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Award Abstract #0210850
NIRT: Manufacturing of Novel Continuous Nanocrystalline Ceramic Nanofibers with Superior Mechanical Properties
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CMMI
Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
July 11, 2002 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
July 27, 2007 |
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| Award Number: |
0210850 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
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| Program Manager: |
Shaochen Chen
CMMI Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation
ENG Directorate for Engineering
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| Start Date: |
August 1, 2002 |
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| Expires: |
July 31, 2008 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$1095200 |
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| Investigator(s): |
Yuris Dzenis ydzenis1@unl.edu (Principal Investigator)
Xiao Cheng Zeng (Co-Principal Investigator)
Gustavo Larsen (Co-Principal Investigator)
Joseph Turner (Co-Principal Investigator)
Ruqiang Feng (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
312 N 14TH STREET
LINCOLN, NE 68588 402/472-1825
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| NSF Program(s): |
EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES,
WESTERN EUROPE PROGRAM,
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE PROGR,
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC PROGRAM,
CERAMICS,
NANOSCALE: INTRDISCPL RESRCH T
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| Field Application(s): |
0308000 Industrial Technology
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
MANU, 9200, 9150, 9146, 5936, 5920, 5918, 5914, 1788, 1682
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| Program Element Code(s): |
9150, 5980, 5979, 5978, 1774, 1674
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ABSTRACT
This proposal was received in response to Nanoscale Science and Engineering initiative, NSF 01-157, category NIRT. Nanostructured materials (NSMs) with unusual and extreme properties will play a key role in many emerging technologies. However, manufacturing of NSMs with the desired properties is highly complex and currently is over-reliant on empirical data. In this proposal, a novel manufacturing process producing a new class of ceramic materials, i.e. continuous ceramic nanofibers, will be addressed. The novel sol-gel electrospinning technique (U.S. patent pending), invented recently by two of the PI's (Dzenis and Larsen), produces ceramic fibers of submicron diameters with potentially extreme thermomechanical properties. This technique will be analyzed and optimized for the production of nanocrystalline ceramic nanofibers with superior mechanical properties, based on a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research effort. The research team will develop an efficient and robust computational methodology for simulating realistic nanocrystalline nanofibers and their mechanical response at finite temperatures. A novel atomistic-continuum modeling approach based on a hybrid Monte-Carlo finite element technique will be developed and used. The models will be applied to design strong nanofibers by predicting the effects of the chemical composition and atomic structures of grain boundaries and defects on mechanical properties. The results will be used to develop chemistry and to direct manufacturing of strong nanocrystalline nanofibers. The achievement of the enhanced mechanical properties of the resulting nanofibers will be demonstrated experimentally utilizing novel mechanical characterization techniques based on scanning probe microscopy.
As a result of this research, the new nanomanufacturing method will be further developed based on the atomistic-continuum modeling. New nanocrystalline ceramic nanofibers with superior mechanical properties will be produced. The combined manufacturing and model-based optimization will allow the mechanical properties of the nanofibers to be tailored to specific needs of the end user. This general, modeling-driven approach will be applicable to other nanomanufacturing processes and nanomaterials. This technology will be a significant part of future nanotechnology efforts. This research program will impact other key areas of nanotechnology where radical improvement of mechanical properties is critical, e.g., nanostructured membranes for ultrafiltration and other separation processes, nanoreinforcing elements for nanocomposites, supports for nanostructured catalysts, and many others. A multidisciplinary education plan will include development of interdisciplinary graduate courses on materials synthesis technology, computational materials science, and nanoscale materials characterization. Graduate and undergraduate research assistants will work within the various research groups on computational and experimental aspects of the research. Planned interactions with researchers at national laboratories will provide graduate and undergraduate students with additional educational exposure.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
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A. Caron, U. Rabe, M. Reinstädtler, J. A. Turner, W. Arnold. "Imaging of in-plane surface properties using lateral bending modes of AFM cantilevers," Applied Physics Letters, v.85, 2004, p. 6398.
B. Kiran, S. Bulusu, H.-J. Zhai, S. Yoo, X.C. Zeng, and L.-S. Wang. "Planar-to-tubular structural transition in boron clusters: B20 as the embryo of single-walled boron nanotubes," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, v.102, 2005, p. 961.
Chiew, S.Y., Wen, Y., Dzenis, Y., and Leong, K.W.. "The Role of Electrospinning in the Emerging Field of Nanomedicine," Current Pharmaceutical Design, v.12, 2006, p. 4751.
