Tupoy - Thermally Unstable Partially Oriented Yarns ― Silicon of the Future

The book paves a new dimension in electronics with the invention of a new materialtuPOY which changes our perception of developing electronics. Evolving on a relatively underplayed phenomenon of static electricity in scientific exploration and application,tuPOY upholds the potential to rival both silicon and metals as electronics of the future. Devices made oftuPOY present a new emblem to the technological world, where we could envision our electronic paraphernalia from a completely different perspective. A computer the size of a big wall, which could be neatly folded and kept in our pockets when not in use and laundered on a regular basis, can be imagined possible with this invention. The concept, manufacturing process, physics and uses oftuPOY as the next generation material of electronics is described in this book.

The production process of tuPOY encompassing transesterification and eta polymerization is developed and articulately arrested using an innovatively formulated retardant. The retardant forms an energy barrier, alternating between the polymer chains in tuPOY preventing the polycondensation process of stabilization to complete. The retardant embedded in the reaction is characterized such that it does not react with tuPOY or alter its chemical and structural properties.

Conceptual advancement in material and electrical sciences precipitates from manipulating the sensing, radiating and processing properties of tuPOY. Correlational investigation of the electric charge flow on tuPOY lattice through transmission and scanning electron microscopy, validates the conducting properties. Responsive stimuli and ejection quantization of hydrogen nuclei under the nuclear magnetic resonance helps characterize the thermally unstable properties of tuPOY. Emission and absorption of infrared radiation on tuPOY lattice categorizes the electromagnetic spectrum, in which tuPOY exhibits radiation characteristics. Fingerprinting through infrared spectral domain by Fourier transform and micrographical analysis of X-ray di?raction on lattice validates similar morphology of tuPOY and partially oriented yarns conforming its inheritance to the family of textiles. Endurance of a higher di?raction count of the X-rays on tuPOY lattice, in comparison to a regular yarn, attributes to the permanent thermal unstability and presence of an inherent charge threshold, countenancing logical operations and use as processing elements. Theoretical modeling of tuPOY is characterized by steady-state equations exploiting interchanges based on the lattice kinetics, which mathematizes an Interchange Phenomenon in tuPOY. The numerical manifestations calibrate mathematically, tuPOY’s response to any external physical impetus like charge, heat or energy flow. For physical testament of the sensing properties and validation of the theoretical model, tuPOY is manifested as a sensor exploitable in a plethora of applications. A microstrip patch antenna designed by amalgamation of tuPOY, raw silk and polynylon composites experimentally verifies the radiation properties. The conduction properties are satiated by successful use of tuPOY as charge conducting wires. A Power Generating Unit (PGU) with tuPOY as its primary element scavenges power from thermal energy presenting a new dimension in operational power dynamics. The unified synergetic operations of tuPOY devices are protruded through pervasive computing environment in a case study embodying a wireless body area network. Circadian variation in physiological signals reflecting progression of disease in more than 2000 subjects are evaluated on the test bed, yielding impressive results. This book should be of interest to new materials researchers, developers, and manufacturers across the globe. 

H.D. Mustafa is a dynamic multidisciplinary scientist and executive. He is presently leading interdisciplinary multibillion dollar R&D and Industrial projects. Being a skilled expert in observing and translating concepts into reality, with operational excellence in diverse environments, he strongly believes a true leadership carves the best diamond from the worst of the coal mines. He completed his PhD (electrical engineering) from IIT Bombay, India. His key interest areas are Research & Development and innovations with inventions. His notable inventions are Crude Oil Quality Improvement (COQIR) and Thermally Unstable Partially Oriented Yarns (tuPOY). He was honoured with Invention and Innovation Awards 2006 by President of India. He also got merit recognition by NASA, USA: 2005 for R&D Designing the Future.

Sunil Karamchandani is presently an Assistant Professor at D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2012. He has over 25 publications (including journal papers, international and national conferences) on wireless body area network architectures, and 2 books on Applied Mathematics. His areas of interest are Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Wireless Body Area Networks, Data mining/Machine Learning. Dr. Karamchandani has authored two books entitled “Mathematics for Polytechnic Students” and “Engineering Mathem

atics”. He is a recipient of the Microsoft Research Travel Award 2010, 2012 and best paper award at International Symposium on Control, Automation and Robotics, (ISCAR), Dharmsinh Desai University, Gujarat, India.

Shabbir N. Merchant is a professor of electrical engineering at IIT Bombay, India. He completed his PhD in 1984 and M.Tech. in 1980 from from IIT Bombay, India. His current research interests are wireless communications: cognitive radio, green communications; wireless sensor networks: cellular wireless sensor networks for pollution monitoring, body area networks, precision agriculture; detection and tracking; data fusion; signal processing; image and video processing and radar signal processing. Prof. Merchant has over 25 years of professional experience and over 175 publications in international journals and conferences.

Uday B. Desai received the B. Tech. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1974, the M.S. degree from the State University of New York, Buffalo, in 1976, and the Ph.D. degree from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A., in 1979, all in Electrical Engineering. Since June 2009 he is the Director of IIT Hyderabad. His research interests are in wireless communication, cognitive radio, wireless sensor networks, cyber physical systems and Internet of Things. He is also keenly interested in Digital Fabrication – Things-2-bytes-2-Things. He is the Editor of the book "Modeling and Applications of Stochastic Processes". He is also a co-author of five books "A Bayesian Approach to Image Interpretation", "Multifractal based Network Modeling", "Multihop Mobile Wireless Networks", “Video Shot Boundary Detection”, and Capacity Enhancement and Interference Mitigation in Multiuser Ultra Wideband (UWB) Systems. Dr. Desai has graduated 24 Ph.D. students, and over 100 M.Tech. students with thesis option.