Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA, USA

Nano-Impact

Jonathan P. Rothstein and Mark Tuominen

Making a Better Bulletproof Vest

• A group of researchers at Univ. Del. have impregnated Kevlar vests with a nanoparticle colloidal suspension resulting in a dramatic improvement in projectile impact.

• The addition of a very small amount of fluid increased performance equivalent to doubling the number of Kevlar sheets while not changing flexibility of fabric. Why?

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Kevlar Kevlar & Nanoparticle Suspension

Making a Better Bulletproof Vest

• A group of researchers at Univ. Del. have impregnated Kevlar vests with a nanoparticle colloidal suspension resulting in a dramatic improvement in projectile impact.

• The addition of a very small amount of fluid increased performance equivalent to doubling the number of Kevlar sheets while not changing flexibility of fabric. Why?

Kevlar Kevlar & Nanoparticle Suspension

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Nanoparticle Suspensions

• The nanoparticle (d = 13nm) suspensions are shear thickening – the faster you shear or stretch them more viscous (thick) they become.

• The dramatic increase in viscosity dissipates energy as the Kevlar fibers are pulled out by the impact of the bullets. 0.1 1 10 100 1000

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Why Size Matters

• For large particles the fluid remains Newtonian like air or water below 30wt%• Above 30% interactions between and collisions of particles result shear thickening and elastic effects – particles

interact to form large aggregate structures• For nanoparticles, the effect of nanoparticle addition can be observed at concentrations closer to 1wt% - why?

• Surface area increases with reduced particle size resulting in enhanced interparticle interactions• At same volume fraction smaller particles are packed closer together – electrostatic interactions are stronger

and diffusion is faster so they interact more frequently.

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Copying Nature – Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Surfaces• The leaves of the lotus plant are superhydrophobic – water beads up on the surface of the plant and moves freely with almost no resistance making the leaves self-cleaning.

• The surface of the lotus leaf has 10m sized bumps which are coated by 1nm sized waxy crystals which make the surface extremely hydrophobic - repel water.

• The water does not wet the entire surface of the leaf, but only the tops of the large scale roughness.

• Synthetic superhydrophobic surfaces have designed to produce stain-resistant clothing and coatings for buildings and windows to make them self-cleaning.

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Drop Motion on a Superhydrophobic Surfaces

• Droplets don’t wet, but roll down superhydrophobic surfaces.

• Water-based stains don’t adsorb.

• Dirt is picked up by rolling drop as it moves.

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Using Superhydrophobic Surfaces to Reduce Drag

• We are currently using superhydrophobic surfaces to develop a passive, inexpensive technique that can generate drag reduction in both laminar and turbulent flows.

• This technology could have a significant impact on applications from microfluidics and nanofluidics to submarines and surface ships.

• How does it work? The water touches only the tops of the post and a shear-free air-water interfaces is supported – effectively reducing the surface area.

• Currently capable of reducing drag by over 70% in both laminar and turbulent flows!

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Can These Surfaces Have a Real Impact?

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• Current Energy Resources – Fossil Fuels

• Increasing scarcity

• Increasing cost

• Dangerous to maintain security

• Ocean-going vessels accounted for 72% of all U.S. imports in 2006

• Technology could be employed to make ships more efficient or faster

• Friction drag accounts for 90% of total drag experienced by a slow moving vessel

• A 25% reduction in friction drag on a typical Suezmax Crude Carrier could…

• Save $5,500 USD / day in #6 fuel oil

• Prevent 43 metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere each day

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Why Size Matters

• To support larger and larger pressures and pressure drops, the spacing of the roughness on the ultrahydrophobic surfaces must be reduced into the nanoscale.

• Currently developing processing techniques for large area nanofabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces with precise patterns of surface roughness.

→ Roll-to-roll nano-imprint lithography – a cutting edge tool.

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Why Roll-to-Roll Nanoimprint Lithography

• Roll-to-roll technology will enable fabrication of nanostructured materials and devices by a simple, rapid, high volume, cost-effective platform.

• Current cost of nanofabrication is $25,000/m2

• This technology capable of pushing it to $25/m2

• Will help address many of the challenges facing society.

