Advancing Reverse Electrowetting-on-Dielectric from Planar to Rough Surface Electrodes for High Power Density Energy Harvesting (open access)

Advancing Reverse Electrowetting-on-Dielectric from Planar to Rough Surface Electrodes for High Power Density Energy Harvesting

Article presenting electrical and multiphysics-based modeling approaches of REWOD energy harvester using structured rough surface electrodes. By enhancing the overall available surface area, an increase in the overall capacitance is achieved.
Date: December 15, 2021
Creator: Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Patwary, Adnan B.; Kakaraparty, Karthik; Gunti, Avinash; Reid, Russell C. & Mahbub, Ifana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anthropo-fidelic behavior of elastic-plastic lattice structures (open access)

Anthropo-fidelic behavior of elastic-plastic lattice structures

Article discusses how vat photopolymerization is used to construct triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) to match human heel pad stiffness. This work substantiates the suitability of latticed models to reach the stiffness of the heel pad chambers.
Date: February 24, 2023
Creator: Haney, Christopher W. & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Application of a Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for 3d-Printed Personalized Orthosis (open access)

Application of a Thermoplastic Polyurethane/Polylactic Acid Composite Filament for 3d-Printed Personalized Orthosis

Article exploring a suitable material for designing and fabricating personalized, cost-effective and bio-degradable orthoses. A finger orthosis was chosen as an example to explore a suitable material, personalized design method, and fabrication with a fuse-deposition-modeling (FDM) open-source 3D printer. Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/polylactic acid (PLA) composite filaments were explored for 3D printing.
Date: February 2019
Creator: Tao, Yubo; Shao, Jingjiao; Li, Peng & Shi, Sheldon
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biochar aerogel-based electrocatalyst towards efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media (open access)

Biochar aerogel-based electrocatalyst towards efficient oxygen evolution in acidic media

Article argues that traditional acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts are more prone to be oxidized and corroded as results of unstable carrier structures and variable electronic states of active species, so a high-performing biochar aerogel (BA) based electrocatalyst was realistically designed and synthetized via joint utilization of the terrestrial lignin and seaweed polysaccharide as carbon sources. This work puts forward a novel and effective strategy towards the enhancement of the acidic OER process by rational regulations of the BA and the coupling effect in micro-interface.
Date: July 22, 2022
Creator: Hui, Bin; Chen, Hongjiao; Zhou, Chengfeng; Cai, Liping; Zhang, Kewei; Quan, Fengyu et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Branching of Titanium Nanorods (open access)

Branching of Titanium Nanorods

This article reports that Ti nanorod branching occurs at a low homologous temperature of 0.28 based on physical vapor deposition and characterizations using electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The insight into conditions for branching, together with the determination of the morphology and crystal orientation of the branches, lay the foundation for further studies of branching mechanisms and driving force.
Date: April 22, 2021
Creator: Yussuf, Nosirudeen Abayomi & Huang, Hanchen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterization of Soft Tooling Photopolymers and Processes for Micromixing Devices with Variable Cross-Section (open access)

Characterization of Soft Tooling Photopolymers and Processes for Micromixing Devices with Variable Cross-Section

Article characterizing an assortment of photopolymers and stereolithography processes to produce 3D-printed molds and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) castings of micromixing devices. The study shows that 3D-printed soft tooling can provide other benefits such as multiple cross-sections and other potential layouts on a single mold.
Date: September 29, 2020
Creator: Martínez-López, J. Israel; Cervantes, Héctor Andrés Betancourt; Iturbe, Luis Donaldo Cuevas; Vázquez, Elisa; Naula, Edisson A.; Martínez López, Alejandro et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characterize traction–separation relation and interfacial imperfections by data-driven machine learning models (open access)

Characterize traction–separation relation and interfacial imperfections by data-driven machine learning models

This article combines machine learning (ML), finite element analysis (FEA), and empirical experiments to develop data-driven models that characterize interfacial mechanical properties precisely. It also provides a code package containing trained ML models, allowing other researchers to establish T–S relations for different material interfaces.
Date: July 12, 2021
Creator: Ferdousi, Sanjida; Chen, Qiyi; Soltani, Mehrzad; Zhu, Jiadeng; Cao, Pengfei; Choi, Wonbong et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Thermal Effectiveness and Crevice Corrosion Risk of Fin Geometry on All-Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers (open access)

Comparison of Thermal Effectiveness and Crevice Corrosion Risk of Fin Geometry on All-Aluminum Microchannel Heat Exchangers

