Engineering the Fiber-Matrix Interface in Carbon Nanotube Composites

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

Particle depositions on polymer and carbon substrates to induce surface chemical modification are a growing research topic in particle-surface interactions due to localized deposition energy and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1113

Bending Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

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

The effect of filling carbon nanotubes on the mechanical, especially bending, behavior of empty and filled (10,10) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is examined using classical, atomistic, molecular dynamics …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1106

Electron and Ion Microscopies as Characterization Tools for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

27 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Stach

This tutorial presents a broad overview of the basic physical principles of techniques used in scanning electron microscopy (SEM), as well as their application to understanding …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1097

A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

13 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner

While the Greek root nano just means dwarf, the nanoscale has become a giant focus of contemporary science and technology. We will examine the fundamental issues underlying the excitement involved …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1021

Optimization of Transistor Design for Carbon Nanotubes

20 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jing Guo

We have developed a self-consistent atomistic simulator for CNTFETs. Using the simulator, we show that a recently reported high-performance CNTFET delivers a near ballistic on-current. The …

https://nanohub.org/resources/970

Atomic Force Microscopy

01 Dec 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arvind Raman

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an indispensible tool in nano science for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation, and property characterization of nanostructures. This tutorial reviews some of the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/520

An Electrical Engineering Perspective on Molecular Electronics

26 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

After forty years of advances in integrated circuit technology, microelectronics is undergoing a transformation to nanoelectronics. Modern day MOSFETs now have channel lengths that are less than 50 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/513

Semiconductor Interfaces at the Nanoscale

17 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David Janes

The trend in downscaling of electronic devices and the need to add functionalities such as sensing and nonvolatile memory to existing circuitry dictate that new approaches be developed for device …

https://nanohub.org/resources/196

On the Reliability of Micro-Electronic Devices: An Introductory Lecture on Negative Bias Temperature Instability

28 Sep 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Muhammad A. Alam

In 1930s Bell Labs scientists chose to focus on Siand Ge, rather than better known semiconductors like Ag2S and Cu2S, mostly because of their reliable performance. Their choice was rewarded with the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/193

Quantum Dots

21 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

Quantum Dots are man-made artificial atoms that confine electrons to a small space. As such, they have atomic-like behavior and enable the study of quantum mechanical effects on a length scale that …

https://nanohub.org/resources/189

Nanostructure Engineered Sensors for Gas Detection in Space and Terrestrial Applications

28 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jing Li

A nanosensor technology has been developed using single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on a pair of interdigitated electrodes (IDE) processed with a silicon-based microfabrication and micromachining …

https://nanohub.org/resources/463

A New Terahertz Heterodyne Detector Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

27 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sigfrid Yngvesson

We present non-invasive methods for improving the sensitivity of label-free biosensors that offer the advantage of rapid and real-time detection but suffer from relatively low sensitivity. We present …

https://nanohub.org/resources/532

The Bardeen Transfer Hamiltonian Approach to Tunneling and its Application to STM/Carbon Nanotubes

05 May 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Albrecht, Kyle Ritter, Laura Ruppalt

This presentation covers the Bardeen Transfer Hamiltonian approach to tunneling and its application to STM/carbon nanotubes.

https://nanohub.org/resources/382

Moore's Law Forever?

13 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This talk covers the big technological changes in the 20th and 21st century that were correctly predicted by Gordon Moore in 1965. Moore's Law states that the number of transistors on a silicon chip …

https://nanohub.org/resources/188

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/376

Nanodevices: A Bottom-up View

13 Jun 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

It is common to differentiate between two ways of building a nanodevice: a top-down approach where we start from something big and chisel out what we want and a bottom-up approach where we start …

https://nanohub.org/resources/385

Nanoelectronics: The New Frontier?

18 Apr 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

After forty years of advances in integrated circuit technology, microelectronics is undergoing a transformation to nanoelectronics. Modern day MOSFETs now have channel lengths of only 50 nm, and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/185

Interfacing Carbon Nanotubes with Biological Systems: From Biosensors to Cellular Transporters

21 Oct 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hongjie Dai

This talk will discuss two relatively new topics in carbon nanotube research. The first is nanotubes for chemical and biological sensors, an exploration motivated by the ultra high surface area of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/172

Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube for Interconnects and Nanoelectrode Based Biosensors

15 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jun Li

In the past few years, tremendous progress in the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been made, which enabled the fabrication of various CNT devices for applications in electronics, biomedical …

https://nanohub.org/resources/162

Electronic Transport in Semi-conducting Carbon Nanotube Transistor Devices

16 Oct 2003 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joerg Appenzeller

Recent demonstrations of high performance carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) highlight their potential for a future nanotube-based electronics. Besides being just a nanometer in …

https://nanohub.org/resources/147