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Challenges facing society

• Water• Energy• Health• Sustainable development• Environment• Knowledge• Economy

Global Grand Challenges

2008 NAE Grand Challenges

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Top Program Areas of the NNI for 2011

1. Fundamental nanoscale phenomena and processes

2. Nanomaterials3. Nanoscale devices and systems4. Instrumentation research, metrology, and

standards5. Nanomanufacturing6. Major research facilities and instrumentation7. Environment, health and safety8. Education and societal dimensions

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Important Strides in Nano Environmental, Health and Safety

NIOSH: "Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology" - Emphasizing effective control banding- Now an ISO standard

NIH: Nano Health Enterprise InitiativeDuPont/EDF: Nano Risk FrameworkACS: Lab Safety Guidelines For Handling NanomaterialsLockheed-Martin: Enterprise-wide Procedure for Environmental, Safety and Health Management of Nanomaterials

NSF Centers Dedicated to Nano EHS• University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology• Duke Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT)• Rice University Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology• Components within other centers

Other Federal EHS Activities• National Institute for Environmental Health Science• NIH Nanomaterials Characterization Laboratory• NIOSH• EPA• FDA

Industrial EHS Testing

Standards: ISO TC 229

• Terminology and Nomenclature• Measurement• Safety• Materials Specifications

Nanomanufacturing - the essential link between laboratory innovations and nanotechnology products.

Nanomanufacturing

• Processes must work at a commercially relevant scale• Cost is a key factor• Must be reproducible and reliable• EHS under control• Nanomanufacturing includes top-down and bottom-up techniques, and integration of both• Must form part of a value chain

• CNT-based transparent conducting electrodes - replaces indium tin oxide for displays and solar cells

• Synthetic processes of monodisperse nanoparticles with designer surface ligands - impacts many applications

• Block copolymer nanoscale patterning - utilization of molecular self-assembly for magnetic data storage and other applications

• Self-alignment processes - utilizes natural interactions for nanoscale integration; enabling roll-to-roll processing

Past 10 years: Major Accomplishments in Synthesis, Assembly and Processing (Nanomanufacturing)

• Scalable processes for carbon nanotubes and graphene - impacts many applications

• Plasmonic lithography - produce smaller critical dimensions by beating far-field diffraction limitations

• Use of bulk metallic glass materials for nanoscale molding - masters for nanoimprint lithography; curved surfaces

Past 10 years: Major Accomplishments in Synthesis, Assembly and Processing (Nanomanufacturing) -- cont.

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Nanomanufacturing Enterprise

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To create nanomanufacturing excellence, we must attend to all parts of the value chain.

Nanomanufacturing Stakeholders

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Four NSF Nanomanufacturing Research Centers

– Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM) - UMass Amherst/UPR/MHC/Binghamton

– Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing (CHN) - Northeastern/UMass Lowell/UNH

– Center for Scalable and Integrated Nanomanufacturing (SINAM) - UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD/Stanford/UNC Charlotte

– Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS) - UIUC/CalTech/NC A&T

An open access network for the advancement of nanomanufacturing R&D and education

– Cooperative activities (real-space)

– Informatics (cyber-space)

Mission: A catalyst -- to support and develop communities of practice in nanomanufacturing.

www.nanomanufacturing.org

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Nanoinformatics

• Nanotechnology meets Information Technology

• The development of effective mechanisms for collecting, sharing, visualizing, modeling and analyzing data and information relevant to the nanoscale science and engineering community.

• The utilization of information and communication technologies that help to launch and support efficient communities of practice.

The Medici Effect at Work:Interdisciplinary Teamwork

in Nanotechnology

• Physics• Chemistry• Biology• Materials Science• Polymer Science• Electrical Engineering• Chemical Engineering• Mechanical Engineering• Medicine• And others

• Electronics• Materials• Health/Biotech• Chemical• Environmental• Energy• Food• Aerospace• Automotive• Security• Forest products

Nano-informatics: Some Major Nanotech Research Communities

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Modeling & Simulation

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Health & Life Sciences

Metrology

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Education

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"The Cathedral and the Bazaar" (Eric S. Raymond)

The open source movement:

• The power of peer production by a large group with diverse agendas, expertise and perspectives

• Yet an appropriate degree of editorial control (a filter) by an expert body of authority ensures quality control

"Connect and Develop" (P&G)

Open Innovation via a distributed network

• Printed Pringles and other examples