BNC Annual Research Review: Overview of BNC Research

02 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

…

BNC Research Review: The Birck Nanotechnology Center-Progress, Opportunitiees, and Challenges

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.

Solid-State Lighting: An Opportunity for Nanotechnologists to Address the Energy Challenge

25 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

More than one-fifth of the electrical power consumed in the U.S. is used for general illumination. Much of this energy is wasted to heat filaments in incandescent lamps, a century-old technology with an efficiency of about 5%. Fluorescent lighting is more efficient, but problems of color quality, …

BNC Annual Research Symposium: Welcome and Overview

23 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.

Nanotubes and Nanowires: One-dimensional Materials

17 Jul 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are they interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while introducing some fundamental concepts such as wave-particle duality, quantum confinement, the …

Designing Nanocomposite Materials for Solid-State Energy Conversion

10 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

New materials will be necessary to break through today's performance envelopes for solid-state energy conversion devices ranging from LED-based solid-state white lamps to thermoelectric devices for solid-state refrigeration and electric power generation. The combination of recent materials …

Designing Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Materials

08 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

This tutorial reviews recent strategies for designing high-ZT nanostructured materials, including superlattices, embedded quantum dots, and nanowire composites. The tutorial highlights the challenges inherent to coupled electronic and thermal transport properties.

Nanomaterials: Quantum Dots, Nanowires and Nanotubes

15 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

What is a quantum dot? What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are these interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while introducing some fundamental concepts such as wave-particle duality, …