D. C. Hurley and J. A. Turner. "Relative humidity effects on the determination of elastic properties by atomic force acoustic microscopy," Journal of Applied Physics, v.95, 2004, p. 2403.
D. C. Hurley, K. Shen, N. M. Jennett, and J. A. Turner. "Quantitative atomic force acoustic microscopy methods to determine thin-film elastic properties," Journal of Applied Physics, v.94, 2003, p. 2347.
D. Zhang, M.S. Wu, and R. Feng. "Micromechanical investigation of heterogeneous microplasticity in ceramics deformed under high confining stresses," Mech. Mater., v.37, 2005, p. 95.
D.C. Hurley and Joseph A. Turner. "Measurement of Poisson?s ratio with contact-resonance atomic force microscopy8," J Appl Phys, v.102, 2007, p. 033509.
D.J. Diestler, H. Zhou, R. Feng, and X.C. Zeng. "Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of multiscale processes in heterogeneous materials: A self-consistent-field approach," J. Chem. Phys, v.125, 2006, p. 064705.
D.J. Diestler, Z.-B. Wu, and X.C. Zeng. "An extension of the quasicontinuum treatment of multiscale solid systems to nonzero temperature," J. Chem. Phys., v.121, 2004, p. 9279.
Dzenis, Y.. "Structural Nanocomposites," Science, v.319, 2008, p. 419.
G. Larsen and M. Skotak. "Co-solvent mediated fiber diameter and fiber morphology control in electrospinning of sol?gel formulations," J. Non-Cryst.Solids, v.354, 2008, p. 5547.
G. Larsen, R. Spretz and R. Velarde-Ortiz. "Templating of inorganic and organic solids with electrospun fibres for the synthesis of large-pore materials with near-cylindrical pores," Journal of Materials Chemistry, v.14, 2004, p. 1533.
G. Larsen, R. Spretz and R. Velarde-Ortiz. "Use of Coaxial Gas Jackets to Stabilize Taylor Cones of Volatile Solutions and to Induce Particle-to-Fiber Transitions," Advanced Materials, v.16, 2004, p. 166.
G. Larsen, R. V.-Ortiz, K. Minchow, A. Barrero and I. G. Loscertales. "A Method for Making Inorganic and Hybrid (Organic/Inorganic) Fibers and Vesicles in the Micrometer and Sub-Micrometer Range via Sol-Gel Chemistry and Electrically Forced Liquid Jets," Journal of the American Chemical Society, v.125, 2003, p. 1154.
Gustavo Larsen, Sandra Noriega, Rub?n Spretz and Raffet Velarde-Ortiz. "Electrohydrodynamics and Hierarchical Structure Control: Submicron-thick Silica Ribbons with an Ordered Hexagonal Mesoporous Structure," Journal of Materials Chemistry, v.14, 2004, p. 2372.
H. Zhou, R. Feng, D.J. Diestler, and X.C. Zeng. "Coarse-grained free-energy-functional treatment of quasistatic multi-scale processes in heterogeneous materials," J. Chem. Phys, v.123, 2005, p. 164109.
I. G. Loscertales, ; R.
Velarde-Ortiz, J. F. Navarro, M. A. Jimenez, A.
Barrero, G. Larsen, and M. Marquez. "Making inorganic hollow vesicles in the micro- and
submicro- regimes via compound-electrospray and
sol-gel chemistry," J. Aerosol Sci., v.34, 2003, p. 493.
I. G. Loscertales, A. Barrero, R. Spretz, R. Velarde-Ortiz, and G. Larsen. "Electrically Forced Coaxial Nanojets for One-Step Hollow Nanofiber Design," Journal of the American Chemical Society, v.126, 2004, p. 5376.
J. A. Turner. "Nonlinear vibrations of a beam with cantilever-Hertzian contact boundary conditions," Journal of Sound and Vibration, v.275, 2004, p. 177.
J. A. Turner and D. C. Hurley. "Ultrasonic methods in contact atomic force microscopy," Instrumentation, Mesure, Métrologie, v.3, 2003, p. 117.
J. Bai and X.C. Zeng. "Silicon Based Half Metal: Metal Encapsulated Silicon Nanotube," Nano, v.2, 2007, p. 109.
J. Bai, J. Wang, and X.C. Zeng. "Multiwalled ice helixes and ice nanotubes," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, v.103, 2006, p. 19664.
