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ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
When most people hear the word electromagnets, they instantly think of a magnet created with electricity. This has had practical applications as strong magnets able to be turned on or off wh…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show great potential as sensors and optoelectronic devices. To enhance their potential, methods to functionalize TMDs’ fluorescence properties are of…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
In developing knee prosthetics, actively tuning the stiffness of the knee is crucial to facilitate natural movement and decrease fatigue for the amputee. Latest devices exploit the highly tu…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Light Fidelity (LiFi), a multi-functional tool that provides high-speed secure data transmission through lighting, is currently being developed to substitute WiFi. However, its dependency on…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The debris is a waste material that lacks regularization in practically the whole country; the objective of the project is to design a piece of masonry that poses resistance and adhesion, as…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Two-dimensional (2D) graphene with exotic properties was discovered in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, which earned them a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010. However, it is point s…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Hydrogen gas is considered as the best candidate for efficient and clean energy source that can replace petroleum in the future. Hydrogen gas has been found to have a wide range of applicati…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Micro and nanoscale structures for drug delivery have gained prominence in pharmacology. Ophthalmic diseases require repeated treatment, usually in the form of eye drops, and the treatment t…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Carbon Nanospheres (CNS) are important for electronic, environmental and medical applications. Modern gas sensors utilize harmful materials. This investigation's objective was to fabricate a…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Regenerative endodontics aims to combat the critical issue of dental trauma by preserving and maintaining a functional dentin-pulp complex. However, current pulp revascularization methods in…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Laser ablation in liquid is an alternative way of micro and nanostructures formation. Chemical purity of laser ablation method in ethanol is well known in literature. Nevertheless, ethanol p…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Present day surgical gloves are designed to provide a protective barrier, prevent the transmission of diseases, and the breakthrough of hazardous chemicals that could otherwise permeate onto…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Abstract The process of doping can be described as introducing impurities into a pure material to alter its properties. In this study, we introduced iodine into a solution of graphene in var…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Graphene is a multipurpose nano particle that is difficult and expensive to produce. This project focuses on a safer, more efficient and cost effective method of producing graphene using nat…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Zero-emission proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is promisingly considering as a great candidate promoting the alternative energy to overcome the pollution issues emitted by fossil f…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Most modern electronics utilize silicon semiconducting devices, however limitations in silicon are causing performance in computers to plateau, researchers are looking to new materials to re…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Thrombus formation leading to blood vessel occlusion is a pathological event in cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it is critical to remove the clot and restore blood flow to vital organs.…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
The problem of waste heat recovery is found everywhere from electricity generation from fuel sources to heat transport through pipes along with heat dissipation in microelectronics. Thermoel…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Fourth Award
Memory devices are developing at a slow rate, hindering the computational industry’s growth. The hysteresis shown in perovskites has been utilized to create the two resistive states necessar…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Certain cancers (metastatic breast cancer, invasive glioma) are deadly because of their inability to be treated using existing methods. Nanoparticles, can be engineered to access these areas…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Nowadays, materials comprised of the combination of DNA and magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) attract particular attention with regard to their design. The administration of these materials is e…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Due to ongoing technical miniaturization, the importance of nanoparticles in research and application is constantly growing. When bombarding nanoparticles with energetic ions, atoms from the…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
This project demonstrates the manufacturing and performance testing of one type of biodegradable polymer (polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)), based on soybean curd residue (SCR), for…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Recent advances in the field of quantum biology have revealed that quantum phenomena may play a significant role in several biological processes, including photosynthesis. Recent research su…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains resistant to most chemotherapy and radiation techniques. Consequently, its five-year survival rate is less than 6%. Most current studies elucidate how cell pat…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science First Award
Nanoporous graphene membranes have the potential to solve the problem of a dwindling supply of fresh water that affects nearly half the world’s population by enabling low cost, efficient des…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
Antibiotics have been extensively used to treat patients with infectious diseases. As these drugs have been used widely for long time, the organisms the antibiotics are designed to kill have…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
Multilayered nanoparticles are promising carriers to deliver therapeutic biomolecules across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic brain injuries. Capabl…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Second Award
To detect biomarkers, diagnostic devices must obtain small enough feature sizes to manipulate biomolecules that are just a few nanometers in size. Electrodes separated by a nanometric gap ha…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
This project was conducted in order to find a recycled/reused material suitable to be a residential insulator. This study is important because it addresses environmental damages as a result…