scholarly journals Selective Ultrasonic Gravimetric Sensors Based on Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer Structure—A Review

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 3554
Author(s):  
Dovydas Barauskas ◽  
Mindaugas Dzikaras ◽  
Dovydas Bieliauskas ◽  
Donatas Pelenis ◽  
Gailius Vanagas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wafer Bonding ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Device Modeling ◽  
Ultrasound Transducers ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Gravimetric Sensors ◽  
Biomolecules Detection

This review paper discusses the advances of the gravimetric detection devices based on capacitive micromachined ultrasound transducers structure. Principles of gravimetric operation and device modeling are reviewed through the presentation of an analytical, one-dimensional model and finite element modeling. Additionally, the most common fabrication techniques, including sacrificial release and wafer bonding, are discussed for advantages for gravimetric sensing. As functional materials are the most important part of the selective gravimetric sensing, the review of different functional material properties and coating and application methods is necessary. Particularly, absorption and desorption mechanisms of functional materials, like methylated polyethyleneimine, with examples of applications for gas sensing and using immune complexes for specific biomolecules detection are reviewed.

Preparation of One-dimensional Pt/SnO2 Nanofibers and NOx Gas-sensing Properties

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang XU ◽  
Ying YANG ◽  
Hong-Yuan WU ◽  
Chao JIANG ◽  
Li-Qiang JING ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Sensing ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Sensing Properties ◽  
Gas Sensing Properties

Metal-oxide based ammonia gas sensors: A review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Gupta ◽  
Savita Maurya ◽  
Narendra Kumar Pandey ◽  
Vernica Verma
Keyword(s):  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Gas Sensor ◽  
Gas Sensors ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Gas Sensitivity ◽  
Ammonia Gas ◽  
Ammonia Sensing ◽  
Ammonia Gas Sensors

: This review paper encompasses a study of metal-oxide and their composite based gas sensors used for the detection of ammonia (NH3) gas. Metal-oxide has come into view as an encouraging choice in the gas sensor industry. This review paper focuses on the ammonia sensing principle of the metal oxides. It also includes various approaches adopted for increasing the gas sensitivity of metal-oxide sensors. Increasing the sensitivity of the ammonia gas sensor includes size effects and doping by metal or other metal oxides which will change the microstructure and morphology of the metal oxides. Different parameters that affect the performances like sensitivity, stability, and selectivity of gas sensors are discussed in this paper. Performances of the most operated metal oxides with strengths and limitations in ammonia gas sensing application are reviewed. The challenges for the development of high sensitive and selective ammonia gas sensor are also discussed.

scholarly journals Atomic-scale one-dimensional materials identified from graph theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunning Li ◽  
Zhefeng Chen ◽  
Zhi Wang ◽  
Mouyi Weng ◽  
Jianyuan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Computational Techniques ◽  
Electronic Band ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Atomic Chains ◽  
Future Data ◽  
Low Dimensional

Abstract The past decades have witnessed an exponential growth in the discovery of functional materials, benefited from our unprecedented capabilities in characterizing their structure, chemistry, and morphology with the aid of advanced imaging, spectroscopic and computational techniques. Among these materials, atomic-scale low-dimensional compounds, as represented by the two-dimensional (2D) atomic layers, one-dimensional (1D) atomic chains and zero-dimensional (0D) atomic clusters, have long captivated scientific interest due to their unique topological motifs and exceptional properties. Their tremendous potentials in various applications make it a pressing urgency to establish a complete database of their structural information, especially for the underexplored 1D species. Here we apply graph theory in combination with first-principles high-throughput calculations to identify atomic-scale 1D materials that can be conceptually isolated from their parent bulk crystals. In total, two hundred and fifty 1D atomic chains are shown to be potentially exfoliable. We demonstrate how the lone electron pairs on cations interact with the p-orbitals of anions and hence stabilize their edge sites. Data analysis of the 2D and 1D materials also reveals the dependence of electronic band gap on the cationic percolation network determined by graph theory. The library of 1D compounds systematically identified in this work will pave the way for the predictive discovery of material systems for quantum engineering, and can serve as a source of stimuli for future data-driven design and understanding of functional materials with reduced dimensionality.

