Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine: Recent submissions
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Laminar Film Condensation on a Nanosphere
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)The present work investigates an analytical study on the problem of laminar film condensation on a nanosphere. Due to the microscale interaction, the problem is analyzed by taking into account the effects of slip in velocity ... -
PEDOT:PSS/SWCNTs as a Transparent Electrode for Organic Photovoltaic Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)We have fabricated a flexible organic solar cells, with an active layer of poly(3hexylthiophene) (P3HT) blended with Fullerene derivative [6,6]phenyl–C61–butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) which was deposited by spin ... -
Composite Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as Memory Devices and Logic Gates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)In this study, we propose a new nanocomputer component. We investigate the mechanics of a multiwalled carbon nanotube, comprising two symmetrically placed inner tubes and a moveable tube of radius intermediate to the larger ... -
Buckling Instability of Carbon Nanotube Atomic Force Microscope Probe Clamped in an Elastic Medium
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be used as atomic force microscope (AFM) probes due to their robust mechanical properties, high aspect ratio and small diameter. In this study, a model of CNTs clamped in an elastic medium is ... -
On the Oscillation Frequency of Ellipsoidal Fullerene–Carbon Nanotube Oscillators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)There are many new nanomechanical devices created based on carbon nanostructures among which gigahertz oscillators have generated considerable interest to many researchers. In the present paper, the oscillatory behavior ... -
Preferred Position and Orientation of Anticancer Drug Cisplatin During Encapsulation Into Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Cisplatin is one of the most widely prescribed chemotherapy drugs to treat different types of cancers. However, this anticancer drug has a number of side effects such as kidney and nerve damages, anaphylactic reactions, ... -
Driving Forces and Transportation Efficiency in Water Transportation Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Based on the concept of an energy pump, water transportation in a carbon nanotube (CNT) is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The influences of CNT pretwist angle, water mass, environmental ... -
Buckling and Vibration of Carbon Nanotubes Embedded in Polyethylene Polymers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The discovery of buckling instability and vibration of polyethylene (PE)/carbon nanotube (CNT) matrices is reported by molecular mechanics simulations. The buckling strains and the resonance ... -
Erratum: “Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Epoxy/MWCNT Nanocomposites—Effects of Acid Treatment, Pressured Curing, and Liquid Rubber” [ASME J. Nanotechnol. Eng. Med., 2012, 3(1), p. 011004]
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This article should have been included as the fourth article under the Special Section entitled “Simulation and Experimental Studies and Applications for Carbon Nanotubes and Graphenes in Engineering ... -
Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Effect of Nanoparticle Aggregation on Transport Properties of a Nanofluidn1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Effect of nanoparticle aggregation on the transport properties that include thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluids is studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Unlike many other MD ... -
MicroCT Imaging and In Vivo Temperature Elevations in Implanted Prostatic Tumors in Laser Photothermal Therapy Using Gold Nanorods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In this study, in vivo animal experiments are performed on implanted xenograph prostatic tumors in nude mice to investigate enhanced laser energy absorption in the tumors by an intratumoral ... -
Short-Pulse Laser-Based System for Detection of Tumors: Administration of Gold Nanoparticles Enhances Contrast
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the use of gold nanoparticles, which accumulate in tumors due to the leakiness of tumor vasculature, as contrast agents for enhanced imaging in ... -
Activation of Nanoflows for Fuel Cells
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Propagation of Rayleigh traveling waves from a gas on a nanotube surface activates a macroscopic flow of the gas (or gases) that depends critically on the atomic mass of the gas. Our molecular ... -
Nanotechnology Applications in Orthopedic Surgery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Nanotechnology applications in medicine are poised to revolutionize the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Researchers, scientists, and physicians across various disciplines and specialties ... -
Heat Transfer at Aluminum–Water Interfaces: Effect of Surface Roughness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In this paper, we studied the effect of microscopic surface roughness on heat transfer between aluminum and water by molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and macroscopic surface roughness on heat ... -
Prediction of the Temperature-Dependent Thermal Conductivity and Shear Viscosity for Rigid Water Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and shear viscosity of liquid water between 283 and 363 K are evaluated for eight rigid models with reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (RNEMD). ... -
Nanocarrier–Cell Surface Adhesive and Hydrodynamic Interactions: Ligand–Receptor Bond Sensitivity Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)A hybrid approach combining fluctuating hydrodynamics with generalized Langevin dynamics is employed to study the motion of a neutrally buoyant nanocarrier in an incompressible Newtonian stationary ... -
Natural Convective Boundary-Layer Flow Over a Vertical Cylinder Embedded in a Porous Medium Saturated With a Nanofluid
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In this paper, a boundary layer analysis is presented for the natural convection past a vertical cylinder in a porous medium saturated with a nanofluid. Numerical results for friction factor, ... -
Challenges for Engineers in Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Nanoengineering, using the smallest possible material conformations and related technology, is now being used to successfully address some of the world's greatest problems. New approaches for ... -
Gene Detection With Carbon Nanotubes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The potential of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as nanosensors in detection of genes through a vibration analysis is investigated with molecular dynamics. The carbon nanotube based nanosensor under ...