J. Wang, S. Yoo, J. Bai, J.R. Morris, and X.C. Zeng. "Melting temperature of Ice Ih calculated from coexisting solid-liquid phases," J. Chem. Phys, v.123, 2005, p. 036101.
J. Wang, Y.W. Tang, and X.C. Zeng. "Solid-Liquid Interfacial Free Energy of Water: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study," J. Chem. Theory Computation, v.3, 2007, p. 1494.
J. Zhao, J.L. Wang, J. Jellinek, S. Yoo and X.C. Zeng. "Stuffed fullerene structures for medium-sized silicon clusters," Euro J. Phys. D, v.34, 2005, p. 35.
Jaeil Bai, X.C. Zeng, H. Tanaka, J.Y. Zeng. "Metallic single-walled silicon nanotubes," The Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA, v.101, 2003, p. 2664.
K. Shen, D. C. Hurley, and J. A. Turner. "Dynamic behavior of dagger-shaped atomic force microscope cantilevers," Nanotechnology, v.15, 2004, p. 1582.
K.S. Zhang, M.S. Wu, and R. Feng. "Simulation of microplasticity-induced deformation in uniaxially strained ceramics by 3-D Voronoi polycrystal modeling," Int. J. Plasticity, v.21, 2005, p. 801.
L.G. Rosaa, J. Xiao, Y.B. Losovyj, Y. Gao, I.N. Yakovkin, X.C. Zeng, and P.A. Dowben. "Single crystal ice grown on the surface of the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride) (70%) and trifluoroethylene (30%)," J. Am. Chem. Soc, v.127, 2005, p. 17261.
Liu, L. and Dzenis, Y.A.. "Analysis of the Effects of Residual Charge and Gap Size on Electrospun Nanofiber Alignment in Gap Method," Nanotechnology, v.19, 2008, p. 355307.
M. Reinstädler, U. Rabe, V. Scherer, J. A. Turner, and W. Arnold. "Imaging of flexural and torsional resonance modes of atomic force microscopy cantilevers using optical interferometry," Surface Science, v.532, 2003, p. 1152.
M. Skotak, G. Larsen. "Solution chemistry control to make well defined submicron continuous fibres by electrospinning: the (CH3CH2CH2O)4Ti/AcOH/poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) system," J. Mater. Chem, v.16, 2006, p. 3031.
M. Skotak, G. Larsen. "Titania/polyvinylpyrrolidone composite fibers via electrohydrodynamic route: control of sol-gel chemistry enables long-term processability and high quality material production," Polymer Preprints, v.47(2), 2006, p. 959.
Naragi, M., Chasiotis, I., Kahn, H., Wen, Y., Dzenis, Y.. "Novel Method of Mechanical Characterization of Polymeric Nanofibers," Review of Scientific Instruments, v.78, 2007, p. 085108.
Naragi, M., Chasiotis, I., Kahn, H., Wen, Y., Dzenis, Y.. "Mechanical Deformation and Failure of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers as a Function of Strain Rate," Applied Physics Letters, v.91, 2007, p. 151901.
P. A. Yuya, D. C. Hurley, and Joseph A. Turner. "Contact-resonance atomic force microscopy for viscoelasticity6," J. Appl. Phys, v.104, 2008, p. 074916.
P. Yuya, Y. Wen, J. Turner, Y. Dzenis, Z. Li. "Determination of Young's modulus of individual electrospun nanofibers by microcantilever vibration method," Applied Physics Letters, v.90, 2007, p. 111909.
Ritchie, R.O.; and Dzenis, Y.. "The Quest for Stronger, Tougher Materials," Science, v.320, 2008, p. 448.
S. Bulusu, S. Yoo, and X.C. Zeng. "Search for global minimum geometries for medium sized germanium clusters: Ge12-Ge20," J. Chem. Phys., v.122, 2005, p. 164305.
S. Yoo and X.C. Zeng. "Motif transition in growth pattern of small-to-medium sized silicon clusters," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, v.44, 2005, p. 1491.
Saltuk B. Aksu and Joseph A. Turner. "Calibration of atomic force microscope cantilevers using piezolevers7," Rev. Sci. Instrum, v.78, 2007, p. 043704.
Soohaeng Yoo, X.C. Zeng, X. Zhu, Jaeil Bai. "Possible Lowest-Energy Geometry of Silicon Clusters Si21 and Si25," Journal of American Chemical Society (communication), v.125, 2003, p. 13318.
