Browsing OU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Author "Saha, Mrinal C."
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Enhanced Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube-Based Elastomer Nanocomposites Prepared by Microwave Curing
Herren, Blake; Preston, Larson; Saha, Mrinal C.; Yingtao, Liu (2019-07-25)Nanocomposites consisting of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and well-dispersed carbon nanotubes (CNT) can be cured by microwave radiation within a minute, forming a conductive network within the cured materials. Microwave ... -
Funnel-Shaped Floating Vessel Oil Skimmer with Joule Heating Sorption Functionality
Herren, Blake; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2022-06-02)Floating vessel-type oil collecting devices based on sorbent materials present potential solutions to oil spill cleanup that require a massive amount of sorbent material and manual labor. Additionally, continuous oil ... -
PDMS Sponges with Embedded Carbon Nanotubes as Piezoresistive Sensors for Human Motion Detection
Herren, Blake; Webster, Vincent; Davidson, Eric; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2021-07-01)Porous piezoresistive sensors offer promising flexible sensing functionality, such as human joint motion detection and gesture identification. Herein, a facile fabrication method is developed using a microwave-based rapid ... -
Rapid Microwave Polymerization of Porous Nanocomposites with Piezoresistive Sensing Function
Herren, Blake; Charara, Mohammad; Saha, Mrinal C.; Altan, M. Cengiz; Liu, Yingtao (2020-01-29)In this paper, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites with piezoresistive sensing function were fabricated using microwave irradiation. The effects of precuring time on the ...