Microscale Electrospinning of Polymer Nanowires for Sensing Applications

摘要

All project tasks have been completed. Prototype chemical and infrared sensors have been fabricated and tested and the performance parameters (presented below) are extremely promising. In addition a new fiber processing technology based on supercritical fluids has been developed and demonstrated. Finally, new polymeric helical structures have been developed and tested and represent a new technology for microscale sensing and actuation. At this time three journal articles (two in Applied Physics Letters and one in the Journal of Supercritical Fluids) have been published based on this research program and a fourth paper has been submitted to Sensors and Actuators. The research results have been presented at four international conferences including the AFOSR Molecular Dynamics and Theoretical Chemistry Conference and the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium. The following sections provide a detailed summary of the program accomplishments and new findings.