T. Koishi, K. Yasuoka, T. Ebisuzaki, S. Yoo, and X.C. Zeng,. "Large-scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Nanoscale Hydrophobic Interaction and Nanobubble Formation," J. Chem. Phys, v.123, 2005, p. 204707.
T.V. Bykov and X.C. Zeng. "Homogeneous nucleation at high supersaturation and heterogeneous nucleation on microscopic wettable particles: A hybrid thermodynamic/density-functional theory," J. Chem. Phys, v.125, 2006, p. 144515.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Phase-Field Modeling of the Formation of Lamellar Nanostructures in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films under Planar Electric Fields," Physical Review E, v.77, 2008, p. 031807.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Size Effect in Polymer Nanofibers Under Tension," Journal of Applied Physics, v.102, 2007, p. 044306.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Elasticity of Planar Fiber Networks," Journal of Applied Physics, v.98, 2005, p. 093501.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Experimental determination of probabilistic edge-delamination strength of a graphite-fiber/epoxy composite," Composite Structures, v.70, 2005, p. 100.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Determination of dynamic delamination toughness of a graphite-fiber/epoxy composite using Hopkinson pressure bar," Polymer Composites, v.26, 2005, p. 165.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Guided Self-Assembly of Diblock Copolymer Thin Films on Chemically Patterned Substrates," Journal of Chemical Physics, v.125, 2006, p. 174707.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Antiplane surface acoustic waves (SAWs) propagating in elastic half-space coated with an anisotropic laminate," Composites Science and Technology, v.65, 2005, p. 1761.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Droplet on a Fiber: Geometrical Shape and Contact Angle," Acta Mechanica, v.185, 2006, p. 215.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Electrohydrodynamic instability of thin conductive liquid films," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, v.38, 2005, p. 2848.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Collapse Analysis of Nanofibers," Nanotechnology, v.18, 2007, p. 285702.
Wu, X. and Dzenis, Y.. "Adhesive Contacts in Filaments," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, v.40, 2007, p. 4276.
Wu, X., Ghoshal,G., Kartashov, M., Aslan, Z., Turner, J. and Dzenis, Y.. "Experimental Characterization of the Impact-Damage Tolerance of a Cross-Ply Graphite-Fiber/Epoxy Laminate," Polymer Composites, v.29, 2008, p. 534.
Wu, X.-F., Kostogorova, Y.Y., Goponenko, A.V., Hou, H., and Dzenis, Y.A. "Rippling of Polymer Nanofibers," Physical Review E, v.78, 2008, p. 061804.
X. Wu, Y. Dzenis. "Wave propagatio in nanofibers," Journal of Applied Physics, v.100, 2006, p. 124318.
X. Wu, Z. Xu, and X.C. Zeng. "Single-walled MoTe2 nanotubes," Nano Lett, v.7, 2007, p. 2987.
X.H. Zhang, X. Zhang, J. Sun, Z. Zhang, G. Li, H. Fang, X. Xiao, X.C. Zeng, and J. Hu. "Detection of Novel States at the Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite-Water Interface," Langmuir, v.23, 2007, p. 1778.
Y. Dzenis. "Spinning Continuous Fibers for Nanotechnology," Science, v.304, 2004, p. 1917-1919.
Y. Gao and X.C. Zeng. "Au42: An Alternative Icosahedral Golden Fullerene Cage," J. Am. Chem. Soc., v.127, 2005, p. 3698.
Y. Koyama, H. Tanaka, G. Gao, and X.C. Zeng. "Melting points and thermal expansivities of proton-disordered hexagonal ice with several model potentials," J. Chem. Phys, v.121, 2004, p. 7926.
Y.A. Lei, T. Bykov, S. Yoo, and X.C. Zeng. "The Tolman Length: Is it Positive or Negative?," J. Am. Chem. Soc, v.127, 2005, p. 15346.
Z.-B. Wu, D.J. Diestler, and X.C. Zeng. "Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of thin-film lubrication. II," J. Chem. Phys., v.121, 2004, p. 8029.
Z.-B. Wu, D.J. Diestler, and X.C. Zeng. "Multiscale treatment of thin-film lubrication," Mol. Simulation, v.31, 2005, p. 811.
Z.-B. Wu, D.J. Diestler, R. Feng, and X.C. Zeng. "Hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment of thin-film lubrication," J. Chem. Phys., v.120, 2004, p. 6744.
Z.-B. Wu, D.J. Diestler, R. Feng, and X.C. Zeng. "Coarse-graining description of solid systems at nonzero temperature," J. Chem. Phys., v.119, 2003, p. 8013.
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