Thermal conductivities of joints can be increased substantially.

A developmental method of increasing the thermal conductance of an adhesive joint in a composite-material structure (or between a composite-material structure and another structure) involves exploitation of the inherently large thermal conductances of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) along ...
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A report describes research on thin oxide films intended for use as variable-high-permittivity dielectrics in advanced tunable capacitors and on thin nitride films as starting materials for advanced high-electron- mobility transistors (HEMTs). In this research, a custom molecular-beam-epitaxy system was used to grow thin films of TiO2, SrTiO3...
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A document describes recent activities in a continuing effort to develop devices, based on biohybrid nanomembranes, that would perform diverse sensory functions. The term “biohybrid nanomembranes” signifies flexible organic/inorganic composite membranes, of the order of tens of nanometers thick, typically comprising polymeric outer supporting layers and wholly or partly ...
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Electro-textiles for connecting electronic devices might eventually be embedded in clothing.

Tests have been performed in an effort to gain understanding of electrical and mechanical properties of silver-coated nylon fibers subjected to stresses and strains and exposed to various environmental conditions. This effort is part of ...
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