MCW07 Silicon Based Nanopore Sensors for Detection of DNA Molecules

11 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Samir Iqbal, Demir Akin, Rashid Bashir

Solid-state nanopores have emerged as possible candidates for next-generation DNA sequencing devices. In this talk, we will review our recent work in development of solid-state nanopore channels that …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3079

MCW07 Electronic Level Alignment at Metal-Molecule Contacts with a GW Approach

05 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jeffrey B. Neaton

Most recent theoretical studies of electron transport in single-molecule junctions rely on a Landauer approach, simplified to treat electron-electron interactions at a mean-field level within density …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3094

MCW07 Modeling Charging-based Switching in Molecular Transport Junctions

23 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sina Yeganeh, Misha Galperin, Mark A. Ratner

We will discuss several proposed explanations for the switching and negative differential resistance behavior seen in some molecular junctions. It is shown that a proposed polaron model is …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3076

Amine Linked Single Molecule Circuits: Systematic Measurements & Understanding

02 Jul 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark S Hybertsen

Formation and function of well-defined linkages between organic molecules and metallic electrodes has been a key issue in the field of molecular electronics. We recently discovered that the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2894

Orbital Mediated Tunneling in a New Unimolecular Rectifier

25 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert Metzger, NCN SLC@Northwestern

In 1997 we showed that hexadecylquinolinium tricyanoquinodimethanide is a unimolecular rectifier, by scanning tunneling microscopy and also as a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayer, sandwiched between …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2748

BNC Annual Research Symposium: Nanoelectronics and Semiconductor Devices

23 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David Janes

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/2632

Electronics at Nano scale

06 Apr 2007 | Notes | Contributor(s): Rakesh Kumar gupta

Current research on nanoelectronics is extremely diverse. Exiting technology of optical lithography used for the fabrication of electronics components,devices and systms already reached to their …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2586

CMOS-Nano Hybrid Technology: a nanoFPGA-related study

04 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Wei Wang

Dr. Wei Wang received his PhD degree in 2002 from Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. From 2002 to 2004, he was an assistant professor in the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2567

ECE 453 Lecture 15c: Basis Functions 3

04 Oct 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This lecture is available only in video format.

https://nanohub.org/resources/604

ECE 453 Lecture 15b: Basis Functions 2

01 Oct 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This lecture is available only in video format.

https://nanohub.org/resources/606

Surprises on the nanoscale: Plasmonic waves that travel backward and spin birefringence without magnetic fields

08 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Daniel Neuhauser

As nanonphotonics and nanoelectronics are pushed down towards the molecular scale, interesting effects emerge. We discuss how birefringence (different propagation of two polarizations) is …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2256

Nanoscale Thermodynamics

13 Dec 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): John Enriquez

This is the fifth contribution from the students in the University of Texas at El Paso Molecular Electronics course given in the fall of 2006. This introduces nanothermodynamics, the study of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2106

Computational Chemistry: An Introduction to Molecular Dynamic Simulations

08 Dec 2006 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Shalayna Lair

This module gives a brief overview of computational chemistry, a branch of chemistry concerned with theoretically determining properties of molecules. The fundamentals of how to conduct a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2088

Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

12 Dec 2006 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lynn Marie Santiago

This is the fourth contribution from the students in the University of Texas at El Paso Molecular Electronics course given in the fall of 2006. This presentation is presented at the undergraduate …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2104

Electrical Resistance: an Atomistic View

26 Oct 2006 | Publications | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This tutorial article presents a “bottom-up” view of electrical resistance starting from something really small, like a molecule, and then discussing the issues that arise as we move to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1919

Molecular Workbench: An Interface to the Molecular World

25 Jun 2006 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Charles Xie

The Molecular Workbench software is a free, open-source modeling and authoring program specifically designed for use in science education. Powered by a set of real-time molecular simulation engines …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1592

Chemical Modification of GaAs with TAT Peptide and Alkylthiol Self-Assembled Monolayers

03 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hamsa Jaganathan

The use of self-assembled monolayers (SAM) on semiconductors creates a basis for the design and creation of bioelectronics, such as biosensors. The interface between the surface and an organic …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1670

DNA Nanowires

06 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Margarita Shalaev

DNA is a relatively inexpensive and ubiquitous material that can be used as a scaffold for constructing nanowires. Our research focuses on the manufacturing of DNA-templated, magnetic nanowires. This …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1679

Surface Analysis of Organic Monlayers Using FTIR and XPS

02 Aug 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jamie Nipple, Michael Toole, David Janes

Current research concerning self-assembled monolayers (SAM) focuses on the fabrication of microelectronics utilizing a semiconductor/molecule/metal junction. This study seeks to investigate various …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1655

A MATLAB code for Hartree Fock calculation of H-H ground state bondlength and energy using STO-4G

08 Aug 2006 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Amritanshu Palaria

Hartree Fock (HF) theory is one of the basic theories underlying the current understanding of the electronic structure of materials. It is a simple non-relativistic treatment of many electron system …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1718