Tutorial for NanogromacsSenior

28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dairui Chen

Breezed and uploaded by Cezary Wojtkowski University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Ferroelectric BaTiO3 Nanowires: Synthesis, Properties, and Device Applications

12 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Zhaoyu Wang

One dimensional ferroelectric nanowires have attracted much attention due to its interests in fundamental physics and potential applications in Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS), non-volatile …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4031

An Experimentalists’ Perspective

19 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arunava Majumdar

This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3628

Plastic Deformation at Micron and Submicron Scales

28 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marisol Koslowski

Most people experiences the way objects plastically deform on a macroscopic scale. From a car crash to the bending of a paper clip plastic deformation occurs in the form of a smooth flow as a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3559

Microscale Ionic Wind for Local Cooling Enhancement

26 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David B Go

As the electronics industry continues to develop small, highly functional, mobile devices, new methods of cooling are required to manage the thermal requirements of the not only the chip but …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3358

Introduction of MEMS Activity at Nano/Micro System Engineering Lab., Kyoto University

15 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Osamu Tabata

We are aiming at the realization of microsystems and nanosystems with novel and unique functions by integrating functional elements in different domains such as mechanics, electronics, chemistry, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3243

Selective Silicon Epitaxy Seen at the Nanometer Scale

14 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Matthew Mark Sztelle

The presenter introduces NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems) and STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and continues to present material on Selective Silicon Epitaxy seen at the Nanometer ScaleMatthew …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2810

Piezoelectric Transducers: Strain Sensing and Energy Harvesting (and Frequency Tuning)

15 Jun 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Toshikazu Nishida

Acoustic pressure or mechanical force sensing via piezoelectric coupling is closely related to the harvesting of electrical energy from acoustical and mechanical energy sources. In this talk, …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2575

Nanotechnology: Considerations for Facility Design

21 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): John Weaver

The growing area of study broadly termed nanotechnology provides a new set of challenges to the facility designer. While evolutionary changes in the quality of clean spaces occur, it is the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2684

SUGAR: the SPICE for MEMS

21 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jason Clark

In this seminar, I present some design, modeling, and simulation features of a computer aided engineering tool for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) called SUGAR. For experimental verification, I …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2735

Electron Emission from Nanoscale Carbon Materials

15 May 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

Prior studies on electron emission show possibly beneficial effects of nanoscale phenomena on energy-conversion characteristics. For example, recent work has shown that the electric field around a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2710

Atomistic Green's Function Method 1-D Atomic Chain Simulation

16 Apr 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): Zhen Huang, Wei Zhang, Timothy S Fisher, Sridhar Sadasivam

Calculation of Thermal Conductance of an Atomic Chain

https://nanohub.org/resources/2607

BNC Annual Research Symposium: Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomedical Devices

23 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir

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/2626

BNC Annual Research Symposium: Nanoscale Energy Conversion

23 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

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/2636

Atomistic Modeling of the Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials

16 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SeongJun Heo, Susan Sinnott

The mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes are studied by using classical molecular dynamics simulations. Especially, the effects of filling, temperature, and functionalization on CNT's tensional …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2604

Orientational Dependence of Friction in Polyethylene

16 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): SeongJun Heo

The frictional properties of polyethylene polymer are investigated by using classical molecular dynamics simulations. Especially, the sliding orientational effect is considered in this study. The …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2601

High-Aspect-Ratio Micromachining of Titanium: Enabling New Functionality and Opportunity in Micromechanical Systems Through Greater Materials Selection

09 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Masa Rao

Traditionally, materials selection has been limited in high-aspect-ratio micromechanical applications, due primarily to the predominance of microfabrication processes and infrastructure dedicated to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2590

Fouling Mechanisms in Y-shaped Carbon Nanotubes

04 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jason Myers, SeongJun Heo, Susan Sinnott

In the modern pharmaceutical and chemical industries, solutions of extremely high purity are needed. Current filtration methods are reaching the limits of their abilities, so new filters must be …

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