Nanotechnology studied in heat transfer
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $7 million grant to a University of Michigan-led team to apply nanotechnology to problems involved in heat transfer.
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"The processes by which heat is transferred at interfaces between different materials are poorly understood," said Assistant Professor Kevin Pipe, who is leading the study for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. "But in many systems, the ability to either efficiently transfer or block heat flow from one material to another is critically important to performance and reliability."
The research group includes nine scientists and engineers from the University of Michigan, Brown University and the University of California-Santa Cruz.
Pipe said his group will use ultrafast lasers in a special X-ray technique developed by University of Michigan Associate Professor David Reis that allows researchers to watch the vibrations of the atoms that carry heat energy across an interface.
Using nanotechnology, Pipe and his colleagues will re-engineer the surfaces of materials to regulate the flow of heat.
In addition to Pipe, the team includes Professors Rachel Goldman, Roberto Merlin, Humphrey Maris, Arto Nurmikko and John Kieffer; Assistant Professor Max Shtein; and Associate Professors David Reis and Ali Shakouri.
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n-Surf Image Processor - Free evaluation
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n-Surf is a new generation of software for analyzing and processing of images of surfaces obtained by Scanning Probe or Atomic Force Microscopes (SPM/AFMs).
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n-Surf Image Processor.
n-Surf is a new generation of software for analyzing and processing of images of surfaces obtained by Scanning Probe or Atomic Force Microscopes (SPM/AFMs). This application was developed for high-quality visualization and easy processing of all types of images. To date, support for Veeco/DI, NT-MDT and MPRI files has been implemented.
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