MSE 376 Lecture 8: Carbon Nanomaterials, part 3

22 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Hersam

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What Can the TEM Tell You About Your Nanomaterial?

26 Feb 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Stach

In this tutorial, I will present a brief overview of the ways that transmission electron microscopy can be used to characterize nanoscale materials. This tutorial will emphasize what TEM does well, …

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Dendrimer-Templated Catalyst for Controlled Growth of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Plasma-Enhanced CVD

20 Feb 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Placidus Amama

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are an important class of materials with several technological applications because they possess unparalleled properties in terms of ballistic electrical conductivity, thermal …

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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, …

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SPMW Nanomechanics: from nanotechnology to biology

12 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Elisa Riedo

The development of new materials with size of few nanometers has opened a new field of scientific and technological research. The goal is to develop faster and better communication systems and …

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Highly Efficient Thermal Transport: The Application of Carbon Nanotube Array Interfaces

01 Feb 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Baratunde A. Cola

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have received much attention in recent years for their extraordinary properties that through careful engineering may be leverage for the development of numerous advantageous …

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Nanotechnology and Occupational Safety and Health: What are the Issues, What do we know, and What is NIOSH Doing

21 Nov 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Charles L. Geraci

Nanotechnology and Occupational Safety and Health: What are the Issues, What do we know, and What is NIOSH Doing

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Nanoelectronic Architectures

24 Feb 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Greg Snider

Nanoelectronic architectures at this point are necessarily speculative: We are still evaluating many different approaches to fabrication and are exploring unconventional devices made possible at the …

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Understanding Phonon Dynamics via 1D Atomic Chains

04 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

Phonons are the principal carriers of thermal energy in semiconductors and insulators, and they serve a vital role in dissipating heat produced by scattered electrons in semiconductor devices. …

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Electrodeposition of Palladium as an Ohmic Contact for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

03 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Brent Penque, David Janes

Carbon nanotubes are being researched extensively for their unique conductive properties. Controlled growth of vertical single-walled carbon nanotubes, however, has not yet been possible. This …

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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 …

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What is "Nanofluidics"? or The Nano-izing of Fluid Mechanics

28 Jun 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Micro- and nanoscaled fluid mechanics are rapidly emerging as important supporting fields in biomedical technology, nanotechnology, etc., as well as being important fields of study in their own …

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Logic Devices and Circuits on Carbon Nanotubes

05 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joerg Appenzeller

Over the last years carbon nanotubes (CNs) have attracted an increasing interest as building blocks for nano-electronics applications. Due to their unique properties enabling e.g. ballistic transport …

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EDA Challenges in Nanoscale Design: A Synopsys Perspective

11 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rich Goldman

Rich Goldman gives an overview of the current state of the semiconductor and EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry with a special focus on the impact of nanometer scale design on design tools …

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The Long and Short of Pick-up Stick Transistors: A Promising Technology for Nano- and Macro-Electronics

11 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

In recent years, there has been enormous interest in the emerging field of large-area macro-electronics, and fabricating thin-film transistors on flexible substrates. This talk will cover recent …

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Molecular Dynamics Studies of Gaseous Transport

05 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ki-Ho Lee, Jason Myers, Susan Sinnott

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have generated a great deal of interest due to their unique properties. In this study, we examine the transport properties of various nanotubes using REBO-MD to determine the …

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Thermal Microsystems for On-Chip Thermal Engineering

04 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Suresh V. Garimella

Electro-thermal co-design at the micro- and nano-scales is critical for achieving desired performance and reliability in microelectronic circuits. Emerging thermal microsystems technologies for …

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Tribological Properties of Carbon Nanotube Bundles

03 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SeongJun Heo, Susan Sinnott

The tribological properties of carbon nanotube(CNT) bundles are investigated in this research using classical molecular dynamics(MD) simulations. Bundle of hollow single walled CNT or CNT filled with …

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The Effect of Temperature Control on the Mechanical Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes

29 Mar 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SeongJun Heo, Susan Sinnott

The effect of thermostat configurations on the mechanical behavior of empty and butane (n-C4H10) filled (10,10) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is examined using classical, atomistic, molecular dynamics (MD) …

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Irradiation and Nanomechanics of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

23 Mar 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sharon K. Pregler, Susan Sinnott

Irradiation of nanotube structures with electron and ion beams has been used to produce functionalized nanotubes and fundamentally new structures, including junctions. Here, we build on previous …

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