Developing electric aircraft presents significant technical challenges, including the need for thermal management to control battery temperature and prevent catastrophic failures caused by thermal runaway. During batt...
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Developing electric aircraft presents significant technical challenges, including the need for thermal management to control battery temperature and prevent catastrophic failures caused by thermal runaway. During battery discharge, heat is generated, which can lead to high temperatures and potential safety hazards. Phase-change materials (PCM) offer a potential solution by providing a high latent heat capacity, allowing them to store significant thermal energy during phase transitions. This characteristic helps slow down temperature rise and mitigate sudden temperature spikes. However, PCM’s low thermal conductivity poses a challenge, necessitating the integration of materials with higher thermal conductivity to enhance heat transfer. In this study, we use the level-set method to optimize the distribution of PCM and high thermal conductivity materials within an electric aircraft battery pack. We model the heat transfer process as an unsteady diffusion problem, incorporating PCM through the apparent heat capacity method. Using the finite element method, implemented with FEniCS, we solve for the temperature distribution at each time-step. Given the power requirements of an electric aircraft, heat generation from the batteries is predicted using the Doyle-Fuller-Newman model, a physics-based electrochemical model implemented using Py-BaMM. The optimization problem is solved with ParaLeSTO, an in-house topology optimization software written in C++ with a Python interface. Power requirements for the batteries are determined for different potential electric aircraft flights and high-energy density lithium-ion batteries, which are promising for electric aircraft, are used for the analysis. The study compares optimized designs incorporating PCM with reference designs with only PCM or only high thermal conductivity materials. This research aims to advance battery pack design using PCM for electric aircraft, contributing to improved thermal management in aerospace components
Chevrel phase compounds have attracted increasing attention as electrochemical energy storage materials and electro-catalysts. Benefiting from their unique crystal structure, Chevrel phase compounds can not only funct...
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Chevrel phase compounds have attracted increasing attention as electrochemical energy storage materials and electro-catalysts. Benefiting from their unique crystal structure, Chevrel phase compounds can not only function as the host structures for reversible intercalation of a broad range of cations, but also exhibit high catalytic activity in electrochemical reduction reactions. Here we provide an overview of recent progress in the development of Chevrel phase materials including new understanding of structural features, synthetic methods, and electrochemical properties. A brief conclusion and perspectives on the future development of Chevrel phase materials are also provided.
Heusler alloys combined with MgO interfaces exhibit interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, making them attractive forenergy-efficient spintronic technologies. However, finding suitable Heusler/MgO heterostruct...
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Heusler alloys combined with MgO interfaces exhibit interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, making them attractive forenergy-efficient spintronic technologies. However, finding suitable Heusler/MgO heterostructures with desired properties ischallenging due to the vast range of compositions available and the complexity of interfacial structures, particularly for theemerging quaternary Heusler compounds. In this study, we report a high-throughput screening of quaternary-Heusler/MgOheterostructures for spintronic applications. By analyzing various materials descriptors, including formation energy, convex hulldistance, magnetic ordering, lattice misfit, magnetic anisotropy constant, tunnel magnetoresistance, Curie temperature, and atomicsite disordering, we identified 5 promising compounds out of 27,000 quaternary Heusler compounds. These compounds, namelyIrCrAlTi, IrCrGaTi, IrMnZnTi, OsCrAlTa, and TaGaOsCr, show potential for designing energy-efficient perpendicular magnetic tunneljunctions. This work demonstrates an efficient approach using open quantum materials repositories, effective materials descriptors,and high-throughput computational techniques to accelerate the discovery of quaternary-Heusler-based functional materials.
Colorimetric biosensors based on gold nanoparticle (AuNP) aggregation are often challenged by matrix interference in biofluids, poor specificity, and limited utility with clinical samples. Here, we propose a peptide-d...
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Colorimetric biosensors based on gold nanoparticle (AuNP) aggregation are often challenged by matrix interference in biofluids, poor specificity, and limited utility with clinical samples. Here, we propose a peptide-driven nanoscale disassembly approach, where AuNP aggregates induced by electrostatic attractions are dissociated in response to proteolytic cleavage. Initially, citrate-coated AuNPs were assembled via a short cationic peptide (RRK) and characterized by experiments and simulations. The dissociation peptides were then used to reversibly dissociate the AuNP aggregates as a function of target protease detection, i.e., main protease (Mpro), a biomarker for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The dissociation propensity depends on peptide length, hydrophilicity, charge, and ligand architecture. Finally, our dissociation strategy provides a rapid and distinct optical signal through Mpro cleavage with a detection limit of 12.3 nM in saliva. Our dissociation peptide effectively dissociates plasmonic assemblies in diverse matrices including 100% human saliva, urine, plasma, and seawater, as well as other types of plasmonic nanoparticles such as silver. Our peptide-enabled dissociation platform provides a simple, matrix-insensitive, and versatile method for protease sensing.
Rechargeable batteries based on multivalent metal anodes including earth-abundant magnesium(Mg),calcium(Ca),zinc(Zn),and aluminum(Al)are potential new“beyond lithium(Li)”electrochemical energy storage technologies f...
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Rechargeable batteries based on multivalent metal anodes including earth-abundant magnesium(Mg),calcium(Ca),zinc(Zn),and aluminum(Al)are potential new“beyond lithium(Li)”electrochemical energy storage technologies for large-scale energy storage *** multivalent elements are more earth abundant,and therefore promising candidates for reducing global dependence on Li for our growing energy storage *** the seminal work by Aurbach and coworkers[1]demonstrating the first prototype rechargeable Mg batteries,tremendous efforts have been made to the research and development of rechargeable multivalent-ion batteries.
Point-of-care sensors are pivotal for early disease diagnosis,significantly advancing global *** plasmons,the collective oscillations of free electrons under electromagnetic excitation,have been widely studied for bio...
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Point-of-care sensors are pivotal for early disease diagnosis,significantly advancing global *** plasmons,the collective oscillations of free electrons under electromagnetic excitation,have been widely studied for biosensing due to their electromagnetic field enhancements at sub-wavelength *** introduce a plasmonic biosensor on a compact photonic integrated circuit(PIC)enhanced by exceptional points(EPs).EPs,singularities in non-Hermitian optical systems,provide extreme sensitivity to external *** emerge when two or more complex resonating modes merge into a single degenerate *** demonstrate an EP in a single coupled nanoantenna particle positioned in a uniquely designed silicon nitride slot-waveguide,which we call a *** laterally shifting two optically coupled gold nanobars of different lengths,we achieve a single particle *** junction-waveguide enables efficient coupling of the plasmonic nanoantenna to the waveguide *** system integrates a four-port Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI),allowing for simultaneous measurements of the amplitude and phase of EP,facilitating highly accurate real-time eigenvalue *** biosensing,we encapsulated the detection zone with a microchannel,enabling low-volume and simple sample *** single particle integrated EP sensor demonstrates superior sensitivity compared to the corresponding linear diabolic point(DP)system under both local and bulk sensing schemes,even at large *** studies revealed that the integrated EP sensor can detect a single molecule captured by the nanobars with the average size ranging from 10 to 100 *** proposed EP biosensor,with its extreme sensitivity,compact form,and real-time phase sensing capabilities,provides an approach for detecting and quantifying various biomarkers such as proteins and nucleic acids,offering a unique platform for early disease diagnosis.
To widen the applications, cationic cellulose beads were synthesized by adding glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride (GTAC) to cellulose fibers dissolved in a mixture of tetraethylammonium hydroxide and urea at room temp...
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