Award Abstract #0210242
NER: Exploring the Limits of Nanoparticle Removal with Pulsed Lasers

NSF Org:	CBET Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems
Initial Amendment Date:	August 28, 2002
Latest Amendment Date:	August 28, 2002
Award Number:	0210242
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Triantafillos J. Mountziaris CBET Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems ENG Directorate for Engineering
Start Date:	September 1, 2002
Expires:	April 30, 2004 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$100000
Investigator(s):	Cetin Cetinkaya cetin@clarkson.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Clarkson University 8 Clarkson Avenue Potsdam, NY 13699 315/268-6475
NSF Program(s):	PARTICULATE &MULTIPHASE PROCES, COMBUSTION, FIRE, & PLASMA SYS, THERMAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES
Field Application(s):	0308000 Industrial Technology
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, MANU, 9146, 1788, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	1415, 1407, 1406

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Proposal No. CTS-0210242

Title NER: Exploring the Limits of Nanoparticle removal by Pulsed Lasers



Principal Investigator: Cetinkaya, Cetin

Clarkson U.

A method for removal of nanoscale particles based on pulsed laser particle removal technology is being proposed. The novelty of the method is based on the removal process based on rotation and removal of the particle instead of the translation and removal. It is well established that removal through particle rotation would require a fraction of the force compared to removal by axial force. The PI proposes to develop a fundamental understanding for modeling the dry removal process of nanoparticles with pulsed lasers, to study the potential damage mechanisms and to determine techniques for avoiding damage in required fluences, to perform experiments to improve and confirm analytical models, and to determine a parameter space for an efficient, practical dry cleaning technique.

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