Exponential Conductivity Increase in Strained MoS2 via MEMS Actuation

MRS Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (38-39) ◽  
pp. 2135-2142
Author(s):  
A. Vidana ◽  
S. Almeida ◽  
M. Martinez ◽  
E. Acosta ◽  
J. Mireles ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIn this work, a poly-Si0.35Ge0.65 microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)- based actuator was designed and fabricated using a CMOS compatible standard process to specifically strain a bi-layered (2L) MoS2 flake and measure its electrical properties. Experimental results of the MEMS-TMDC device show an increase of conductivity up to three orders of magnitude by means of vertical actuation using the substrate as the body terminal. A force balance model of the MEMS-TMDC was used to determine the amount of strain induced in the MoS2 flake. Strains as high as 3.3% is reported using the model fitted to the experimental data.

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 558-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. C. C. Lam ◽  
A. C. M. Chong

Microscale sensing and actuating components are prevalent in microelectromechanical systems. Deformations of microscale components are dependent not only on the strains in the body, but also on the strain gradients. The contribution of strain gradients to plastic hardening is characterized by the specific strain gradient modulus of the material. The specific strain gradient modulus has been predicted to vary with the plastic strain. The moduli of plastically prestrained epoxy specimens were experimentally characterized in this investigation using nanoindentation. Prestraining induced softening and an energy model are developed to separate the effect of prestrain softening from the effect of strain gradient. The results indicated that the contribution of strain gradient to hardening was initially large but diminished with increased plastic deformation. A model was developed for power law material and was shown to compare well with the experimental results.


1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. R. Kral ◽  
K. Komvopoulos ◽  
D. B. Bogy

Experiments and finite element simulations are presented pertaining to the effective hardness and the mechanics of indentation and sliding contact on elastic-plastic layered media. Hardness measurements obtained from scratch experiments are presented for thin-film rigid disks with 30 nm carbon overcoats. Reproducible results are obtained for residual scratch depths greater than approximately 8 nm. A simple force balance model is used to calculate the effective hardness of the layered medium. Hardness values for the surface layer are calculated by fitting a relationship between the hardness, scratch geometry, and layer thickness to the experimental data. The experimental results are compared with three-dimensional finite element simulations of a rigid spherical indenter sliding over a half-space with a stiffer and harder surface layer. The finite element results are used to verify the hardness model applied to the experimental data and to provide insight into the observed experimental behavior in the context of the associated elastic-plastic deformation characteristics of the layered medium.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1123-1132
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Oda ◽  
Shigeru Wesugi

AbstractDuring the cold season, the cold protective products are often short during evacuation life after a natural disaster. If evacuees can make and wear simple cold protective gears by using materials obtainable on site, it will reduce the burden on the evacuees in emergent situation. Therefore, we investigated the structure constructed by folding newsprint paper, which can improve the heat retention effect and be applied to various body shapes. Focusing on the glide reflection structure repeating a smaller chamber, the basic size was determined by experiments with reference to the accordion shape, and the experimental results indicated that the heat retention effect was significantly greater than that of a mere air layer and those of ordinary fabrics. Next, it was found that the apex angle of structure had no significant difference in the heat retention effect. Then, the dimensions of the structure were determined to maintain the air layer under the pressure of the clothes by simulation of structural analyses. Finally, we made a temporary cold protective gear that can practically cover the trunk of the body and found that the heat retention effect was significantly higher than that of unprocessed newsprint and that of accordion shape.


1983 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Clausing

Cavity solar receivers are generally believed to have higher thermal efficiencies than external receivers due to reduced losses. A simple analytical model was presented by the author which indicated that the ability to heat the air inside the cavity often controls the convective loss from cavity receivers. Thus, if the receiver contains a large amount of inactive hot wall area, it can experience a large convective loss. Excellent experimental data from a variety of cavity configurations and orientations have recently become available. These data provided a means of testing and refining the analytical model. In this manuscript, a brief description of the refined model is presented. Emphasis is placed on using available experimental evidence to substantiate the hypothesized mechanisms and assumptions. Detailed comparisons are given between analytical predictions and experimental results. Excellent agreement is obtained, and the important mechanisms are more clearly delineated.


1993 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.A. Hoenich ◽  
P.T. Smirthwaite ◽  
C. Woffindin ◽  
P. Lancaster ◽  
T.H. Frost ◽  
...  

Recirculation is an important factor in single needle dialysis and, if high, can compromise treatment efficiency. To provide information regarding recirculation characteristics of access devices used in single needle dialysis, we have developed a new technique to characterise recirculation and have used this to measure the recirculation of a Terumo 15G fistula needle and a VasCath SC2300 single lumen catheter. The experimentally obtained results agreed well with those established clinically (8.5 ± 2.4% and 18.4 ± 3.4%). The experimental results have also demonstrated a dependence on access type, pump speeds and fistula flow rate. A comparison of experimental data with theoretical predictions showed that the latter exceeded those measured with the largest contribution being due to the experimental fistula.


