University of Washington

Kieseok Oh

Fong-Li Chou

Jae-Hyun Chung

Santosh Devasia

Kyong-Hoon Lee

Kyong Hoon Lee

Jiradech Kongthon

Woon-Hong Yeo

Jae Chung

James J Riley

The present invention relates generally to nanocomposite materials. The present invention relates more particularly to hybrid fibers as well as devices including them and methods for making them. Accordingly, one aspect of the invention is a hybrid fiber including a plurality of nanowires, each nanowire having a length, a width, and a thickness, the length being at least 10 times the width and at least 10 times the thickness; and a plurality of binder elements, each binder element having a length, a width, and a thickness, each substantially smaller than the average length of the nanowires and at least one of which is less than about 10 nm in dimension, the binder elements being arranged to intercouple individual nanowires. In certain embodiments, the binder elements are carbon nanotubes, and the nanowires are formed from silicon carbide.

Hybrid fibers, devices using hybrid fibers, and methods for making hybrid fibers

A device comprises: one or more cantilevered biomimetic cilia, and a liquid disposed among the one or more biomimetic cilia, wherein individual biomimetic cilia are at least partially submerged in the liquid, and wherein the biomimetic cilia are arranged for excitation into resonance, such as for mixing and pumping via the resonant behavior of the excited cilia.

Devices, apparatus, and methods employing biomimetic cilia for microfluidic manipulation

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