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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2011: Imaging Microvascular Blood Flow with MRI
05 May 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Brad Sutton
Blood flow in the brain is an important physiological quantity relating to vitality of brain tissue and performance of cognitive tasks. Current non-invasive methods to measure cerebral blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allow for the measurement of delivery of blood from feeding...
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 12: Multiscale Analysis of Silicon NEMS
02 May 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Narayan Aluru
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2011: Engineering Cellular Microenvironments for Biomedicine
14 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Brendan Harley
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex organization of structural proteins such as collagens and proteoglycans. Heterogeneous tissues with spatially and temporally modulated properties and their biomaterial mimics play an important role in organism physiology and regenerative medicine. With...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Spring 2011: Development of Anticancer Medicine
14 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Jianjun Cheng
Nanoparticles are promising carriers for the delivery of chemotherapeutics for cancer therapy. This presentation explores new developments in chemical and engineering processes to prepare anticancer nanomedicines.
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 7: Can a Semiconductor Operate as a Human Cell ?
12 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: J. P. Leburton
The ability to manipulate the enormous information resources contained in DNA molecules for applications in information technology is one of the new great scientific challenges at the cross road of biology, information science, physics and electrical engineering. In this talk, I will briefly...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 8: Quantum Dot and Nanopore Lasers
12 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James J. Coleman
We describe the growth, processing, and characteristics of self‐assembled andpatterned quantum dot and nanopore lasers that exhibit interesting effects arising from reduction of the active medium to the quantum regime (
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 6: Honing Scanned Probe Lithography for Atomic-Fidelity Patterning
12 Apr 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Scott Schmucker
Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess extraordinary electrical properties, with many possible applications in electronics. Dense,horizontally aligned arrays of linearly configured SWNTs represent perhaps the most attractive and scalable way to implement this class ofnanomaterial in...
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 5: Nanoparticles against B–lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Fatih Uckun
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 8: Nanoplasmonic Lasers
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Shun Lien Chuang
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 9 : Probing Carbon Nanostructures using Superconductivity—and vice–versa
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Nadya Mason
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 11: A Multiscale Computational Framework for Modeling of Nanomaterials
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Arif Masud
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 10: The Role of Molecular Modeling in Bionanotechnology
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 7: Approaches for Photonic Crystal Membrane Nanolaser Diodes
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Kent D Choquette
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Illinois CNST Annual Nanotechnology Workshop 2010 Lecture 6: Carbon–Based Nanoelectronics, Fundamental Issues
11 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Joe Lyding
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Mathematica for CUDA and OpenCL Programming
07 Mar 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Ulises Cervantes-Pimentel, Abdul Dakkak
In the latest release of Mathematica 8, a large number of programming tools for GPU computing are available. In this presentation, new tools for CUDA and OpenCL programming will be explored. Several applications, including image processing, medical imaging, multi-gpu, statistics and finance will...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series
23 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Akash Garg, Albert Liao, Omar N Sobh
The Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics (NANO-EP) seminar focuses on topics that span the fields of nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, nanobioelectronics, and others with biweekly talks. The seminar's goal is to promote interaction and discussion in the nano field, particularly amongst the faculty...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 1: Hetero-epitaxy of III-V Compounds on Silicon Substrates by MOCVD for Device Applications
23 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Kei May Lau
III-V compounds have established their niches in optoelectronic, high-frequency and high-speed device applications that cannot be matched by Si electronics. However, Si has been and will remain the workhorse inthe semiconductor industry. To further improve the performance and extend the...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 2: Spin Transistor and Beyond
23 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
Electronic devices have traditionally been based on controlling the flow of charge. However, electrons carry both charge and "spin", thelatter being responsible for magnetic phenomena. In the last ten years there have been significant advances in our ability to control the spin current in...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 3: Characterization and Modeling of Transport in Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Films for Device Applications
23 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Ashkan Behnam
Single‐walled carbon nanotube (CNT) films are transparent, conductive, and flexible materials. These films have uniform physical and electronic properties, and can be mass produced in a cost effective manner. Due to these favorable properties, they have been suggested for various applications...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2010 - Lecture 4: Materials and Mechanics for Bio-Integrated Electronics
23 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: John Rogers, Omar N Sobh