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From Research to Learning in Chemistry through Visualization and Computation
17 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Jakobsson
Modern chemistry research and high school chemistry education are separated by institutional and geographical boundaries. As such, much of secondary chemistry education is still based on the periodic …
https://nanohub.org/resources/2725
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Functionalized Nanomaterials at the Interface of Biology and Technology
24 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dean Ho, NCLT administator
Nanomaterials, such as block copolymeric membranes and nanodiamonds, can be engineered for a broad range of applications in energy and medicine. This presentation will highlight the relevance of …
https://nanohub.org/resources/3761
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Hierarchy of Simulation Approaches for Charge Transport Simulation
01 Aug 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Omar N Sobh, Umberto Ravaioli
General considerations Model simulation hierarchy Continuum model Particle Transport Monte Carlo model Examples of simulations Umberto Ravaioli - University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNCN@Purdue …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5175
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Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Nano-CEMMS: A Hard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell
07 May 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jeffrey Fredberg
AHard Day in the Life of a Soft Cell With every beat of the heart, inflation of the lung, or peristalsis of the gut, cell types of diverse function are subjected to substantial stretch. But what …
https://nanohub.org/resources/6760
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Illinois MatSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 2: Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding
18 Aug 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh
Refortify your chemistry - Atomic scale structures Goals Define basic concepts: Filling of Atomic Energy Levels: Pauli Exclusion Principle Atomic Orbitals (s-, p-, d-, and f- type …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5240
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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 1: Structure of Metals and Ceramics
19 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh
Structures of Metals and Ceramics Goals Define basic terms and give examples of each: Lattice Basis Atoms (Decorations or Motifs) Crystal Structure …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5460
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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 2: Structure of Ceramics
21 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh
Structure of Ceramics Issues to Address... Structures of ceramic materials: How do they differ from that of metals? Define basic terms and give examples of each: Lattice …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5467
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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 3: Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes
22 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh
Crystallographic Points, Directions, and Planes Issues to Address... How to define points, directions, planes, as well as linear, planar, and volume densities Define basic terms and give …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5469
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Illinois MATSE 280 Introduction to Engineering Materials, Lecture 3 Part 4: Structures via Diffusion
28 Sep 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Duane Douglas Johnson, Omar N Sobh
Structures via Diffraction Goals Define basic ideas of diffraction (using x-ray, electrons, or neutrons, which, although they are particles, they can behave as waves) and show how to …
https://nanohub.org/resources/5492
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Introduction to Self-Assembled Monolayers and Biosensors
01 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Toole
Recent research concerning self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) focuses on tasks from fabrication of microelectronics to creating biosensors. This presentation will address the fundamental principles of …
https://nanohub.org/resources/3005
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Ion Selectivity in Synthetic and Natural Channels
31 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Susan Rempe
Transport across membranes and nanopores can be characterized by static equilibrium properties as well as by nonequilibrium dynamic properties. For example, equilibrium selectivity properties of a …
https://nanohub.org/resources/4207
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Lecture 10: Mutagenesis
07 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Isolate and Mutate DNA (for FIONA)
https://nanohub.org/resources/4273
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Lecture 11: FIONA (Fluorescence Imaging with One Nanometer Accuracy)
11 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Fluorescence Imaging with One Nanometer Accuracy, Specificity to look at heads Nanometer spatial localization, Second temporal resolution, Single Molecule sensitivity Single Molecule Photostability
https://nanohub.org/resources/4304
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Lecture 12: Ultra-Resolution
11 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
SHREC (Single molecule High Resolution Co localization), SHRIMP (Super-High Resolution Imaging with Photobleaching), DOPI (Defocused Orientation Position Imaging), PALM (PhotoActivated Localization …
https://nanohub.org/resources/4307
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Lecture 13: Enhancing Resolution - FIONA - SHREC - DOPI - PALM - STORM
15 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Current Methods of obtaining higher resolution using: FIONA : Flouresence Imaging with One Nanometer Accuracy SHREC : Single molecule High Resolution Co-localization DOPI : Defocused Orientation …
https://nanohub.org/resources/4328
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Lecture 14: FRET and Helicase Activity
15 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
FRET: measuring conformational changes of (single) biomolecules, Unzipping mystery of helicases
https://nanohub.org/resources/4333
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Lecture 16: Optical Traps - Part 1
16 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
First Optical Trap built, Reflection, Refraction, Brownian motionYann Chemla - Assistant Professor of Physics - University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
https://nanohub.org/resources/4353
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Lecture 18: Magnetotaxis
28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Klaus Schulten, Paul R Selvin
Biochemical Mechanisms for Magnetic Orientation in Animals, guest lecture Klaus Schulten.
https://nanohub.org/resources/4468
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Lecture 19: Optical Traps - Part2
23 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Biological application of optical traps, High resolution optical trapping, Brownian noise
https://nanohub.org/resources/4412
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Lecture 1: Introduction to Biophysics
28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul R Selvin
Understanding biology using simple ideas from physics
https://nanohub.org/resources/4461