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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1168

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) …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1140

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1114

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

Metal Oxide Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterization and Device Applications

07 Mar 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jia Grace Lu

Various metal oxide nanowires, such as ZnO, SnO2, Fe2O3, In2O3 and Ga2O3, have been synthesized by chemical vapor deposition method. Their structures and properties are characterized by TEM, SEM, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1096

Molecular Transport Structures: Elastic Scattering, Vibronic Effects and Beyond

13 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, Misha Galperin

Current experimental efforts are clarifying quite beautifully the nature of charge transport in so-called molecular junctions, in which a single molecule provides the channel for current flow between …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1018

Making the Tiniest and Fastest Transistor using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)

13 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peide "Peter" Ye

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is an emerging nanotechnology enables the deposit of ultrathin films, one atomic layer by one atomic layer. ALD provides a powerful, new capability to grow or regrow …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1015

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

Active Photonic Nanomaterials: From Random to Periodic Structures

06 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hui Cao

Active photonic nanomaterials, which have high gain or large nonlinearity, are essential to the development of nanophotonic devices and circuits. In this talk, I will provide a review of our …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1012

Designing Nanocomposite Materials for Solid-State Energy Conversion

10 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

New materials will be necessary to break through today's performance envelopes for solid-state energy conversion devices ranging from LED-based solid-state white lamps to thermoelectric devices …

https://nanohub.org/resources/832

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

First Principles-based Atomistic and Mesoscale Modeling of Materials

01 Dec 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan

This tutorial will describe some of the most powerful and widely used techniques for materials modeling including i) first principles quantum mechanics (QM), ii) large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) …

https://nanohub.org/resources/434

Designing Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Materials

08 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

This tutorial reviews recent strategies for designing high-ZT nanostructured materials, including superlattices, embedded quantum dots, and nanowire composites. The tutorial highlights the challenges …

https://nanohub.org/resources/383

Bandstructure in Nanoelectronics

01 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This presentation will highlight, for nanoelectronic device examples, how the effective mass approximation breaks down and why the quantum mechanical nature of the atomically resolved material needs …

https://nanohub.org/resources/381

Wireless Integrated MicroSystems (WIMS): Coming Revolution in the Gathering of Information

01 Sep 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kensall D. Wise

Wireless integrated microsystems promise to become pervasive during the coming decade in applications ranging from health care and environmental monitoring to homeland security. Merging low-power …

https://nanohub.org/resources/190

Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assembly for Biological Sensing

25 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gil Lee

Nanoparticles have unique physical and chemical properties that make them very useful for biological and chemical sensing. For example, colloidal gold has been used as an optical transducer for …

https://nanohub.org/resources/386

Laser Cooling of Solids

06 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Massoud Kaviany

Enhanced laser cooling of ion doped nanocrystalline powders (e.g., Yb3+: Y2O3) can be achieved by enhancing the anti-Stokes, off-resonance absorption, which is proportional to the three …

https://nanohub.org/resources/195

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