1. Nanostructured Materials Processing: Powders, Patterns & Pores 500nm Sundar V. Atre, Ph.D.

2. Research Overview Microfeatures Nanomaterials Applications ceramics, polymers, metals, composites channels, pillars, wellssensors, medical, energy storage, packaging

3. Cellulose Nanocrystals-CNXLs Top one-side plate Film Two-side plate Film Two-side plate Film Two-side plate Top Support Plate Bottom one-side plate Film Bottom Support Plate Fluid Collection Cap Diffusion Area CNXL composite membranes for improved selectivity and stiffness Goran Jovanovic John Simonsen Sweda Noorani US Patent 7955504 B1

4. Ceramic Nanoparticles: n-AlN Valmika Nathan Greg Purdy Grant Kim (Powder Technology –submitted; Powdermet 2010; NSTI Nanotech 2010)

5. AlN: Powder Injection Molding shape flow debind sinter powder final Powder Injection Molding International 2010; SME 2011; ABM 2011

6. AlN PIM: Sintering 1100 °C1300 °C1500 °C µ-n AlN Liquid phase formation was observed at 1500 °C n-Y 2 O 3 and n-AlN lead to liquid phase formation at lower temperatures (100 °C lower than prior reports) Nanorod formation was observed at 1100 °C for monomodal µ-AlN 500 °C µ-AlN 500 °C800 °C1100 °C Valmika Nathan

7. AlN PIM: Sintering Higher initial solids loading lead to lower shrinkage for bimodal sample (14±1%) than the conventional monomodal ones (>20%) (c) 1650 °C Ceramics International 2012 Valmika Nathan

8. Si 3 N 4 UAV Engines Juergen Lenz JOM, 2012 Higher fuel efficiency at higher operating temperature Light weight Smaller component size: better fit with process and materials

9. PIM of Si 3 N 4 Nanoparticles

10. Green Sintered PIM: BaTiO 3 Microwells Valmika Nathan Powder Injection Molding International 2011

11. Alternative: Green Micromachining Micromilling ab Laser Carl Wu Valmika Nathan Burak Ozdoganlar

12. Patterned Polymer Films Valmika Nathan Modified PVDF

13. Ceramic Nanoparticles: n-SiC Plasma Pressure Compaction dρρdρρ Work Master Sintering Curve Microstructure Armor Electronic Packages

14. n-SiC: Microstructure-Properties 1 μm Manish Bothara, T. S. Sudarshan, Seong-Jin Park, Rand German (Metallurgical & Materials Transactions, 2010, Science of Sintering 2011)

15. Pores: Anodization 200 nm A C B Negar Monfared ABM 2011

16. Pores: Nanorod Templates Negar Monfared PUSZ, 9 hr UV curing, 2 hr thermal curing at 600 ° C (1.2°C/min), pyrolysis at 1100°C (1.2°C/min) PUSZ, 5 minutes vacuum, 5 hr UV, no thermal curing, pyrolysis for 2 hr at 1100°C (5°C/min) Polyurea silazane (PUSZ) ABM 2012

17. Pores: Biosensors Nearly 5 Orders of Magnitude Increase In Performance Shalini Prasad

18. Hypothesis: Macromolecular Crowding 20 nm A C B D

19. Integrating Length Scales PAA functionalization: Langmuir 2011

20. Summary 500nm Nano-structured materials: particles, patterns, pores Integration with microsystems Material systems: polymers, metals, ceramics Applications: energy, healthcare, homeland security, packaging