessia Romani, Joshua M. Pearce
Summary: The life cycle of plastic is a significant contributor to carbon emissions. Despite this, global plastic production has increased fourfold in 40 years, with only 9% being recycled. Without changes, plastic waste could account for 15% of global carbon budgets by 2050. One potential solution is distributed recycling for additive manufacturing (DRAM), where locally manufactured recycled plastic products replace virgin plastic, thus reducing transportation-related carbon emissions. However, the cost of scaling up recycling plastic using most 3-D printers is a challenge. In this study, a low-cost recyclebot direct waste plastic extruder is demonstrated, offering a potential solution to the cost issue and enabling the printing of directly from waste plastic for DRAM.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuyang Gu, Chuyi Chen, Joseph Rufo, Chen Shen, Zeyu Wang, Po-Hsun Huang, Hai Fu, Peiran Zhang, Steven A. Cummer, Zhenhua Tian, Tony Jun Huang
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mengxi Wu, Po-Hsun Huang, Rui Zhang, Zhangming Mao, Chuyi Chen, Gabor Kemeny, Peng Li, Adrian V. Lee, Rekha Gyanchandani, Andrew J. Armstrong, Ming Dao, Subra Suresh, Tony Jun Huang
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Po-Hsun Huang, Shuaiguo Zhao, Hunter Bachman, Nitesh Nama, Zhishang Li, Chuyi Chen, Shujie Yang, Mengxi Wu, Steven Peiran Zhang, Tony Jun Huang
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Wenfen Zhang, Zhenhua Tian, Shujie Yang, Joseph Rich, Shuaiguo Zhao, Mikael Klingeborn, Po-Hsun Huang, Zhishang Li, Alexander Stout, Quinn Murphy, Edward Patz, Shusheng Zhang, Guozhen Liu, Tony Jun Huang
Summary: This study presents an electrochemical micro-aptasensor for highly sensitive detection of exosomes, integrating micropatterned electrodes with a hybridization chain reaction (HCR) signal amplification method. The sensor enables specific detection of cancerous exosomes in serum samples with a wide linear detection range and high sensitivity. The method shows great potential for early cancer diagnosis by successfully detecting lung cancer exosomes in both early-stage and late-stage lung cancer patients' serum samples.
MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian, Zeyu Wang, Joseph Rufo, Peng Li, John Mai, Jianping Xia, Hunter Bachman, Po-Hsun Huang, Mengxi Wu, Chuyi Chen, Luke P. Lee, Tony Jun Huang
Summary: The authors introduce a harmonic acoustics platform for non-contact and dynamic particle manipulation. This method enables precise assembly of colloidal crystals or cells and measurement of intercellular adhesion forces, with subwavelength resolution and high throughput.
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Jia Zhu, Hang Yuan, Quan Zhang, Po-Hsun Huang, Yongjie Wang, Sixuan Duan, Ming Lei, Eng Gee Lim, Pengfei Song
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has accelerated the adoption of online learning and teaching in colleges and universities. This study examines the impact of short videos on students' academic performance in an online-flipped college engineering course. The results show that short videos greatly improve student engagement and final exam scores compared to long videos, indicating the importance of course design in future online-flipped engineering courses.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Shuaiguo Zhao, Po-Hsun Huang, Heying Zhang, Joseph Rich, Hunter Bachman, Jennifer Ye, Wenfen Zhang, Chuyi Chen, Zhemiao Xie, Zhenhua Tian, Putong Kang, Hai Fu, Tony Jun Huang
Summary: In this study, a novel acoustofluidic platform was developed to synthesize size-tunable, high-molecular-weight polymeric nanoparticles, overcoming polymer aggregation. The platform achieved multi-step sequential nanoprecipitation and synthesis of core-shell structured nanoparticles, demonstrating potential for expanding microfluidic applications in nanomaterial synthesis.
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Biochemical Research Methods
Zeyu Wang, Po-Hsun Huang, Chuyi Chen, Hunter Bachman, Shuaiguo Zhao, Shujie Yang, Tony J. Huang
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Biochemical Research Methods
Mengxi Wu, Kejie Chen, Shujie Yang, Zeyu Wang, Po-Hsun Huang, John Mai, Zeng-Yao Li, Tony Jun Huang
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Biochemical Research Methods
Mengxi Wu, Chuyi Chen, Zeyu Wang, Hunter Bachman, Yingshi Ouyang, Po-Hsun Huang, Yoel Sadovsky, Tony Jun Huang
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Biochemical Research Methods
Shuaiguo Zhao, Weihua He, Zhehan Ma, Peiyao Liu, Po-Hsun Huang, Hunter Bachman, Lin Wang, Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian, Zeyu Wang, Yuyang Gu, Zhemiao Xie, Tony Jun Huang
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Jinxin Zhang, Jessica H. Hartman, Chuyi Chen, Shujie Yang, Qi Li, Zhenhua Tian, Po-Hsun Huang, Lin Wang, Joel N. Meyer, Tony Jun Huang
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Hunter Bachman, Chuyi Chen, Joseph Rufo, Shuaiguo Zhao, Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian, Nitesh Nama, Po-Hsun Huang, Tony Jun Huang
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Hunter Bachman, Yuyang Gu, Joseph Rufo, Shujie Yang, Zhenhua Tian, Po-Hsun Huang, Lingyu Yu, Tony Jun Huang
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Shuaiguo Zhao, Mengxi Wu, Shujie Yang, Yuqi Wu, Yuyang Gu, Chuyi Chen, Jennifer Ye, Zhemiao Xie, Zhenhua Tian, Hunter Bachman, Po-Hsun Huang, Jianping Xia, Peiran Zhang, Heying Zhang, Tony Jun Huang