Author(s):  
Farrokh Zarifi-Rad ◽  
Hamid Vajihollahi ◽  
James O’Brien

Scale models give engineers an excellent understanding of the aerodynamic behavior behind their design; nevertheless, scale models are time consuming and expensive. Therefore computer simulations such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) are an excellent alternative to scale models. One must ask the question, how close are the CFD results to the actual fluid behavior of the scale model? In order to answer this question the engineering team investigated the performance of a large industrial Gas Turbine (GT) exhaust diffuser scale model with performance predicted by commercially available CFD software. The experimental results were obtained from a 1:12 scale model of a GT exhaust diffuser with a fixed row of blades to simulate the swirl generated by the last row of turbine blades five blade configurations. This work is to validate the effect of the turbulent inlet conditions on an axial diffuser, both on the experimental front and on the numerical analysis approach. The object of this work is to bring forward a better understanding of velocity and static pressure profiles along the gas turbine diffusers and to provide an accurate experimental data set to validate the CFD prediction. For the CFD aspect, ANSYS CFX software was chosen as the solver. Two different types of mesh (hexagonal and tetrahedral) will be compared to the experimental results. It is understood that hexagonal (HEX) meshes are more time consuming and more computationally demanding, they are less prone to mesh sensitivity and have the tendancy to converge at a faster rate than the tetrahedral (TET) mesh. It was found that the HEX mesh was able to generate more consistent results and had less error than TET mesh.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1625-1627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Kasprzycka-Guttman ◽  
Juan H. Vera

Heats of mixing of 2,4-lutidine and 2,4,6-collidine with n-alkanes were measured at 293.15 K using an isothermal dilution calorimeter. Experimental results were fitted with a Redlich–Kister polynomial. Experimental data and coefficients for the Redlich–Kister polynomials are reported.


Author(s):  
Suryaji R. Bhonsle ◽  
Paul Thompson

Abstract Weibull, log normal, and some other Distribution function models (D.F.M.) have a tendency to deviate from experimental results. This deviation, either exceedingly conservative or nonconservative, is amplified at low probabilities of failure. To remedy such problems a new D.F.M. is derived. It is then used to predict low probabilities of failure. The predictions are consistent with experimental data and are not too conservative or too nonconservative.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksei Kruk ◽  
Alexander Sokol

<p>We study the reaction of garnet lherzolite with carbonatitic melt rich in molecular CO<sub>2</sub> and/or H<sub>2</sub>O in experiments at 5.5 GPa and 1200-1450°C. The experimental results show that carbonation of olivine with formation of orthopyroxene and magnesite can buffer the CO<sub>2</sub> contents in the melt, which impedes immediate separation of CO<sub>2</sub> fluid from melt equilibrated with the peridotite source. The solubility of molecular CO<sub>2</sub> in melt decreases from 20-25 wt.% at 4.5-6.8 wt.% SiO<sub>2</sub> typical of carbonatite to 7-12 wt.% in more silicic kimberlite-like melts with 26-32 wt.% SiO<sub>2</sub>. Interaction of garnet lherzolite with carbonatitic melt (2:1) in the presence of 2-3 wt.% H<sub>2</sub>O and 9-13 wt.% molecular CO<sub>2</sub> at 1200-1450°С yields low SiO<sub>2</sub> (<10 wt.%) alkali‐carbonatite melts, which shows multiphase saturation with magnesite-bearing garnet harzburgite. Thus, carbonatitic melts rich in volatiles can originate in a harzburgite source at moderate temperatures common to continental lithospheric mantle (CLM).</p><p>Having separated from the source, carbonatitic magma enriched in molecular CO<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O can rapidly acquire a kimberlitic composition with >25 wt.% SiO<sub>2 </sub>by dissolution and carbonation of entrapped peridotite. Furthermore, interaction of garnet lherzolite with carbonatitic melt rich in K, CO<sub>2</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub>O at 1350°С produces immiscible kimberlite-like carbonate-silicate and K-rich silicate melts. Quenched silicate melt develops lamelli of foam-like vesicular glass. Differentiation of immiscible melts early during ascent may equalize the compositions of kimberlite magmas generated in different CLM sources. The fluid phase can release explosively from ascending magma at lower pressures as a result of SiO<sub>2</sub> increase which reduces the solubility of CO<sub>2</sub> due to decarbonation reaction of magnesite and orthopyroxene.</p><p>The research was performed by a grant of the Russian Science Foundation (19-77-10023).</p>


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