Browsing by Author "Clare McCabe"
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Roberts, Nicholas Adam (2010-07-30)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThermal rectification is a phenomenon in which thermal transport along a specific axis is dependent upon the sign of the temperature gradient or heat current. The need for thermally rectifying materials and devices is ...
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Klein, Christoph Thomas (2017-11-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringNanoscale devices featuring surfaces in sliding contact are found in applications ranging from biocompatible materials for joint replacement to the next generation of hard disk drive technologies. While several approaches ...
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Summers, Andrew Zachary (2019-01-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe lifetimes of micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), devices featuring both electronic and mechanical components with feature lengths on the micro- to nanoscale, are threatened by friction and wear, often ...