KIST/PU Infrared and Raman Chemical Imaging of Pharmaceutical Biological Matter

06 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tom Tague

There have been several advances in instrumentation that now facilitate infrared and Raman imaging. Current Focal-Plane-Array (FPA) detectors are very robust and read out quickly for infrared …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3661

KIST/PU Ligand-functionalized gold nanorods as theragnostic agents

06 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alexander Wei

Plasmon-resonant gold nanorods have been examined as multifunctional agents for imaging and photoactivated therapies. Nanorods can be imaged with single-particle sensitivity by two-photon …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3670

New Dimension in Performance: Harnessing 3D Integration Technology

29 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kerry Bernstein

Despite generation on generation of scaling, computer chips have remained essentially 2-dimensional. Improvements in on-chip wire delay, and in the total number of inputs and outputs has not been …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3596

Engineering Nanomedical Systems

16 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James Leary

This tutorial will cover general problems and approaches to the design of engineered nanomedical systems. An example to be covered is the engineering design of programmable multilayered nanoparticles …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3539

MCW07 Impact of Porphyrin Functional Groups on InAs Gas Sensors

05 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Garcia

Porphyrin molecules are often used for sensor engineering to improve sensitivity and selectivity to specific analytes. It is important to understand how the porphyrin HOMO-LUMO levels deplete …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3149

KIST/PU Multiplex Detection of Cell Surface Markers Using Plasmonic Sensors

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joseph M K Irudayaraj

Gold nanorod molecular probes (GNrMPs) were designed and fabricated for multiplex identification of cell surface markers in HBECs. Cells were probed directly using dark field microscopy integrated …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3408

KIST/PU Design and Performance of Bioresponsive Nanocarriers with Tunable Reactivity for Drug and Gene Delivery

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dave Thompson

Our lab has focused on the development of bioresponsive nanocarriers that are designed to release their cargo upon entry into acidic environments such as those found in cellular endosomes and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3391

KIST/PU Introduction to Global Research Laboratory (GRL) Program: Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine for Theragnosis using Nano-Bio Materials

23 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Kui Won Choi

The Global Research Laboratory (GRL) program was initiated by the Korea Foundation for International Cooperation of Science and Technology (KICOS) in 2006. The GRL program has been designed to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3386

Computing the Horribleness of Soft Condensed Matter

19 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Jakobsson

A great triumph of computer simulations 40 years ago was to make the liquid state of matter understandable in terms of physical interactions between individual molecules. Prior to the first …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3424

BME 695N Lecture 11: Construction of biomolecule conjugated nanoparticles

30 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Don Bergstrom

With Donald E. Bergstrom as guest lecturer.

https://nanohub.org/resources/3331

The Helios Talks

25 Sep 2007 | Series | Contributor(s): Joe Ringgenberg, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Jeffrey C Grossman

The energy problem is one of the most important issues that science and technology has to solve. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Helios Project concentrates on renewable fuels, such …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3266

Renewable Energy from Synthetic Biology

25 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jay D. Keasling

Jay Keasling, Co-Leader of The Helios Project, is the Director of the Physical Biosciences Division at Berkeley Lab, and a groundbreaking researcher in the new scientific field of synthetic biology. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3297

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

Micro-scaled Biochips with Optically Active Surfaces for Near and Far-field Analysis of Cellular Fluorescence

31 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Huw Summers

The integration of thin (< 100 nm) metal films with micro-scale optical waveguides provides a route to controlled spatial excitation of cellular fluorescence within a biochip platform. Surface …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3121

Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Association with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jennifer McDonald

Commercially available single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) tend to aggregate as ropes and bundles during production making them of little use in many scientific and industrial applications. An …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3009

Re-engineering a Healthy Eye Tissue to Restore Damaged Eyesight

02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Margarita Shalaev

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that is the leading cause of blindness in the USA and Western Europe. It affects over one million people in the United States alone. One of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3011

Biosensing applications of Plasmon Resonance in gold nanoparticles

02 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Karina Moore

Light can be used to excite plasmon resonance in gold nanoparticles. Plasmon resonance occurs on the nanoscale as the particles become excited and plasmon oscillations arise in each particle of a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3019

Molecular Interferometry

26 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David D. Nolte

While single-molecule detection through fluorescence has now become common-place, there has been no analogous single-molecule capability using direct detection approaches such as interferometry. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2832

On the Cross Roads of Biology and Nanotechnology – Selective DNA Nanopore Sensors

21 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Samir Iqbal

The ability to manipulate and identify the properties of single biological molecules with the potential of characterizing biological processes at the most fundamental levels can significantly …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2486

Charge Transfer Across an Energy Transducing Integral Membrane Protein Complex

31 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William A. Cramer

The cytochrome bc complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory and photosynthetic electron transport chains are hetero-oligomeric integral membrane proteins. These proteins are responsible for most of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2679