Wide range of potential applications

Questions regarding applicability of particular technologies to particular applications must, of course, be resolved eventually. However, mainstream focus has been on achieving adequate TFT device and circuit performance to support the control, computation, and communication functions for a wide range of potential applications. As satisfactory electrical circuit performance is attained for additional functionality, questions that relate to the quality of other device types, their integration into an overall process flow, and perhaps most importantly, the robustness and stability of the final product, will receive much more attention.86-88... 

There has been considerable recent interest in the self - assembly and surface activity of amphiphilic polymers and copolymers. Their interfacial and bulk solution properties have shown a rich pattern of behavior, and the ability to tailor their properties offers a wide range of potential applications. Their bulk aggregation behavior make them candidates, for example, for dye transportation and drug delivery whereas their surface properties make them useful as colloid stabilisers, anti -foaming agents and emulsifiers. This behavior can be illustrated in Fig. 3.24. 

C-N thin films could be an attractive diamond-like coating material for thermal management in multi-chip modules and micro-scale devices [35]. The field-emission properties of C-N thin films were studied, and indicated an enhancement in the emitted current density [36]. It has been predicted that this material would, as a consequence, have a wide range of potential applications, such as in electronic packaging and wear protective coatings for magnetic storage devices [37]. 

One of common approaches for strengthening the durability against radiation, is the addition of fillers to the matrix materials. Carbon nanotubes (CNT)s have inspired scientists and engineers to examine a wide range of potential applications [2,3] as exotic filler materials, since the discovery of their extraordinary mechanical, electrical, magnetic and thermal properties [4]. 

The interest in PDEs has increased dramatically in recent years due to their high theoretical performance and wide range of potential applications [1]. Practical operation of these systems requires the use of fuels that have already gained acceptance/approval by the military and/or aviation industry, such as kerosene-based Jet-A, JP-5, or JP-10. The use of such fuels has inherent difficulties... 

TPNR covers a wide range of material properties and has a correspondingly wide range of potential applications. TPNR in the 55-95 Shore A hardness... 

Analysis by GC/MS has always been wrongly regarded as extremely costly, and we consider this point in the chapter Internal Cost Calculation . We show that the costs of analysis depend mainly on the loading on the machine and that large synergy effects and low analysis costs can be achieved as a result of the wide range of potential applications of GC/MS in clinical chemistry. 

Considering the extensive control achieved over the size, shape, and surface functionality of dendrimers, it is not surprising that these molecules have a wide range of potential applications. On examination of the structural features of a dendrimer, one can visualize sector-specific uses as shown in Figure 30.3. 

While reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration were being established in several applications, there was a lack of available membranes with cutoffs between 400 and 4000 g/mol. Increasing interest in NF membranes developed in the last decade. An extensive review on principles and applications of nanofiltration has been published recently [38]. Nanofiltration is important for water softening [39] and removal of organic contaminants. In the food industry, nanofiltration can be applied for concentration and demineralization of whey, concentration of sugar and juice. Nanofiltration also finds application in the pulp and paper industry, in the concentration of textile dye effluents and in landfill leachate treatment. The improvement of solvent stabihty of available NF membranes opens a wide range of potential applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry as weU as in metal and acid recovery. 

The electrospun fiber mats possess a high surface area per unit mass, low bulk density, and high mechanical flexibihty. These features make these materials very attractive for a wide range of potential applications, as mentioned above. Among them, the use of electrospun polymer fibers for electronic applications is of particular interest. The high surface-to-volume ratio associated with electrospun conducting polymer fibers makes them excellent candidates for electrode materials since the rate of electrochemical reaction is proportional to the surface area of an electrode and diffusion rate of the electrolyte. 

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