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Process-structure-property relations for high volume fraction carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite laminates
J. Dai, C. Curtis-Smith, M. Rogers, E. Gonzalez, X. Li, A. L. Kaiser, J. Lee, and B. L. Wardle.
To Be Submitted.
Journal Publications
2023
Selectively tuning the substrate adhesion strength of aligned carbon nanotube arrays via thermal post-growth processing
A. L. Kaiser, L. H. Acauan, A. R. Vanderhout, A. Zaman, D. L. Lidston, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, 17029 (2023). doi:10.1021/acsami.3c00806
Extreme hardness in ultra-low density carbon matrix nanocomposites reinforced by high packing fraction aligned carbon nanotubes
A. L. Kaiser, A. R. Vanderhout, L. H. Acauan, J. C. Nwenyi, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
Carbon 207, 245 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2023.03.010
2022
High-volume-fraction textured carbon nanotube-bis(maleimide) and -epoxy matrix polymer nanocomposites: Implications for high-performance structural composites
A. L. Kaiser, C. A. C. Chazot, L. H. Acauan, I. V. Albelo, J. Lee, J. L. Gair, Jr., A. J. Hart, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
ACS Applied Nano Materials 5, 9008 (2022). doi:10.1021/acsanm.2c01212
2021
Direct synthesis of carbon nanomaterials via surface activation of bulk copper
L. H. Acauan, A. L. Kaiser, and B. L. Wardle
Carbon 177, 1 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2021.02.045
Substrate adhesion evolves non-monotonically with processing time in millimeter-scale aligned carbon nanotube arrays
A. L. Kaiser, D. L. Lidston, S. C. Peterson, L. H. Acauan, S. A. Steiner III, R. Guzman de Villoria, A. R. Vanderhout, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
Nanoscale 13, 261 (2021). doi:10.1039/D0NR05469K
2019
Morphology control of aligned carbon nanotube pins formed via patterned capillary densification
A. L. Kaiser, I. Y. Stein, K. Cui, and B. L. Wardle
Nano Futures 3, 011003 (2019). doi:10.1088/2399-1984/aafe16
Related press: MIT News, MIT Homepage Spotlight (October 31, 2018).
2018
Process-morphology scaling relations quantify self-organization in capillary densified nanofiber arrays
A. L. Kaiser*, I. Y. Stein*, K. Cui, and B. L. Wardle
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20, 3876 (2018). doi:10.1039/C7CP06869G
* = Equal contribution
In the press: MIT News, MIT Materials Research Laboratory, SciTech Daily
Also featured on the front cover of February 14, 2018 issue of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2017
Mesoscale evolution of non-graphitizing pyrolytic carbon in aligned carbon nanotube carbon matrix nanocomposites
I. Y. Stein, A. L. Kaiser, A. J. Constable, L. Acauan, and B. L. Wardle
Journal of Materials Science 52, 13799 (2017). doi:10.1007/s10853-017-1468-9
In the press: MIT News, Phys.org
Also featured as Editors' Pick in December 2017 issue of Journal of Materials Science
Conference Oral Presentations and Proceedings
2023
Processing, morphology, and mechanical properties of high volume fraction aligned carbon nanotube/aerospace-grade epoxy nanocomposites
A. L. Kaiser, L. H. Acauan, I. V. Albelo, J. L. Gair, Jr., and B. L. Wardle
23rd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM23), Belfast, Northern Ireland, July 30 - August 4 (2023).
Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanotube/bismaleimide nanocomposite laminates with ultrahigh nanofiber volume fraction
C. Curtis-Smith, M. Rogers, J. Dai, E. Gonzalez, X. Li, Y. Lin, A. L. Kaiser, J. Lee, and B. L. Wardle
2023 AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum, January 23 - 27 (2023). doi:10.2514/6.2023-2031
2022
Process-structure-property relations in dense aligned carbon nanotube/aerospace-grade epoxy nanocomposites
A. L. Kaiser, L. H. Acauan, and B. L. Wardle
2022 AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum, January 3 - 7 (2022). doi:10.2514/6.2022-1095
2021
Process-structure-property characterization of phenolic matrix nanocomposites reinforced with dense aligned carbon nanotube arrays
A. L. Kaiser, J. C. Nwenyi, and B. L. Wardle
2021 AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum, January 11 - 15 & 19 - 21 (2021). doi:10.2514/6.2021-1775
2020
Carbon matrix nanocomposites with high density aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement for next generation extreme environment materials
A. L. Kaiser, A. R. Vanderhout, I. Y. Stein, J. C. Nwenyi, C. V. Sackier, and B. L. Wardle
Accepted to 2020 National Space & Missile Materials Symposium (NSMMS) and Commercial and Government Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (CRASTE), Rockville, MD, June 22 - 25 (2020). 2020 NSMMS & CRASTE
Fabrication of aerospace-grade epoxy and bismaleimide matrix nanocomposites with high density aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement
A. L. Kaiser, I. V. Albelo, and B. L. Wardle
2020 AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum, Orlando, FL, January 6 - 10 (2020). doi:10.2514/6.2020-2256
2019
Selectively increasing and decreasing the substrate adhesion force of aligned nanofiber arrays for shape-engineerable sensor architectures - An experimental and modeling study
A. L. Kaiser, L. Acauan, A. R. Vanderhout, D. L. Lidston, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
2019 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, December 1 - 6 (2019). MRS Fall 2019
High volume fraction aligned carbon nanotube carbon matrix nanocomposites for next generation lightweight and superhard architectures
A. L. Kaiser, I. Y. Stein, C. V. Sackier, and B. L. Wardle
2019 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, MA, December 1 - 6 (2019). MRS Fall 2019
Fabrication of hierarchical polymer nanocomposites with capillary-densified aligned carbon nanotube reinforcement
A. L. Kaiser and B. L. Wardle
22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22), Melbourne, Australia, August 11 - 16 (2019). Full Paper
Structural electronic components based on polymer nanocomposites
E. Kalfon-Cohen, L. Acauan, A. L. Kaiser, A. Jurkov, R. Campanario, D. Sheen, J. H. Lang, Y. Stein and B. L. Wardle
22nd International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM22), Melbourne, Australia, August 11 - 16 (2019). Full Paper
Scaling relations quantify the hierarchical self-assembly of capillary-densified nanofiber arrays into shape-tunable architectures
A. L. Kaiser, I. Y. Stein, K. Cui, and B. L. Wardle
APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, MA, March 4 - 8 (2019). Abstract: meetings.aps.org
Facile patterning of aligned carbon nanotube architectures via capillary-mediated densification
A. L. Kaiser, I. Y. Stein, K. Cui, and B. L. Wardle
2019 AIAA Science and Technology (SciTech) Forum, San Diego, CA, January 7 - 11 (2019). doi:10.2514/6.2019-1460
2018
Substrate adhesion force scales with growth time in millimeter-scale carbon nanotube arrays
A. L. Kaiser, D. L. Lidston, S. C. Peterson, L. Acauan, S. A. Steiner III, R. Guzman de Villoria, A. R. Vanderhout, I. Y. Stein, and B. L. Wardle
256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, August 19 - 23 (2018). Technical Programming Archive
MIT Graduate Theses
Interfacial and Physical Confinement Effects on the Structure and Properties of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Architectures
A. L. Kaiser. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021). Link on MIT DSpace
Capillary Densification and Adhesion Tuning of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Shape-Engineerable Architectures
A. L. Kaiser. Master of Science Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019). Link on MIT DSpace