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Ancient engineering : selective ceramic processing in the Middle Balsas Region of Guerrero, Mexico
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Previous experimental research into ancient pottery production has proven that potters can produce vessels with varying materials properties, such as thermal shock resistance and permeability. These properties are ...
Templated self-assembly of nanoporous alumina : pore formation and ordering mechanisms, methodologies, and applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), also known as porous alumina, is a self-ordered nanostructured material well-suited for use in electronic, magnetic, optical and biological applications due to its small pore size (4-200nm) ...
Transformation toughening of [gamma][prime]-strengthened metastable austenitic steels
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
Strategies for reducing energy demand in the materials sector
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This research answers a key question - can the materials sector reduce its energy demand by 50% by 2050? Five primary materials of steel, cement, aluminum, paper, and plastic, contribute to 50% or more of the final energy ...
Selective metal ion-capturing by striped nanoparticles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Nanomaterials have attracted lots of attention due to their tremendous potential in extensive fields, ranging from biology, physics, and chemistry to electronics, and also already proven their superior functionality to ...
Electrical studies of silicon and low K dielectric material
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Junction capacitance measurement is a well-established powerful characterization technique that allows one to explore electrical and physical properties of defects in bulk and interface of electronic materials. Capacitance-Voltage ...
M13 bacteriophage-enabled assembly of nanocomposites : synthesis and application in energy conversion devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Lack of energy supply and non-uniform distribution of traditional energy sources, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, have brought up tremendous social issues. To solve these issues, highly efficient energy conversion ...
Synthesis and sintering of nanocrystalline alumina and aluminum nitride
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
Polyelectrolyte multilayers incorporating photocrosslinking polymers for controlling 2- and 3-dimensional structure
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) assembly is a technology for building thin films with a number of useful and novel functionalities. PEMs interact favorably with proteins and other biomolecules making them potentially ...
Scanning probe microscopy with inherent disturbance suppression using micromechanical systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
All scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) are affected by disturbances, or mechanical noise, in their environments which can limit their imaging resolution. This thesis introduces a general approach for suppressing out-of-plane ...