ME 597 Lecture 1: Introduction to Basic Quantum Mechanics

01 Sep 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger

Note: This lecture has been revised since its original presentation. Topics: Introduction to Basic Quantum Mechanics Energy States in Periodic Crystals Course is dual listed as Physics …

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ME 597 Introductory Lecture

01 Sep 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger

Course is dual listed as Physics 570.

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Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies

08 Jun 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bharat Bhushan

Fundamental nanotribological studies provide insight to molecular origins of interfacial phenomena including adhesion, friction, wear and lubrication. Friction and wear of lightly loaded micro/nano …

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Gas Damping of Microcantilevers at Low Ambient Pressures

03 Nov 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rahul Anil Bidkar

This seminar will present a theoretical model for predicting the gas damping of long, rectangular silicon microcantilevers, which are oscillating in an unbounded gaseous medium with the ambient …

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So What do Biologist, Biotechnologists & Pharmaceutical Scientist Want With an AFM/SPM Anyway?

11 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kunal Bose

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BNC Research Review: Carbon Nanotubes as Nucleic Acid Carriers

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Don Bergstrom

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4712

SPMW Scanning Probe Acceleration Microscopy: Towards Real Time Reconstruction of Tip-Sample Forces in Tapping Mode AFM

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tomasz Kowalewski

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) in fluids has become an increasingly important technique, especially in studying biological samples under near physiological conditions. However, until …

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SPMW Single molecule recognition atomic force microscopy

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Hinterdorfer

In molecular recognition force microscopy (MRFM), ligands are covalently attached to atomic force microscopy tips for the molecular recognition of their cognitive receptors on probe surfaces. A …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2181

KIST/PU Design and Performance of Bioresponsive Nanocarriers with Tunable Reactivity for Drug and Gene Delivery

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dave Thompson

Our lab has focused on the development of bioresponsive nanocarriers that are designed to release their cargo upon entry into acidic environments such as those found in cellular endosomes and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3391

BME 695N Lecture 9: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for Nanomedical Systems (cells and nanoparticles)

30 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Helen McNally

What Helen McNally as guest lecturer.

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Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Association with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer McDonald

Commercially available single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) tend to aggregate as ropes and bundles during production making them of little use in many scientific and industrial applications. An …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3009

Re-engineering a Healthy Eye Tissue to Restore Damaged Eyesight

02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Margarita Shalaev

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that is the leading cause of blindness in the USA and Western Europe. It affects over one million people in the United States alone. One of …

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SPMW A fresh look to amplitude-modulation AFM: Force minimization, interaction measurement, and the quest for high resolution

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Udo D. Schwarz

Frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM) has been able to deliver high-resolution atomic-scale images in ultrahigh vacuum for over one decade. In addition, there have been recent reports …

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SPMW AFM at Video Rate and Beyond

16 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mervyn Miles

The particular advantages that atomic force microscopy (AFM) has over other types of microscopy are well-known, but it has the one major disadvantage of low imaging rates in conventional instruments …

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SPMW The Nanomechanics of compositional mapping in amplitude modulation AFM

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ricardo Garcia

Amplitude modulation atomic force microscopy (AM-AFM) has been very successful for imaging with high spatial resolution inorganic as well as soft materials such as polymers, living cells and single …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2176

BNC Annual Research Symposium: Metrology and Nanomaterials Characterization

10 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2635

SPMW FIRAT: A fast and sensitive probe structure for SPM

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): F. Levent Degertekin

A new SPM probe, called the force sensing integrated readout and active tip (FIRAT), is described and initial experimental results obtained on commercial AFM systems are presented. FIRAT combines a …

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Toward Improving the Precision of Nanoscale Force-Displacement Measurements

13 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jason Clark

Nanotechnology has great potential for being used to create better medicines, materials, and sensors. With increasing interest in nanotechnology to improve the quality of our lives, there has …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2452

SPMW Interplay between theory and experiment in AFM nanomechanical studies of polymers

30 Nov 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sergei Magonov, Sergey Belikov

High-resolution imaging of surfaces and compositional mapping of heterogeneous materials are the main functions of atomic force microscopy (AFM) in studies of polymer materials. Compositional mapping …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2030

SPMW Nanotube, nanoneedle and nanomeniscus: mechanical and wetting properties of modified AFM tip apex

12 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): J. P. Aimé

Among AFM microscopes, Dynamic force microscopes (DFM) are very sensitive to variation of minute forces involved in the interaction between the tip and the surface. However, despite numerous efforts, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2103