Northeastern University

Moneesh Upmanyu

Ahmed Busnaina

Sivasubramanian Somu

Meni Wanunu

Swastik Kar

Yung Joon Jung

Xugang Xiong

Joseph Larkin

Pradeep Waduge

Laila Jaberansari

Raman Vaidya

Morphable active corrugate structure and aeronautical wings are provided herein including one or more skins or envelopes, and a sheet having independently actuable hinge domains attached to the one or more skins or envelopes and independently actuable facet domains, each of the hinge domains and facet domains configured with through-thickness differential expansion coefficients, wherein differential strains in at least one of the hinge domains or the facet domains cause the sheet to expand or contract along a flexible axis of the sheet, wherein the sheet is attached to the upper and lower skins at respective upper and lower of the hinge domains.

Variable morphing wing using surface actuated origami folds

Methods for fabricating templates for nanoelement assembly and methods for fluid-guided assembly of nanoelements are provided. Templates are fabricated by plasma modification of surface hydrophilicity and production of a network of hydrophobic trenches having a hydrophilic bottom surface. Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) can be assembled into stable films, ribbons, and wires of nanoscale thickness and nanoscale or microscale width and length. The nanofilm assemblies prepared according to the invention are highly conductive and can be used in the fabrication of a wide variety of microscale and nanoscale electronic devices.

Highly organized single-walled carbon nanotube networks and method of making using template guided fluidic assembly

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