scholarly journals Straightforward Preparation of Supramolecular Janus Nanorods by Hydrogen Bonding of End-Functionalized Polymers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuaiyuan Han ◽  
Sandrine Pensec ◽  
Cédric Lorthioir ◽  
Jacques Jestin ◽  
Jean-Michel Guigner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Phase Segregation ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Functionalized Polymers ◽  
Nanometer Range ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Oil In Water ◽  
First Time

Janus cylinders are one-dimensional colloids that have two faces with different compositions and functionalities and are useful as building blocks for advanced functional materials. Such anisotropic objects are difficult to prepare with nanometric dimensions. Here we describe a robust and versatile strategy to form micrometer long Janus nanorods with diameters in the 10-nanometer range, by self-assembly in water of end-functionalized polymers. For the first time, the Janus topology is not a result of the phase segregation of incompatible polymer arms, but is driven by the interactions between unsymmetrical and complementary hydrogen bonded stickers. It is therefore independent of the actual polymers used and works even for compatible polymers. To illustrate their applicative potential, we show that these Janus nanorods can efficiently stabilize oil-in-water emulsions.

scholarly journals A ladder coordination polymer based on Ca2+and (4,5-dicyano-1,2-phenylene)bis(phosphonic acid): crystal structure and solution-state NMR study

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 685-691
Author(s):  
Nutalapati Venkatramaiah ◽  
Ricardo F. Mendes ◽  
Artur M. S. Silva ◽  
João P. C. Tomé ◽  
Filipe A. Almeida Paz
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Coordination Polymer ◽  
Phosphonic Acid ◽  
Cyano Group ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Solution State ◽  
Nmr Study ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Organic Linker

The preparation of coordination polymers (CPs) based on either transition metal centres or rare-earth cations has grown considerably in recent decades. The different coordination chemistry of these metals allied to the use of a large variety of organic linkers has led to an amazing structural diversity. Most of these compounds are based on carboxylic acids or nitrogen-containing ligands. More recently, a wide range of molecules containing phosphonic acid groups have been reported. For the particular case of Ca2+-based CPs, some interesting functional materials have been reported. A novel one-dimensional Ca2+-based coordination polymer with a new organic linker, namely poly[[diaqua[μ4-(4,5-dicyano-1,2-phenylene)bis(phosphonato)][μ3-(4,5-dicyano-1,2-phenylene)bis(phosphonato)]dicalcium(II)] tetrahydrate], {[Ca2(C8H4N2O6P2)2(H2O)2]·4H2O}n, has been prepared at ambient temperature. The crystal structure features one-dimensional ladder-like∞1[Ca2(H2cpp)2(H2O)2] polymers [H2cpp is (4,5-dicyano-1,2-phenylene)bis(phosphonate)], which are created by two distinct coordination modes of the anionic H2cpp2−cyanophosphonate organic linkers: while one molecule is only bound to Ca2+cationsviathe phosphonate groups, the other establishes an extra single connectionviaa cyano group. Ladders close pack with water molecules through an extensive network of strong and highly directional O—H...O and O—H...N hydrogen bonds; the observed donor–acceptor distances range from 2.499 (5) to 3.004 (6) Å and the interaction angles were found in the range 135–178°. One water molecule was found to be disordered over three distinct crystallographic positions. A detailed solution-state NMR study of the organic linker is also provided.

