Results and Publications

Research Areas & Activities Solar Energy Biomass Energy Hydrogen C-H Bonds in Carbon Nanotubes as an Energy Carrier Direct Solar Biohydrogen Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Ceramic Materials for Fuel Cells Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of PEM Fuel Cells Processes Nanomaterials Engineering for Hydrogen Storage Hydrogen Effects on Climate, Stratospheric Ozone, and Air Pollution Biohydrogen Generation Micro- and Nano-Scale Electrochemistry Applied to Fuel Cells Monitoring Bioconversion Processes Advanced Combustion CO₂ Capture CO₂ Storage Advanced Materials & Catalysts Advanced Coal Advanced Transportation Advanced Electric Grid Grid Storage Other Renewables Integrated Assessment Advanced Nuclear Energy Geoengineering Exploratory Efforts All Activities Analysis Activities Technical Reports

Research

Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of PEM Fuel Cells Processes

Start Date: January 2005
Status: Completed

Investigators

Peter M. Pinsky, Mechanical Engineering; David M. Barnett, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

Annual Reports

Publications

Davidson, D. F., S. C. Ranganath, K. Y. Lam, M. Liaw, Z. Hong, and R. K. Hanson. “Ignition delay time measurements of normal alkanes and simple oxygenates.” Journal of Propulsion and Power (submitted, 2009).
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett, and P. M. Pinsky, Modeling electrostatic force microscopy for conductive and dielectric samples using the boundary element method: Eng. Anal. Bound. Elem., accepted for publication.
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett, and P. M. Pinsky, Analytic perturbation solution to the capacitance system between a hyberboloidal tip and a rough surface: Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 134105, 2008.
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett, and P. M. Pinsky, Simulating and interpreting Kelvin probe force microscopy images on dielectrics with boundary integral equations: Rev. Sci. Instrum., 79, 023711, 2008.
Shen, Y., M. Lee, W. Lee, D. M. Barnett, P. M. Pinsky, and F. B. Prinz, A resolution study for electrostatic force microscopy on bimetallic samples using the boundary element method: Nanotechnology, 19, 035710, 2008.
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett, and P. M. Pinsky. “Integral equation modeling of electrostatic interactions in atomic force microscopy.” In: Integral Methods in Science and Engineering: Techniques and Applications (C. Constanda and S. Potapenko eds.), Birkhäuser, Boston, pp. 237-246, (2007).
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett and P. M. Pinsky. “Precise modeling of AFM tip-sample interactions: capacitance and capacitive force computations,” (in preparation, 2006).
Shen, Y., D. M. Barnett and P. M. Pinsky, “Topographics effects on charge measurements by electrostatic force microscopy,” (in preparation, 2006).

Updated February 2011