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Conducting Substrate (conducting + substrate)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Polymers and Materials Science	85%

Selected Abstracts

Highly Ordered Nanoporous Alumina on Conducting Substrates with Adhesion Enhanced by Surface Modification: Universal Templates for Ultrahigh-Density Arrays of Nanorods

ADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 18 2010
Jinseok Byun
A highly ordered nanoporous anodized aluminum oxide template with excellent adhesion is fabricated on various conducting substrates by surface modification of the substrates. This template can be universally utilized to fabricate laterally long-range-ordered and hexagonally packed arrays of freestanding and vertically aligned metal, semiconductor, and conducting polymer nanorods on various substrates, including flexible substrates (see image). [source]

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)-Coated MWCNTs Tethered to Conducting Substrates: Facile Electrochemistry and Enhanced Coloring Efficiency

MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS, Issue 24 2008
Shweta Bhandari
Abstract Composite films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)-coated over functionalized multiwalled coiled and linear carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been fabricated by a simple oxidative electropolymerization route. The nanotubular morphology of the polymer,CNT composite is responsible for the lower charge transfer impedance, lower internal resistance, and superior capacitive response in comparison to that shown by the control PEDOT film doped by trifluoromethanesulfonate ions. This facile electrochemistry exhibited by the PEDOT,CNT composite film ensues in a remarkably high coloration efficiency of 367 cm2,·,C,1 at 550 nm, hitherto unrealized for PEDOT; thus demonstrating the huge potential the PEDOT,CNT composite film has as cathode for the entire spectrum of electrochromic devices. [source]

Wet-Spun Biodegradable Fibers on Conducting Platforms: Novel Architectures for Muscle Regeneration

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 21 2009
Joselito M. Razal
Abstract Novel biosynthetic platforms supporting ex vivo growth of partially differentiated muscle cells in an aligned linear orientation that is consistent with the structural requirements of muscle tissue are described. These platforms consist of biodegradable polymer fibers spatially aligned on a conducting polymer substrate. Long multinucleated myotubes are formed from differentiation of adherent myoblasts, which align longitudinally to the fiber axis to form linear cell-seeded biosynthetic fiber constructs. The biodegradable polymer fibers bearing undifferentiated myoblasts can be detached from the substrate following culture. The ability to remove the muscle cell-seeded polymer fibers when required provides the means to use the biodegradable fibers as linear muscle-seeded scaffold components suitable for in vivo implantation into muscle. These fibers are shown to promote differentiation of muscle cells in a highly organized linear unbranched format in vitro and thereby potentially facilitate more stable integration into recipient tissue, providing structural support and mechanical protection for the donor cells. In addition, the conducting substrate on which the fibers are placed provides the potential to develop electrical stimulation paradigms for optimizing the ex vivo growth and synchronization of muscle cells on the biodegradable fibers prior to implantation into diseased or damaged muscle tissue. [source]

Formation of Thick Porous Anodic Alumina Films and Nanowire Arrays on Silicon Wafers and Glass,

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, Issue 8 2003
O. Rabin
Abstract A method for the fabrication of thick films of porous anodic alumina on rigid substrates is described. The anodic alumina film was generated by the anodization of an aluminum film evaporated on the substrate. The morphology of the barrier layer between the porous film and the substrate was different from that of anodic films grown on aluminum substrates. The removal of the barrier layer and the electrochemical growth of nanowires within the ordered pores were accomplished without the need to remove the anodic film from the substrate. We fabricated porous anodic alumina samples over large areas (up to 70 cm2), and deposited in them nanowire arrays of various materials. Long nanowires were obtained with lengths of at least 9 ,m and aspect ratios as high as 300. Due to their mechanical robustness and the built-in contact between the conducting substrate and the nanowires, the structures were useful for electrical transport measurements on the arrays. The method was also demonstrated on patterned and non-planar substrates, further expanding the range of applications of these porous alumina and nanowire assemblies. [source]

Electron transport enhanced molecular dynamics for metals and semi-metals,

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, Issue 8-9 2010
Reese E. Jones
Abstract In this work we extend classical molecular dynamics by coupling it with an electron transport model known as the two temperature model. This energy balance between free electrons and phonons was first proposed in 1956 by Kaganov et al. but has recently been utilized as a framework for coupling molecular dynamics to a continuum description of electron transport. Using finite element domain decomposition techniques from our previous work as a basis, we develop a coupling scheme that preserves energy and has local control of temperature and energy flux via a Gaussian isokinetic thermostat. Unlike the previous work on this subject, we employ an efficient, implicit time integrator for the fast electron transport which enables larger stable time steps than the explicit schemes commonly used. A number of example simulations are given that validate the method, including Joule heating of a copper nanowire and laser excitation of a suspended carbon nanotube with its ends embedded in a conducting substrate. Published in 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Electrophoretic Deposition of YSZ Particles on Non-Conducting Porous NiO,YSZ Substrates for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Issue 10 2006
Laxmidhar Besra
This paper reports a method of performing electrophoretic deposition (EPD) on non-conducting substrates overcoming the requirement of a conducting substrate through the use of porous substrates. The conductivity of the substrate is therefore no longer a limiting factor in the application of EPD. This method is applicable to the fabrication of thick or thin layers of ceramic or metal for various applications. As an example, thin and dense yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) layers have been deposited on a non-conducting NiO,YSZ substrate by EPD from a non-aqueous suspension. A solid oxide fuel cell constructed on these sintered bilayers exhibited power densities of 384 and 611 mW/cm2 at 750° and 850°C, respectively. [source]

Highly Ordered Nanoporous Alumina on Conducting Substrates with Adhesion Enhanced by Surface Modification: Universal Templates for Ultrahigh-Density Arrays of Nanorods