MTL Annual Research Report 2011

Collaborators

• D. Bello, UMass-Lowell
• G. Chen, MIT ME
• R.E. Cohen, MIT ChemE
• H.-M. Duong, NUS
• E. J. Garcia, Gamesa
• K.E. Goodson, Stanford Univ.
• K. Gleason, MIT ChemE
• R. Guzman deVilloria, MIT XVI Postdoc
• A. J. Hart, Univ. of Michigan
• H. Thomas Hahn, UCLA
• S. Hofmann, Univ. of Cambridge
• S. Hong, Argonne Nat. Lab.
• K.F. Jensen, MIT ChemE
• S.S. Kessler, Metis Design Corp.
• W.-S. Kim, ShinWoo Inc.
• S.-G. Kim, MIT ME
• S.-H. Kim, Brown Univ.
• S. Maruyama, Univ. of Tokyo
• A. Miravete, Univ. Zaragoza
• D. Papavassiliou, Univ. Oklahoma
• D. Plata, MIT XVI and CEE
• M.F. Rubner, MIT DMSE
• L. Rocha, Univ. of Minho
• M. A. Schmidt, MIT EECS
• J.C. Seferis, Univ. Washington
• J. Shiomi, Univ. of Tokyo
• A. H. Slocum, MIT ME
• S. Socrate, MIT ME
• S.M. Spearing, Univ. Southampton
• K. Takahashi, UCLA
• C. Thompson, MIT DMSE
• M. Toner, MIT/Harvard/MGH HST
• H. Tuller, MIT DMSE
• N. Yamamoto, MIT XVI Postdoc
• Q. Zhang, Penn State Univ.

Graduate Students

• H. Cebeci, Visiting Student, XVI
• V. Drakonakis, Visiting, AA
• F. Fachin, Res. Asst., XVI
• M. Kim, Res. Assistant, DMSE
• A. Kudo, Res. Assistant, ChemE
• S.A. Steiner III, Res. Assistant, XVI
• S. Wicks, Res. Asst., XVI
• K. Takahashi , Visiting Student, AA

Undergraduate Students

• D. Barber, AA
• R .Li, AA
• N. Brei, AA
• D. Lindston, AA
• S. Kalamoun, Visiting AA

Support Staff

• J. Kane, Research Specialist
• P.M. Lee, Financial Officer
• S. Chapman, Admin. Assist. II

Publications

Duong, H.M., Yamamoto, N., Papavassiliou, D.V., Maruyama, S., and B.L. Wardle, “Morphology Effects on Non-isotropic Thermal Conduction of Aligned Single- and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Nanocomposites,” J. Phys. Chem. C, (2011), 115 (10), 3872

R. Guzman de Villoria, N. Yamamoto, A. Miravete, and B.L. Wardle, “Multi-Physics Damage Sensing in Nano-Engineered Structural Composites,” Nanotechnology, vol. 22, 2011, p. 185502 (7pp).

G.D. Chen, F. Fachin, M. Fernandez-Suarez, B. L. Wardle, M. Toner, “Nanoporous Elements in Microfluidics for Multiscale Manipulation of Bioparticles”, Small, Vol.7 (8),2011,pp. 1061–1067.

Wicks, S.S., Guzmán de Villoria, R., and B.L. Wardle, “Interlaminar and Intralaminar Reinforcement of Composite Laminates with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes,” Composites Science and Technology, 70 (2010), pp. 20–28.

S. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Cebeci, R. Guzmán de Villoria, J.-H. Lin, B.L. Wardle, and Q.M. Zhang, “High Electromechanical Response of Ionic Polymer Actuators with Controlled-Morphology Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Nafion Nanocomposite Electrodes,” Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 20, 2010, pp. 3266-3271.

M. Panzer, H.M. Duong, J. Okawa, J. Shiomi, B.L. Wardle, S. Maruyama and K.E. Goodson, Temperature-Dependent Phonon Conduction in Metalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Arrays, Nano Letters (2010), 10 (7), 2395.

Yamamoto, N., Quinn, D.J., Wicks, N., Hertz, J.L., Cui, J., Tuller, H.L., and B.L. Wardle. “ Non-linear Design for Microfabricated Large-area Self-supported Thin Plates in the Post-buckling Regime,” J. of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 20 (2010) 035027 (9pp).

Kim, M., Hoegen, M., Dugundji, J., and B.L. Wardle, “Modeling and Experimental Verification of Proof Mass Effects on Vibration Energy Harvester Performance”, Smart Materials and Structures, 19 (2010) 045023 (21pp).

Steiner III, S.A., Baumann, T.F., Bayer, B.C., Blume, R., Worsley, M.A., Moberlychan, W.J., Shaw, E.L., Hart, A.J., Hofmann, S., and B.L. Wardle, “Nanoscale Zirconia as a Nonmetallic Catalyst for Graphitization of Carbon and Growth of Single- and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes,” J. American Chemical Society (JACS), Vol. 191 (94), 2009, pp. 12144–12154.

Cebeci, H., Guzmán de Villoria, R., Hart, A.J., and B.L. Wardle, “Multifunctional Properties of High Volume Fraction Aligned Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites with Controlled Morphology,” Composites Science and Technology, 69 (2009), pp. 2649-2656. **

Guzmán de Villoria, R., Figueredo, S., Hart, A.J., Steiner III, S.A., Slocum, A.H., and B.L. Wardle, “High-Yield Growth of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on a Continuously Moving Substrate,” Nanotechnology, 20 (2009) 405611. **

Vaddiraju, S., Cebeci, H., Gleason, K.K., and B.L. Wardle, “Hierarchical Multifunc-tional Composites By Conformally Coating Aligned CNT Arrays With Conducting Polymer,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 1, No. 11, 2009, pp. 2565-2572.

Duong, H.M., Yamamoto, N., Papavassiliou, D.V., Maruyama, S., and B.L. Wardle “Inter Carbon Nanotube Contact in Thermal Transport of Controlled-Morphology Polymer Nanocomposites”, Nanotechnology, Vol. 20, 2009.

Yamamoto, N., Hart, A.J., Garcia, E.J., Wicks, S., Duong, H.M., Slocum, A.H., and B.L. Wardle, “High-yield Growth and Morphology Control of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on Ceramic Fibers for Multifunctional Enhancement of Structural Composites”, Carbon, Vol. 47 (3), March 2009, pp. 551-560.

Wardle, B.L., and S.M. Spearing, “Chapter 9, Structural Considerations”, ed. by A. Mitsos and P.I. Barton, Microfabricated Power Generation Devices: Design and Technology, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009. ISBN: 978-3-527-32081-3.