Nanoengineering podcasts

Rajesh Menon discusses research combining optical systems with nanofabrication. The episode explores holographic lithography and how coordinated advances in light-based methods and fabrication can support new three-dimensional manufacturing technologies.

Sophia Chen interviews Matt Dickerson of the Air Force Research Laboratory about manufacturing nanofibrous ceramics with additive methods. The discussion explains how block copolymers direct preceramic polymers into fibers, followed by heating that removes the block polymer and converts the precursor to ceramic. Compared with electrospun mats, printing offers control over component geometry. Ceramic springs illustrate repeated deformation without degrading their mechanical properties, with possible applications in catalysts, batteries and high-temperature components.

Hosted by Sophia Chen