Abstract:
This invention relates to a thermoelectric material constituted of nanostructures and a thermoelectric element and an optical sensor including the same, as well as to a method for manufacturing a thermoelectric material constituted of nanostructures. An object of the present disclosure is to achieve better thermoelectric characteristics of the thermoelectric material containing nanoparticles. The thermoelectric material includes a first material having a band gap and a second material different from the first material. The thermoelectric material contains a plurality of nanoparticles distributed in a base material which is a mixture of the first material and the second material. A composition of the second material in the thermoelectric material is not lower than 0.01 atomic % and not higher than 2.0 atomic % of the thermoelectric material.
Abstract:
A metal-nanostructure composite includes a nanostructure-metal matrix composite. The nanostructure-metal matrix composite includes a host metal and nanofiller dispersed in the grains of the metal. The nanofillers can include both one-dimensional nanostructures (e.g., nano-tubes, nano-rods, nano-pillars, etc.) and two-dimensional nanostructures (e.g., graphene, nano-foam, nano-mesh, etc.) to improve the radiation resistance and mechanical properties of the host metal. A method of manufacturing the metal-nanostructure composite includes obtaining carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and encapsulating the CNTs with metal particles. The method also includes consolidating the encapsulated CNTs and forming (e.g., via extrusion) the consolidated metal/CNTs to produce the metal-nanostructure composite.
Abstract:
A method of synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) nanoparticles of transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) material utilises a molecular cluster compound. The method allows a high degree of control over the shape, size and composition of the 2D TMDC nanoparticles, and may be used to produce material with uniform properties in large quantities.
Abstract:
Techniques for forming a nanopore in a lipid bilayer are described herein. In one example, an agitation stimulus level such as an electrical agitation stimulus is applied to a lipid bilayer wherein the agitation stimulus level tends to facilitate the formation of nanopores in the lipid bilayer. In some embodiments, a change in an electrical property of the lipid bilayer resulting from the formation of the nanopore in the lipid bilayer is detected, and a nanopore has formed in the lipid bilayer is determined based on the detected change in the lipid bilayer electrical property.
Abstract:
Techniques for forming nanostructured materials are provided. In one aspect of the invention, a method for forming nanotubes on a buried insulator includes the steps of: forming one or more fins in a SOI layer of an SOI wafer, wherein the SOI wafer has a substrate separated from the SOI layer by the buried insulator; forming a SiGe layer on the fins; annealing the SiGe layer under conditions sufficient to drive-in Ge from the SiGe layer into the fins and form a SiGe shell completely surrounding each of the fins; and removing the fins selective to the SiGe shell, wherein the SiGe shell which remains forms the nanotubes on the buried insulator. A nanotube structure and method of forming a nanotube device are also provided.
Abstract:
A silicone product, a lighting unit comprising the silicone product, and a method of manufacturing a silicone product are provided. The silicone product comprises polymeric material, luminescent material and filler particles. The polymeric material comprises a material of the group of polysiloxanes. The polymeric material being light transmitting. The luminescent material comprises particles which have at least in one dimension a size in the nanometer range. The luminescent material is configured to absorb light of a first spectral range and to convert a portion of the absorbed light into light of a second spectral range. The filler particles are of a light transmitting inert material. The filler particles are miscible with the luminescent material. The filler particles are provided in the polymeric material. The particles of luminescent material are distributed along a surface of the filler particles.
Abstract:
A silicone product 100, a lighting unit comprising the silicone product and a method of manufacturing a silicone product are provided. The silicone product 100 comprises polymeric material 110, luminescent material 130 and filler particles 120. The polymeric material 110 comprises a material of the group of polysiloxanes. The polymeric material 110 being light transmitting. The luminescent material 130 comprises particles which have at least in one dimension a size in the nanometer range. The luminescent material 130 is configured to absorb light of a first spectral range and to convert a portion of the absorbed light into light of a second spectral range. The filler particles 120 are of a light transmitting inert material. The filler particles 120 are miscible with the luminescent material 130. The filler particles 120 are provided in the polymeric material 110. The particles of luminescent material 130 are distributed along a surface of the filler particles 120.
Abstract:
The present application provides a method for producing a graphene quantum dot using thermal plasma, comprising injecting a carbon source into a thermal plasma jet to pyrolyze the carbon source so as to form a carbon atomic beam and allowing the carbon atomic beam to flow in a tube connected to an anode to produce a graphene quantum dot. The present application also provides an isolated graphene quantum dot from different types of graphene quantum dots and method for obtaining each of an isolated graphene quantum dot from different types of graphene quantum dots.
Abstract:
Methods for transferring nanoparticles and nanowires to permanent glass receptors using transfer films. The transfer films include nanoparticles within a sacrificial material having a structured backfill layer on a substrate and a nanowire formulation between sacrificial substrates. To transfer the nanoparticles, the transfer film is laminated to a glass receptor, the substrate is removed, and the sacrificial material is baked-out to leave the nanoparticles aligned within the structured surface of the backfill layer on the glass receptor. To transfer the nanowires, the transfer film is laminated to a glass receptor, and the sacrificial substrates are baked-out to leave the nanowires aligned on the glass receptor.
Abstract:
A method of making a transparent conductive film includes providing a carbon nanotube array and a substrate. At least one carbon nanotube film is extracted from the carbon nanotube array, and stacked on the substrate to form a carbon nanotube film structure. The carbon nanotube film structure is irradiated by a laser beam along a predetermined path to obtain a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern is separated from the other portions of the carbon nanotube film, thereby forming the transparent conductive film from the predetermined pattern of the carbon nanotube film.