3D-printed and injection molded polymer matrix composites with 2D layered materials (open access)

3D-printed and injection molded polymer matrix composites with 2D layered materials

This article reports on a study where 2D TMDs (MoS₂ and WS₂) and the 3D allotrope of carbon and graphite were incorporated into acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) matrices in order to form polymer matrix composites (PMCs). The multipronged analysis described in this study was motivated by the purpose to fuse together topics of low-cost, additive manufacturing with 2D layered materials, and studying their ensuing mechanical and tribological properties.
Date: June 26, 2020
Creator: Gamboa, Gerardo; Mazumder, Sangram; Hnatchuk, Nathalie; Catalan Gonzalez, Jorge Alfredo; Cortes, Damaris; Chen, Ikang et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cache-Aided General Linear Function Retrieval (open access)

Cache-Aided General Linear Function Retrieval

This article designs a novel coded caching scheme that outperforms uncoded caching schemes that either use unicast transmissions or let each user recover all files in the library. It extends the scope of the authors’ past work that only considered the class of linear functions that operate element-wise over the files.
Date: December 26, 2020
Creator: Wan, Kai; Sun, Hua; Ji, Mingyue; Tuninetti, Daniela & Caire, Giuseppe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Eficiência de um sistema piloto de dessalinização de água salobra (open access)

Eficiência de um sistema piloto de dessalinização de água salobra

Article describes study which sought to evaluate the efficiency of pilot water desalination system treating brackish water which was obtained mixing fresh water and seawater up to reach 1,500 mg L-1 of total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration.
Date: March 16, 2020
Creator: Almeida, Juliano Penteado de; Kummer, Ana Carolina Barbosa; Carranza, Gabriel; Campos, Luiza Cintra; Széliga, Marcos Rogério; Acevedo, Miguel F. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Embedded Corrosion Sensing with ZnO-PVDF Sensor Textiles (open access)

Embedded Corrosion Sensing with ZnO-PVDF Sensor Textiles

Article investigating a non-conductive sensor textile as a viable solution for corrosion in underground and submerged steel pipes. The results offer a new option for sub-surface corrosion sensing using low cost, easily fabricated sensor textiles.
Date: May 28, 2020
Creator: Chowdhury, Tonoy; D'Souza, Nandika Anne, 1967-; Ho, Yee-Hsien; Dahotre, Narendra B. & Mahbub, Ifana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fabrication and characterization of inkjet-printed 2D perovskite optoelectronic devices (open access)

Fabrication and characterization of inkjet-printed 2D perovskite optoelectronic devices

Article presents the large scale synthesis of solution-processed 2D (CH₃(CH₂)₃NH₃)₂(CH₃NH₃)ₙ − 1PbₙI₃ₙ + 1 (n = 2, 3, and 4) perovskites, a family of layered compounds with composition-tunable bandgap, where inkjet printing was used to fabricate heterostructure, flexible photodetector devices. The flexible, inkjet-printed perovskite 2D heterostructures have significant potential for optoelectronic devices, which can enable broad possibilities with compositional tunability and versatility of the organohalide perovskites.
Date: August 24, 2020
Creator: Min, Misook; Hossain, Ridwan F.; Ma, Liang-Chieh & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of Leadership and Mobility on Consensus-Building in Sensor Networks (open access)

Impact of Leadership and Mobility on Consensus-Building in Sensor Networks

Paper investigates the mobility dynamics in wireless sensor networks analytically, and discusses the advantages of the leader-follower model.
Date: February 17, 2020
Creator: Norouzi Kandalan, Roya; Varanasi, Murali R.; Buckles, Bill P., 1942- & Namuduri, Kamesh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inkjet-printed MoS₂-based field-effect transistors with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride inks (open access)

Inkjet-printed MoS₂-based field-effect transistors with graphene and hexagonal boron nitride inks

This article reports the design, fabrication, and characterization of an all inkjet-printed field-effect transistor (FET).
Date: July 10, 2020
Creator: Hossain, Ridwan F. & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inks of dielectric h-BN and semiconducting WS₂ for capacitive structures with graphene (open access)

Inks of dielectric h-BN and semiconducting WS₂ for capacitive structures with graphene

This article presents dispersions of WS₂ and h-BN using cyclohexanone and terpineol as the solvent to subsequently print prototype capacitive nanodevices.
Date: July 30, 2020
Creator: Desai, Jay A.; Mazumder, Sangram; Hossain, Ridwan Fayaz & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Light–matter interactions in two-dimensional layered tungsten diselenide for gauging evolution of phonon dynamics (open access)

Light–matter interactions in two-dimensional layered tungsten diselenide for gauging evolution of phonon dynamics

Article exploring phonon dynamics in mechanically exfoliated two-dimensional WSe₂ using temperature-dependent and laser-power-dependent Raman and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The work reported sheds fundamental insights into the evolution of phonon dynamics in WSe₂ and should help pave the way for designing high-performance electronic, optoelectronic and thermoelectric devices in the future.
Date: May 12, 2020
Creator: Bandyopadhyay, Avra S.; Biswas, Chandan & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling and Characterization of Scaling Factor of Flexible Spiral Coils for Wirelessly Powered Wearable Sensors (open access)

Modeling and Characterization of Scaling Factor of Flexible Spiral Coils for Wirelessly Powered Wearable Sensors

This article presents the design, modeling, and experimental characterization of flexible square-shaped spiral coils with different scaling factors for WPT systems. The effects of coil scaling factor on inductance, capacitance, resistance, and the quality factor (Q-factor) are modeled, simulated, and experimentally validated for the case of flexible planar coils. This article also presents the effect of skin contact with the flexible coil in terms of the power transfer efficiency (PTE) to validate the suitability as a wearable sensor.
Date: April 17, 2020
Creator: Biswas, Dipon K.; Sinclair, Melissa; Le, Tien; Pullano, Salvatore Andrea; Fiorillo, Antonino S. & Mahbub, Ifana
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sol-gel synthesized indium tin oxide as a transparent conducting oxide with solution-processed black phosphorus for its integration into solar-cells (open access)

Sol-gel synthesized indium tin oxide as a transparent conducting oxide with solution-processed black phosphorus for its integration into solar-cells

This article describes the synthesis of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films using solgel processing with a mixture of InCl₃, methanol, and SnCl₂, where the solutions were spin coated onto glass substrates. The combined architecture of black phosphorus on ITO thin films shows promise in its use for transparent electronics, which can also serve as a stepping stone for future solar cell platforms.
Date: October 9, 2020
Creator: Mehta, Ravindra; Min, Misook & Kaul, Anupama
System: The UNT Digital Library