This $245,155 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research to enable the mass production of nanowire coatings on versatile surfaces through electrospray deposition. The research team at Rutgers, The State University aims to develop new manufacturing processes based on electrostatically-induced sprays of waterborne gelling polymers, which can enable the scalable production of multifunctional nanomaterial and composite conformal coatings. The project integrates advanced experimental techniques and multiphysical modeling to understand the self-assembly dynamics and electrohydrodynamic deformation of nanomaterial-polymer composite droplets during electrospray deposition. This research is expected to provide a foundation for scalable manufacturing of nanowire composites and their superstructures, with potential applications in areas such as energy storage, tissue engineering, smart textiles, and filtration. The award period is from November 15, 2024 to October 31, 2027.
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