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Nanotruss Projects

Nanotruss Projects. Lauren Montemayor , Lucas Meza, Victoria Chernow , Wendy Gu. Design and fabrication of nanoscale truss structures for advanced energy applications. Lauren - lmont@caltech.edu. Fracture/Composites. Polymer. Metal. Composites: Strength of Polymer/Metal Bond

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Nanotruss Projects

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  1. Nanotruss Projects Lauren Montemayor, Lucas Meza, Victoria Chernow, Wendy Gu Design and fabrication of nanoscale truss structures for advanced energy applications

  2. Lauren - lmont@caltech.edu Fracture/Composites Polymer Metal • Composites: • Strength of Polymer/Metal Bond • Fracture Toughness • Dynamic Properties • Damping Effects • Wave Propagation Fracture Toughness: Lattice Structure (Stretching vs. Bending) Unit Cell Dimensions Metal microstructure

  3. Lucas - lmeza@caltech.edu Heat Transfer/Thermoelectrics • SURF Tasks: • Fabrication of nanotruss structures using DLW TPL • Measurement of thermal properties of structures • Investigation into potential thermoelectric materials Multilayered Truss Unit Cell 3D Kagome Lattice

  4. Victoria - vchernow@caltech.edu Solar Cells Nanotruss Fabrication Silver Thin Film Deposition Electroless plating or ALD Incorporation into PV device Electrodynamiccalculations Nanotruss Antireflective Coating Geometry optimization N-type Semiconductor P-N Junction P-type Semiconductor Malureanu, R. et al. J. Electrochem. Soc. 157, 12 (2010)

  5. Wendy - xgu@caltech.edu Si Truss Electrode for Li+ Batteries Li+ battery Lithiation of Si  400% volume change  mechanical stress Li+ Li+ Li+ Li+ Si Kasavajjula et al. (2007) Goal: create a zero net volume expansion electrode based on truss geometry Lithiation

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