Keith A. Brown

TL;DR: A multilayer graphene coating method is used to create multifunctional massively parallel probe arrays that have wear-resistant tips of uncompromised sharpness and high electrical and thermal conductivities.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method of making a graphene coated tip can include immersing a tip in a fluid comprising a graphene film floating on a surface of the fluid over the tip, disposing the immersed tip at an angle relative to the graphene film, and coating the tip with the film by gradually bringing the film into contact with the tip while maintaining the relative angle between the floating portion of the film and the tip during coating.

TL;DR: This work addresses a major challenge in synthesizing optical metamaterials based upon noble metal nanoparticles by enabling the crystallization of large nanoparticles (100 nm diameter) at high volume fractions (34% metal).

TL;DR: A Monte Carlo--based approach is proposed to address the hurdle in the context of both the batch and nested-batch problems, and empirically demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.

TL;DR: This work presents an approach for quantifying nanoparticle adsorption thermodynamics in a manner that satisfies the assumptions of the Langmuir model and finds that polyvalency plays a more important role as the individual interactions become weaker.