Article all-aluminum microchannel heat exchangers have recently gained popularity in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry. Despite their attractive thermal performance design, these heat exchangers make coils used in automotive, commercial, and residential applications prone to crevice corrosion. This study uses high-fidelity conjugate heat transfer simulations to model a micro channel heat exchanger system that includes fins and tubes with crossflow to compare their thermal effectiveness to gain insight into potential crevice corrosion of the MCHE alloy.
Date: June 12, 2023
Creator: Ahmed, Hossain; Nasrazadani, Seifollah & Sadat, Hamid
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Computational Study on the Aeroacoustics of a Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial System (open access)

A Computational Study on the Aeroacoustics of a Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial System

Article studying the noise generated by a quadrotor biplane unmanned aerial system (UAS) for various conditions in terms of the UAS pitch angle, propellers rotating velocity (RPM), and the UAS speed to understand the physics involved in its aeroacoustics and structure-borne noise.
Date: October 18, 2021
Creator: Heydari, Morteza; Sadat Hosseini, Seyed Hamid & Singh, Rajneesh
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Design of high SERS sensitive substrates based on branched Ti nanorods (open access)

Design of high SERS sensitive substrates based on branched Ti nanorods

Article reports a rational design of branched titanium (Ti) nanorods formed by glancing angle physical vapor deposition and their applications as substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The authors investigation provides a mechanism to fabricate sensitive SERS sensors of Ti nanorods that are known to be thermally and chemically stable and compatible with silicon-based electronics.
Date: July 8, 2022
Creator: Abayomi M. Yussuf, Nosirudeen; Li, Jianlin; Jung, Yung Joon & Huang, Hanchen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
A dimensional assessment of small features and lattice structures manufactured by laser powder bed fusion (open access)

A dimensional assessment of small features and lattice structures manufactured by laser powder bed fusion

This article presents a detailed investigation on the influence of building orientation and feature dimensions in laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) parts.
Date: February 28, 2022
Creator: López-García, Carlos; García-López, Erika; Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael; Sandoval-Robles, Jesús A. & Rodríguez, Ciro A.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of amorphous cellulose on the deformation behavior of cellulose composites: molecular dynamics simulation (open access)

Effect of amorphous cellulose on the deformation behavior of cellulose composites: molecular dynamics simulation

This article is a study aimed at predicting and enhancing the properties of the blend, as well as exploring the mechanism, of a polylactic acid (PLA)/amorphous cellulose composite system through molecular characterization. The static properties of the amorphous cellulose/PLA blend model and the mechanical response of the material under uniaxial tension were studied by molecular dynamics simulation to establish the structure–property relationship.
Date: June 8, 2021
Creator: Ren, Zechun; Guo, Rui; Zhou, Xinyuan; Bi, Hongjie; Jia, Xin; Xu, Min et al.
Object Type: Article
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
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Empirical Studies on Effect of Low-Level Laser Treatment on Glioblastoma Multiforme in Combination with Ag-PMMA-PAA Nanoparticles: Paired Red Region Optical-Property Treatment Platform (open access)

Empirical Studies on Effect of Low-Level Laser Treatment on Glioblastoma Multiforme in Combination with Ag-PMMA-PAA Nanoparticles: Paired Red Region Optical-Property Treatment Platform

This article investigates low-level laser therapy for brain tumor treatment. The results provide evidence that the paired optical-driven agents provide a tunable platform that can generate significant U251 cell death increase.
Date: June 13, 2022
Creator: Atluri, Rohini; Korir, Daniel K.; Choi, Tae-Youl & Simmons, Denise Perry
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Extended CT Void Analysis in FDM Additive Manufacturing Components (open access)

Extended CT Void Analysis in FDM Additive Manufacturing Components

This article provides an extended analysis of void shape by means of X-ray computed tomography (CT) applied to fused deposition modeling (FDM) samples. Furthermore, a relation between the tensile mechanical properties and digital void measurements is established. The results lead to the formulation of a novel criterion that predicts the mechanical behavior of AM components.
Date: July 26, 2020
Creator: Hernandez-Contreras, Adriana; Ruiz-Huerta, Leopoldo; Caballero-Ruiz, Alberto; Moock, Verena & Siller Carrillo, Héctor Rafael
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography (open access)

Fiberboard Made from Scrap Denim: Characterization of its Properties by Effective Bulk Modulus Elastography

Article describes how fiberboards from scrap denim were fabricated using two different resins, melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) and polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (pMDI). Resin content and MUF-pMDI weight ratio were studied. Physical and mechanical tests determined the modulus of elasticity (MOE), modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bond (IB), thickness swell (TS), and water absorption (WA).
Date: March 20, 2023
Creator: Shi, Sheldon; Cui, Zhiying; Jin, Yuqi; Smith, Lee M.; Wu, H. Felix & Neogi, Arup
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
High-Fidelity Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger (open access)

High-Fidelity Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation of Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger

