I-Corps: Centrifugal Adhesion Balance

I-Corps：离心附着力平衡

• 批准号: 1725238
• 负责人: Rafael Tadmor
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Lamar University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1725238&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Centrifugal; Adhesion; Balance

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project will derive from an adhesion measuring instrument that accurately quantifies adhesion measurements. Currently, adhesion forces are largely measured qualitatively. The potential introduction of the instrument into the market will make changes in products quality and the time it takes to develop new products that rely on precise adhesion forces. There are a multitude of potential application areas in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, petroleum, environmental, and medical fields. The irritation of eyes due to the usage of contact lens happens mainly because of the poor adhesion between the lens and the tear drop. The instrument can help the contact lens industry develop contact lenses with better adhesion to the tear drop and therefore reduce the irritation to the eye and prolongs comfortable wear time. Successful implementation of the instrument will enable the industry speed up the development of new products, and build more reliable processes by reducing or eliminating development errors.This I-Corps project will identify the key value propositions of a novel adhesion measuring technology for customer segments across several application areas. Key strategic partners and major competitors within the general areas that align with this technology will be investigated. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the new knowledge that will be obtained regarding product development needs for adhesion measurements that will enable development of more sophisticated products that rely on precise adhesion forces. The centrifugal adhesion balance (CAB) instrument will potentially upgrade the adhesion measuring approaches from qualitative estimates to exact quantifiable values. This direct measurement of the adhesion is achieved by using a combination of centrifugal and gravitational forces. This combination allows the CAB to produce and measure forces needed for the liquid to detach from the solid. The ability to manipulate forces acting on a liquid drop to obtain accurate measurements of adhesion forces makes CAB a potentially desirable tool for industrial research and product development.

该 I-Corps 项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将源自能够准确量化附着力测量的附着力测量仪器。目前，粘附力主要是定性测量的。 该仪器进入市场的可能性将改变产品质量以及开发依赖精确粘附力的新产品所需的时间。汽车、航空航天、化工、石油、环境和医疗领域有许多潜在的应用领域。使用隐形眼镜对眼睛的刺激主要是由于镜片与泪滴之间的附着力差造成的。该仪器可以帮助隐形眼镜行业开发出对泪滴具有更好附着力的隐形眼镜，从而减少对眼睛的刺激并延长舒适的佩戴时间。该仪器的成功实施将使该行业加快新产品的开发速度，并通过减少或消除开发错误来构建更可靠的流程。该 I-Corps 项目将为多个应用领域的客户群确定新型附着力测量技术的关键价值主张。将调查与该技术相关的一般领域内的主要战略合作伙伴和主要竞争对手。该项目的智力优势在于将获得有关粘附力测量的产品开发需求的新知识，这将有助于开发依赖于精确粘附力的更复杂的产品。 离心附着力天平 (CAB) 仪器将有可能将附着力测量方法从定性估计升级为精确的可量化值。这种粘附力的直接测量是通过使用离心力和重力的组合来实现的。这种组合使 CAB 能够产生并测量液体与固体分离所需的力。 CAB 能够操纵作用在液滴上的力来获得粘附力的精确测量，这使得 CAB 成为工业研究和产品开发的潜在理想工具。