Jianwen Xu

TL;DR: In this article, the dielectric properties of in-situ formed silver (Ag) incorporated carbon black (CB)/polymer composites were studied and the Coulomb blockade effect of the contained Ag nanoparticles, the well-known quantum effect of metal nanoparticles was found to have significant influences on the dielection properties of the nanocomposite system.

TL;DR: The results show that the microstructural characteristics must be optimized to achieve stable superhydrophobicity on microscale rough surfaces, however, the presence of nanoscale roughness allows a much broader range of surface design criteria, decreases the contact angle hysteresis to less than 1 degrees, and establishes stable and robust superhydphobicity.

TL;DR: In this article, a microelectronics compatible process for growing high-aspect-ratio CNT arrays with application to vertical electrical interconnects was described, where a lift-off process was used to pattern catalyst (Al2O3/Fe) islands to diameters of 13 or 20μm.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that electrowetting can greatly reduce the hydrophobicity of the aligned CNTs and may be invoked to controllably reduce the interfacial tension between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and polymer precursors when infiltrating the monomers into the prealigned nanotube films.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel aluminum-filled high dielectric constant composite for embedded passive applications is presented, which is based on the Ouchiyama-Tanaka model.