R&D Area 01

Advanced Science Nanotechnology

Advanced physical-science work connecting nanoscale structure, transport mechanisms, diffusion, percolation and experimentally measured material response.

NANOCOMPOSITE PHYSICS MAPScience Nanotechnology

01CNT NETWORKdispersion / agglomeration / porosity

02TRANSPORTpercolation / tunnelling / diffusion

03MECHANICSmodulus / viscoelastic response

04EM RESPONSEconductivity / permittivity / loss

05CHARACTERIZATIONDMA / nanoindentation / VNA

A material-scale map from morphology to measurable physical behaviour.

4 primary systems

Problems, Methods and Outcomes

Nanoscale materials, nano-enabled transport phenomena, percolation, diffusion, environmental exposure, material-response modelling, experimental characterization and publications.

P052020-2024

Contactless Characterization under Acid Exposure

Problem: Chemical penetration can degrade CNT/epoxy structures while conventional inspection may require disassembly and extensive processing.
Solution: A contactless wireless method using microstrip-antenna scattering parameters, supported by multiscale electrical and porosity models.
Evidence / result: Wireless degradation signal

acid diffusionS11/S21VNAmultiscale modelling

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P062020-2024

Acid Diffusion, Mechanical Response and Wireless SHM

Problem: Harsh chemical environments create degradation gradients that require both local and bulk characterization to understand structural condition.
Solution: A combined mechanical and electromagnetic study using DMA, nanoindentation and VNA measurements across CNT concentration and acid exposure.
Evidence / result: Cross-domain measurement agreement

DMAnanoindentationVNAacid diffusion

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P072020-2024

CNT Agglomeration: Electrical and Mechanical Behaviour

Problem: CNT addition can improve electrical transport while agglomeration and porosity can reduce mechanical performance, creating a coupled design tradeoff.
Solution: A combined experimental and numerical investigation using mechanical and electrical testing, microscopy, RVE analysis, FEA and resistor networks.
Evidence / result: 2 wt% reported percolation region

DMAfour-probeSEMRVE

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P082020-2024

Temperature-Dependent Nanocomposite Mechanics

Problem: CNT/polymer components can operate under changing temperature, requiring models that capture viscoelastic transitions and agglomeration effects.
Solution: Two RVE formulations and finite-element analysis validated against dynamic mechanical testing.
Evidence / result: Validated transition modelling

RVEFEADMAthermomechanical modelling

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Cross-Disciplinary Connections

Connected Work

Related work in which this area provides a supporting method, technology or scientific context.

P01Portable Microwave and Passive Wireless Sensing PlatformAn integrated RF instrument connecting resonant sensing structures, VNA acquisition, electromechanical positioning and Python analysis.P04Free-Space Microwave Characterization of CNT/EpoxyPatch antennas and VNA measurements used to distinguish nanocomposite electromagnetic response across antenna field regions.P09CNT Conductivity, Percolation and Network ModelsResistor-network and finite-element models predicted electrical percolation and conductivity against measured nanocomposite data.P10Non-Contact Structural-Health-Monitoring MethodsA technology study comparing vision, radar, laser, wireless, embedded and hybrid methods for structural condition assessment.P11Computational Multiphysics and Experimental ValidationA cross-study modelling workflow linking electromagnetic, diffusion, mechanical and electrical-network physics with experiments.P16NanoXR: Nanoscale Spatial Computing InitiativeAn XR direction connecting nanotechnology, scientific visualization and interactive engineering communication.