MAT SEMINAR:New Avenues for Scalable Manufacturing of Advanced...
Guest: Semih Cetindag
Title: New Avenues for Scalable Manufacturing of Advanced Nanomaterials in Water-Energy Nexus, Sustainability, and Climate
Time: March 13, 2024, 16:00 - 17:00
Zoom: https://sabanciuniv.zoom.us/j/6938110217?omn=93089362501
Abstract: Scalable, bottom-up fabrication with prescribed hierarchical control down to the nanoscale or even molecular scale is a key step that needs to be achieved to carry the scientific knowledge from nano-scale experiments into real-world applications. Among the broad themes with nano-scale motifs and templates, membranes, particularly with well-controlled nanoscale pores, have enormous potential for applications as diverse as breathable protective membranes for soldiers and medical providers, water purification 1, and “blue” power generation2. Recent nanofluidic experiments with single or few nanopores in graphene, molybdenum disulfide and hexagonal boron nitride have shown unique fluidic transport properties and the potential for electrokinetic energy conversion with unprecedented power densities. 2–5 In such nanopores, the high-surface charge makes possible a diffusio-osmotic mechanism for ion-selective transport, distinct from the Donnan exclusion that is typical of conventional membranes.
In the first part of my talk, I will discuss efforts related to devising solution-based, field-directed methods for nanomanufacturing vertical boron-nitride (BNNT) and carbon (CNT) nanotube-based membranes and performances for “osmotic “blue” power generation”6–8 . Subsequently, I will introduce self-assembly of block copolymer thin-films in combination with additive manufacturing techniques of ultrasonic and electrospray deposition. Specifically, I will focus on possibilities of encoding the requisite complex macromolecular architecture, without the use of concomitantly more complex building blocks or constraints, sacrificing in part, the appeal of self-assembly as a synthesis strategy. In the final part, I will highlight the future directions of autonomous and adaptive strategies in additive manufacturing and colloidal self-assembly in the broader application themes of 3D tri-continuous solid-state battery architectures, memristor systems and implantable bioartificial kidneys.
References
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(5) Pendse, A.; Cetindag, S.; Lin, M.; Rackovic, A.; Debbarma, R.; Almassi, S.; Chaplin, B. P.; Berry, V.; Shan, J. W.; Kim, S. Charged Layered Boron Nitride‐Nanoflake Membranes for Efficient Ion Separation and Water Purification. Small 2019, 15 (49), 1904590. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201904590.
(6) Cetindag, S.; Pendse, A.; Castellano, R. J.; Rehak, P.; Howard, M.; Wang, K.; Yi, J.; Praino, R. F.; Kral, P.; Liu, L.; Kim, S.; Shan, J. W. Anomalous Diffusive and Electric-Field-Driven Ion Transport in Boron-Nitride Nanotubes. ChemRxiv November 22, 2023. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-w82kh.
(7) Cetindag, S.; Park, S. J.; Buchsbaum, S. F.; Zheng, Y.; Liu, M.; Wang, S.; Xiang, R.; Maruyama, S.; Fornasiero, F.; Shan, J. W. Ion and Hydrodynamic Translucency in 1D van Der Waals Heterostructured Boron-Nitride Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2024, 18 (1), 355–363. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c07282.
(8) Cetindag, S.; Tiwari, B.; Zhang, D.; Yap, Y. K.; Kim, S.; Shan, J. W. Surface-Charge Effects on the Electro-Orientation of Insulating Boron-Nitride Nanotubes in Aqueous Suspension. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2017, 505, 1185–1192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2017.05.073.
Bio: Dr. Semih Cetindag is a postdoctoral researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, USA. Prior to joining BNL, he received his PhD from Mechanical Engineering at Rutgers University, NJ, USA in 2022. He also worked as an NSF intern at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA during 2022. He obtained his BS in Nuclear Engineering from Hacettepe University in 2012 and MSc degrees from TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Mechanical Engineering in 2014. His current research focuses on functional nanomaterials, additive manufacturing of soft matters, nanotube-based membranes, and nanofluidics. He is the recipient of the best PhD thesis award at Rutgers, best presentation award at MRS-Fall 2019-nanofluidics session, NSF Graduate Internship Award, and best presentation award in macromolecular crystallization and assembly session, at MRS- Fall 2023.