Functional nanomaterial composite inks for bioelectronic applications

Nanomaterials are highly customizable and exhibit a number of truly fascinating material properties, but they are notoriously hard to work with at scale. During my post-doctorate at Carnegie Mellon, I developed a nanomaterial composite ink consisting of eutectic gallium indium, carbon nanotubes, silver, and styrene-isoprene-styrene that could stretch up to 800%, maintain excellent conductivity, and self heal upon exposure to toluene. I also developed sensing inks consisting of silver/silver chloride, gold, and PEDOT:PSS during my PhD at Georgia Tech.

This project aims to develop functional nanomaterial composites for a variety of biomedical sensing applications.

I am actively recruiting undergraduates for this project with an interest in one or more of:

• Material science

• Healthcare and biomedical engineering

• Chemical engineering

• Fluids and rheology

• Mechanical testing of materials

Email me at zavanelli@gonzaga.edu to learn more!