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C-Mems Based Micro Enzymatic Biofuel Cells, Yin Song
C-Mems Based Micro Enzymatic Biofuel Cells, Yin Song
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Miniaturized, self-sufficient bioelectronics powered by unconventional micropower may lead to a new generation of implantable, wireless, minimally invasive medical devices, such as pacemakers, defibrillators, drug-delivering pumps, sensor transmitters, and neurostimulators. Studies have shown that micro-enzymatic biofuel cells (EBFCs) are among the most intuitive candidates for in vivo micropower.
In the fisrt part of this thesis, the prototype design of an EBFC chip, having 3D intedigitated microelectrode arrays was proposed to obtain an optimum design of 3D microelectrode arrays for carbon microelectromechanical systems (C-MEMS) based EBFCs. A detailed modeling solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by finite element techniques has been developed …
A Comparison Between Graphene And Ws2 As Solid Lubricant Additives To Aluminum For Automobile Applications, Sara Rengifo
A Comparison Between Graphene And Ws2 As Solid Lubricant Additives To Aluminum For Automobile Applications, Sara Rengifo
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis was to compare graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) and WS2 as solid lubricant additives to aluminum in order to reduce friction and wear. The central hypothesis of this work relied on lubricating properties of 2D materials, which consist layers that slip under a shear force.
Two aluminum composites were made (Al-2 vol.% GNP and Al-2 vol.% WS2) by spark plasma sintering. Tribological properties were evaluated by ball-on-disk wear tests at room temperature (RT) and 200°C.
WS2 not only presented the lowest COF (0.66) but also improved the wear resistance of aluminum …