Enhanced gas sensing with soft functional materials

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana I. C. J. Palma ◽  
Carina Esteves ◽  
Ana C. C. S. Padua ◽  
Claudia M. Alves ◽  
Goncalo M. C. Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Sensing ◽  
Functional Materials

One-dimensional porous Co3O4 rectangular rods for enhanced acetone gas sensing properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 297 ◽  
pp. 126746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuangming Wang ◽  
Jing Cao ◽  
Wen Cui ◽  
Longlong Fan ◽  
Xifei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gas Sensing ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Sensing Properties ◽  
Gas Sensing Properties

scholarly journals New tolerance factor to predict the stability of perovskite oxides and halides

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. eaav0693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Bartel ◽  
Christopher Sutton ◽  
Bryan R. Goldsmith ◽  
Runhai Ouyang ◽  
Charles B. Musgrave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perovskite Structure ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Perovskite Oxides ◽  
Tolerance Factor ◽  
Double Perovskites ◽  
Training Set ◽  
Experimental Dataset ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Stability

Predicting the stability of the perovskite structure remains a long-standing challenge for the discovery of new functional materials for many applications including photovoltaics and electrocatalysts. We developed an accurate, physically interpretable, and one-dimensional tolerance factor, τ, that correctly predicts 92% of compounds as perovskite or nonperovskite for an experimental dataset of 576 ABX3 materials (X = O2−, F−, Cl−, Br−, I−) using a novel data analytics approach based on SISSO (sure independence screening and sparsifying operator). τ is shown to generalize outside the training set for 1034 experimentally realized single and double perovskites (91% accuracy) and is applied to identify 23,314 new double perovskites (A2BB′X6) ranked by their probability of being stable as perovskite. This work guides experimentalists and theorists toward which perovskites are most likely to be successfully synthesized and demonstrates an approach to descriptor identification that can be extended to arbitrary applications beyond perovskite stability predictions.

scholarly journals A Focus on Soft Actuation

Actuators ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriyev
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Soft Material ◽  
Soft Robotics ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Soft Actuator ◽  
Grand Challenges ◽  
Actuator Design

The present editorial paper analyzes the hundred recent research works on soft actuation to understand the current main research focus in the light of the grand challenges in the field. Two characteristic paper types were obtained: one focuses on soft actuator design, manufacturing and demonstration, while another includes in addition the development of functional materials. Although vast majority of the works showcased soft actuation, evaluation of its robustness by multi-cyclic actuation was reported in less than 50% of the works, while only 10% described successful actuation for more than 1000 cycles. It is suggested that broadening the research focus to include investigation of mechanisms underlying the degradation of soft functional material performance in real cyclic actuation conditions, along with application of artificial intelligence methods for prediction of muscle behavior, may allow overcoming the reliability issues and developing robust soft-material actuators. The outcomes of the present work might be applicable to the entire soft robotics domain.

Alumina-Based Functional Materials Hardened with Al or Ti and Al-nitride or Ti-nitride Dispersions

2010 ◽  
Vol 1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
José G. Miranda-Hernández ◽  
Elizabeth Refugio-Garcia ◽  
Elizabeth Garfias-García ◽  
Enrique Rocha-Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Nitride ◽  
Titanium Nitride ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Nitride Layer ◽  
Layer Growth ◽  
Density Level ◽  
Functional Material ◽  
Energy Ball ◽  
Titanium Powders

AbstractThe synthesis of Al2O3-based functional materials having 10 vol. % of fine aluminum or titanium and aluminum-disperse or titanium-dispersed nitride hardened-particles has been explored. Two experimental steps have been set for the synthesis; specifically, sintering of Al2O3-aluminum or Al2O3-titanium powders which were thoroughly mixed under high energy ball-milling, pressureless-sintered at 1400°C during 1 h in argon atmosphere and then for the second step it was induced formation of aluminum nitride or titanium nitride at 500°C during different times (24, 72 and 120 h) by a nitriding process via immersion in ammoniac salts. SEM analyses of the microstructures obtained in nitride bodies were performed in order to know the effect of the ammoniac salts used as nitrating on the microstructure of aluminum or titanium for each studied functional material. It was observed that an aluminum nitride or titanium nitride layer growth from the surface into the bulk and reaches different depth as the nitriding time of the functional material was increased. The use of aluminum or titanium significantly enhanced density level and hardness of the functional materials.

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