Article describes how high-fidelity conjugate heat transfer simulations are used to model a micro-channel heat exchanger (MCHE) in a crossflow to study its thermal-hydraulic performance. Three different microchannel geometries, namely circular, triangular, and square with louver-shaped fins, are considered.
Date: July 1, 2023
Creator: Ahmed, Hossain; Sadat, Hamid & Nasrazadani, Seifollah
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
High power density and bias-free reverse electrowetting energy harvesting using surface area enhanced porous electrodes (open access)

High power density and bias-free reverse electrowetting energy harvesting using surface area enhanced porous electrodes

Article presents a novel approach for enhancing power output from a REWOD energy harvester by significantly increasing the total available surface area using perforated silicon wafer electrodes.
Date: November 6, 2021
Creator: Adhikari, Pashupati R.; Reid, Russell C. & Mahbub, Ifana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hollow Mesoporous Microspheres Coating for Super-Hydrophobicity Wood with High Thermostability and Abrasion Performance (open access)

Hollow Mesoporous Microspheres Coating for Super-Hydrophobicity Wood with High Thermostability and Abrasion Performance

Article investigating the formation of hydrophobic layers on wood surface without breaking the wood’s original structure. Results suggested that the nano and micron hollow mesoporous microsphere coating was an effective method to fabricate extremely hydrophobic wood products.
Date: November 29, 2020
Creator: Yang, Rui; Zuo, Shida; Song, Beibei; Mao, Haiyan; Huang, Zhenhua; Wu, Yingji et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The hygroscopicity of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) with a gradient fiber structure (open access)

The hygroscopicity of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) with a gradient fiber structure

This article studies the hygroscopicity of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) with a gradient fiber structure assessed by a dynamic vapor sorption (DVS) apparatus and fitted with a Haillwood–Horrobin (H–H) model. The effects of the chemical composition, gradient fiber structure, and mesopore structure of the bamboo were also investigated. The results demonstrate that the hygroscopicity of bamboo gradually increases from the outer to the inner layer along the thickness of the culm wall, which is related to the gradient distribution of the fibers. The structure–function relationships between the chemical composition, multi-scale structure, and hygroscopicity identified in this study provide a theoretical basis for bamboo drying and storage technology, as well as the processing and application of bamboo fiber-based composites.
Date: October 15, 2021
Creator: Wei, Xin; Wang, Ge; Smith, Lee M. & Jiang, Huan
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Infrared radiative switching with thermally and electrically tunable transition metal oxides-based plasmonic grating (open access)

Infrared radiative switching with thermally and electrically tunable transition metal oxides-based plasmonic grating

Article says that plasmonic and phase transition has been blended to gain the infrared radiative switching which is tunable with temperature or voltage supply. This is applied via vanadium dioxide, tungsten trioxide, and molybdenum trioxide as transition metal oxides (TMO), the authors state that the work expands the usage of transition metal oxides in infrared region with larger contrast.
Date: March 6, 2022
Creator: Araki, Ken & Zhang, Richard Z.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method (open access)

The Interface Strengthening of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes/Polylactic Acid Composites via the In-Loop Hybrid Manufacturing Method

Article describes how in this study, a new in-loop hybrid manufacturing method is proposed for fabricating multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs)/polylactic acid (PLA) composites. Molecular dynamics simulations were conducted in conjunction with experiments to reveal the mechanism of the proposed method for improving the interfacial performance of MWCNTs/PLA.
Date: November 16, 2023
Creator: Li, Hongbin; Jiang, Zhuang; Li, Zhihua; Peng, Yubao; Zhang, Qiushuang & Xiao, Xinyi
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun (open access)

Investigation on drying kinetics analysis of gooseberry slices dried under open sun

Article describes an experimental analysis of the drying behavior of gooseberry slices dried in the open sun. The authors used the hot air dryer method, and found that the moisture content of gooseberry slices in their initial condition was estimated to be 87.81% wet-basis.
Date: October 20, 2023
Creator: Patel, Vijay; Judal, K. B.; Panchal, Hitesh; Singh, Bharat; Jomde, Amit; Kumar, Abhinav et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior (open access)

Laser printed amorphous magnesium alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties, and degradation behavior

Article describes how, amorphous magnesium alloy, especially Mg-Zn-Ca series, has been receiving continuous attention in biomedical field, because of its favorable corrosion resistance, suitable modulus and biocompatibility. In this work, laser powder bed fusing with unique characteristics of rapid solidification and layer-by-layer fashion was used to fabricate bulk Mg-Zn-Ca and Mg-Zn-Ca-Y amorphous parts.
Date: November 23, 2023
Creator: Chen, Cheng; Li, Shaoyu; Ling, Chenrong; Yang, Youwen; Gao, Chengde; Li, Yageng et al.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library