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Thermoplastic elastomer

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Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Microfluidics

One of the goals of microfluidics is to bring a whole laboratory processing chain on a few square centimeters, Lab-On-Chips (LOC). But current LOCs require many heavy and power-consuming off-chip controls like pneumatics, pumps and valves, which keep the s ...

2012

Piezo and magneto resistance of magnetically oriented dispersions of magnetic particles covered with silver in bulk and screen-printed elastomer polymers

Thomas Maeder, Caroline Jacq

Synthesis and characterization of oxide@Ag particles that are simultaneously magnetic and conductive 2) Elaboration of composites: dispersion of particles in organic matrix: silicone (PDMS) or thermoplastic (ethylcellulose + wax) 3) Screen printing of c ...

2012

Block copolymer-directed assembly of bare metal oxide nanocrystals for energy-related devices

Raffaella Buonsanti

The properties of metal oxide nanocrystals in energy-related devices are strongly dependent on the presence and chem. nature of ligands at their surface, and the architectures they assume in electroactive layers. The article presents a comprehensive strate ...

2012

Fast-curing coatings for adhesion promotion between metallic oxides and thermoplastic polyurethane

Véronique Michaud, Basile Golaz

The cost-effective production of high-performance and durable steel reinforced thermoplastic composites requires improvement of the adhesion encountered at the interface between metallic substrates (galvanized steel) and a thermoplastic elastomer (TPU). Co ...

2011

Adhesion of thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer to galvanized steel

Véronique Michaud, Basile Golaz

When a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) is co-molded with galvanized steel, the subsequent adhesion and its durability are very sensitive to the chemical bonds created at the interface. Silane coupling primers are known for enhancing adhesion bet ...

Elsevier2011

Analytical ultracentrifugation to support the development of biomaterials and biomedical devices

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Jutta Christine Wandrey, Conlin O'Neil, Urara Hasegawa

Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) primarily serves to investigate hydrodynamic and thermodynamic properties of natural and synthetic macromolecules and colloids in solution, dispersion or suspension. Beside such more conventional use, AUC can support ma ...

2011

Solution viscosity and flocculation characteristics of linear polymeric flocculants in various media

Jutta Christine Wandrey, David Hunkeler

Rheological characteristics of linear copolymers of acrylamide (AM) and acryloyloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (Q9), differing in molar mass and chemical composition, have been studied in distilled water (DW) and industrial water (IW) obtained from a ...

2011

Magnetoresistencia y elasticidad anisotrópica en elastómeros formados por cadenas de nanopartículas y nanotubos orientadas magnéticamente [magnetoresistance and anisotropic elasticity in elastomers formed by chains of magnetically oriented nanoparticles and nanotubes]

Thomas Maeder

La meta de éste trabajo es obtener magneto-elastómeros compuestos por dispersión de nanopartículas magnéticas en polidimetilsiloxano (PDMS), curando el polímero en presencia de un campo magnético uniforme. [Le but de ce travail est d’obtenir des composites ...

2011

Stretchable Circuits and Sensors for Robotic Origami

Jamie Paik

Programmable materials based on robotic origami have been demonstrated with the capability to fold into 3D shapes starting from a nominally 2D sheet. This concept requires high torque density actuators, flexible electronics and an integrated substrate. We ...

2011

Silicone substrate with in situ relief for stretchable thin-film transistors

Stéphanie Lacour

We have manufactured stretchable thin-film transistors and interconnects directly onto an engineered silicone matrix with localized and graded mechanical compliance. The fabrication only involves planar and standard processing. Brittle active device materi ...

American Institute of Physics2011

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