Design and fabrication of hierarchical Pickering emulsions

The concept of hierarchy can be applied to a wide range of immaterial and material systems, including living organisms and artificial constructions, to enhance their performance through hierarchical materials design and synthesis. However, this approach is currently limited by the lack of strategies that provide hierarchical control of matter across all size regimes, from nano to macro scale. As a result, the structural complexity of materials that can be created is limited. Advanced methods are needed to design and fabricate hierarchical materials with multi-scale control over their structure and properties. By developing novel strategies for the synthesis of hierarchical materials, we can overcome the current limitations and create materials with superior performance and unique functionalities. Such materials have the potential to revolutionize material design and synthesis and open up new avenues for various applications, ranging from electronics to biomedical engineering. That is, this proposal aims to design and fabricate hierarchical Pickering emulsions by employing nanomaterial synthesis, and microfluidic three-dimensional droplet printing to have control in all size regimes from nano to macro and apply those materials for flexible electronics and electromagnetic (EM) shields…

Faculty Supervisor:

Uttandaraman Sundararaj

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Partner:

Harvard University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

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