University of Illinois

Manjunath C Rajagopal

Sanjiv Sinha

Placid M Ferreira

Nenad Miljkovic

Gowtham Kuntumalla

Akhilesh Sanjay Somani

An apparatus for fabricating a hybrid tube includes a rotatable mandrel and a first housing configured to translate alongside the rotatable mandrel while dispensing a first strip to be helically wound about the mandrel. The first housing includes an angle adjustment mechanism to control a dispensation angle of the first strip. The apparatus also includes least one energy or adhesive source for bonding overlapping strip portions on the rotatable mandrel and forming the hybrid tube. The at least one energy or adhesive source is configured for translation alongside the rotatable mandrel.

Method and apparatus for fabricating a hybrid tube

A microscale thermocouple probe for intracellular temperature measurements comprises a cantilever structure including a suspended portion extending from a support, where the suspended portion includes first and second conductive lines on a surface thereof. The first and second conductive lines extend along the surface and meet at a tip of the suspended portion to define a thermocouple junction.

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Champaign, IL, United States of America

Manjunath C Rajagopal