[Illinois] Bioengineering Series: Non-conventional Raman Spectroscopy Applications Towards the Compositional Analysis of Soy Bean Seed

07 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Matthew Schulmerich

Nonconventional Raman spectroscopy: applications towards the compositional analysis of soybeans Raman spectroscopy has proven to be a non-destructive approach to obtaining chemically specific information from a wide variety of analytes. Conventional experimental configurations illuminate the …

MSE 597GM Lecture 24: Transport in Rechargeable Batteries IV

05 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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MSE 597GM Lecture 25: Transport in Rechargeable Batteries V

05 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

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[Illinois] Nanohour Seminar Series -"Proton-Coupled Mechanochemical Transduction" Mechanogenerating Acids.

05 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Charles Diesendruck

Biological structural materials have the intrinsic capability to self-reinforce, self-heal or remodel in response to macroscopic damage. Incorporation of these features in synthetic polymers could lead to materials with service lifetimes well beyond current generation materials, circumventing …

[Illinois] Coping with the Unknown: A Guide for Bacteria and Bacteriologists

07 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Freddolino

Bacteria and other microorganisms rely on a complex sensory and regulatory network in order to respond appropriately to hazards and opportunities in their surroundings. This network, shaped over the evolutionary history of the organism, must provide an internal representation of frequently …

[Illinois] Nano EP Series: Thermoelectrics of Roughened Silicon Nanowire Arrays

12 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jyothi Sadhu

"Thermoelectrics of Roughened Silicon Nanowire Arrays" The possibility of using silicon as a thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery is technologically significant due to silicon's economy of scale and vast processing knowhow. Patterning silicon as nanowires with roughened sidewalls is …

[Illinois] MIP Seminar Series: Synaptic Organization and Parallel Pathways in the Auditory Midbrain

12 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Douglas L. Oliver

"Synaptic Organization and Parallel Pathways in the Auditory Midbrain" "The general goal of our lab is to understand how information about sound is processed by the brain. The inferior colliculus (IC) is at the center of the auditory pathway. All information about sound must pass through the IC …

[Illinois] Beckman Grad Seminar: Computational Modeling and Design of Actively-Cooled 3D Woven Microvascular Composites

18 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Soheil Soghrati

Computational Modeling and Design of Actively-Cooled 3D Woven Microvascular Composites Soheil Soghrati October 31, 2012 A novel approach to introduce bio-inspired three-dimensional microvascular networks in actively-cooled structural 3D woven composites for high-temperature applications has …

[Illinois] Beckman Grad Seminar: Dispersion-relation Spectroscopy of Intracellular Transport

18 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ru Wang

Dispersion-relation Spectroscopy of Intracellular Transport Ru Wang October 31, 2012 The interior of a living cell is a busy place. Molecular motors move materials along prescribed biopolymer tracks. This sort of active transport is required to rapidly move products over large distances …

[Illinois] Beckman Grad Seminar: Membrane Sculpting by F-BAR Domains Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

18 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hang Yu

Membrane Sculpting by F-BAR Domains Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations Hang Yu October 31, 2012 Interplay between cellular membranes and their peripheral proteins drives many processes in eukaryotic cells. Proteins of the Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain family, in particular, play a …

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: DNAzymes as Novel Tools For Metal-Ion Sensing in Living Cells

17 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peiwen Wu

"DNAzymes as Novel Tools for Metal-Ion Sensing in Living Cells" Solely considered as a generic storage material, DNA was discovered to be capable of carrying out catalytic or enzymatic functions in 1990s. Since then, DNAzymes specific for a wide range of bioavailable metal ions have been selected …

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: Label-Free Electronic Detection of Cancer Biomarkers Using Silicon Nanowire Arrays

18 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brian Dorvel

Improving the performance and lowering the analyte detection limits of optical and electronic biosensors is essential for advancing wide ranging applications in diagnostics and drug discovery. One of these diagnostic platforms, based upon microfluidics coupled to ion-selective field effect …

[Illinois] Nano EP Series: Nanosoldering Carbon Nanotube Junctions with Metal via Local Chemical Vapor Deposition for Improved Device Performance

18 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jae Won-Do

Carbon nanotube network (CNTN) devices are useful in integrated circuits and display drivers, particularly in applications that make use of thin film transistors (TFTs) on flexible or transparent substrates. However, in such CNTN devices, the performance is usually limited by high electrical and …

[Illinois] Nano EP Series - Vertical Cavity Transistor Laser

17 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mong-Kai Wu

"Vertical Cavity Transistor Laser" Mong-Kai Wu This work presents the recent progress of the transistor laser. The transistor laser is a three terminal device which can simultaneously produce electrical and optical signals. Because of the titled charge configuration in base, the device has …

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: Improving the Sensitivity of Nanopatterned SERS Sensors by Promoting Surface Wetting

17 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William Goldshlag

Nanopatterned metal surfaces are widely used for chemical sensing. One representative technique is surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).When analyte is placed on a solid substrate covered with densely packed metal nanoparticles, the intensity of Raman-scattered light increases by multiple …

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: Towards the Development of Click Chemistry-Mediated Nanomedicine for Cancer Cell Targeting

17 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Vahid Mirshafiee

Nanoparticulate delivery vehicles for cancer targeting and therapy are routinely prepared by incorporating a targeting ligand, such as an antibody or aptamer, to the surface of nanoparticles. The interaction between the targeting ligand and specific receptor on the cell membrane is anticipated to …

[Illinois] BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2012: A Materials Approach to Deconstructing the Stem Cell Microenvironment

17 Dec 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kristopher A. Kilian

Cell culture materials that are engineered at the molecular, nano and micro scale can be used to guide pathways associated with cell fate specification. In this presentation, I will discuss our efforts in designing surfaces for studying signaling in adherent mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). First I …

Exciton Dynamics Lab for Light-Harvesting Complexes (GPU-HEOM)

18 Dec 2012 | Tools | Contributor(s): Christoph Kreisbeck, Tobias Kramer

Non-Markovian calculation of absorption spectra, 2d echo-spectra, coherences and polulation dynamics for light-harvesting complexes.

Accelerating Airy Beams and Bullets

15 Jan 2013 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Demetrios Christodoulides

This talk is part of the International Workshop "Novel Ideas in Optics: From Advanced Materials to Revolutionary Applications" hosted by Purdue University. Demetri Christodoulides received his Ph.D. degree in 1986. He subsequently joined Bellcore as a postdoctoral fellow and then the faculty of …

Perfect Absorber Metamaterial simulator

19 Dec 2012 | Tools | Contributor(s): sainath gupta, Bala Krishna Juluri

perfect absorber matametrial