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Current Projects


Hybrids of Biological Molecules and Carbon Nanotubes

       

DNA-CNT structure

Peeling DNA from graphite

Surfactant Exchange DNA-SWCNT

Entry Mechanism in HUVEC Cells
       

Biomimetic Architectures for Surface Mechanical Properties

Selectivity and Recognition in Adhesion

Shape Complementarity

Charge Complementarity

Film-Terminated Fibrillar Architecture      

Motivation, fabrication, experiments
Adhesion
Rate effect on adhesion
Adhesion under water      
Friction

Self-collapsed structures

Mechanical Properties of Soft Materials


Tuning adhesion using rippled surfaces
Active Control of Adhesion


Older work

   Sintering and Compaction of Powder Packings
   Computational Fracture Mechanics
   Mechanical Properties of Laminated Glass
   Stress Measurement in Films
   Deposition of CNT on Surfaces
   CNT-based sensor

   Some Movies