Heat Transfer Enhancement in Tree-Structured Polymer Linked Gold Nanoparticle Networks

X Wei, R Hernandez - The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human brains use a tree-like neuron network for information processing at high efficiency
and low energy consumption. Tree-like structures have also been engineered to enhance …

Electric potential of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles is affected by poly (allylamine hydrochloride) and salt concentration

X Wei, A Popov, R Hernandez - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The structure near polyelectrolyte-coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is of significant
interest because of the increased use of AuNPs in technological applications and the …

Thermal transport through polymer-linked gold nanoparticles

X Wei, E Harazinska, Y Zhao, Y Zhuang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer–nanoparticle networks have potential applications in molecular electronics and
nanophononics. In this work, we use all-atom molecular dynamics to reveal the fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Computational materials discovery

J Roberts, E Zurek - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Tremendous advances in first-principles program packages, spectacular speed-ups in
computer hardware coupled with significant algorithmic developments in crystal structure …

Control of structure and dynamics in polymer-networked engineered nanoparticle arrays by electric fields

X Wei, E Harazinska, R Hernandez - Physical Review Research, 2023 - APS
Polymer-networked nanoparticles are the basis for advanced materials useful for wearable
electronics, drug delivery, autonomous computing, and other applications. To characterize …

Networked Nanoparticle Arrays for Autonomous Computing

X Wei, E Harazinska, Y Zhao… - 2024 IEEE 24th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have pursued the use of polymer-networked engineered nanoparticles as a candidate
material capable of retaining information or perhaps even processing information in some …