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

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2582

MSE 376 Lecture 19: Nanoelectromechanical Systems, part 2

31 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Hersam

https://nanohub.org/resources/2558

MSE 376 Lecture 18: Nanoelectromechanical Systems, part 1

31 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Hersam

https://nanohub.org/resources/2555

Highly Efficient Thermal Transport: The Application of Carbon Nanotube Array Interfaces

01 Feb 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Baratunde A. Cola

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have received much attention in recent years for their extraordinary properties that through careful engineering may be leverage for the development of numerous advantageous …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2317

RF MEMS: Passive Components and Architectures

02 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dimitrios Peroulis

This seminar is an introduction to the MEMS technology as it applies to RF and Microwave systems. Besides discussing several key RF MEMS components (switches, varactors, inductors), reconfigurable …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2141

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

Understanding Phonon Dynamics via 1D Atomic Chains

04 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher

Phonons are the principal carriers of thermal energy in semiconductors and insulators, and they serve a vital role in dissipating heat produced by scattered electrons in semiconductor devices. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1186

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

Nanotubes and Nanowires: One-dimensional Materials

17 Jul 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are they interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1639

What is "Nanofluidics"? or The Nano-izing of Fluid Mechanics

28 Jun 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Micro- and nanoscaled fluid mechanics are rapidly emerging as important supporting fields in biomedical technology, nanotechnology, etc., as well as being important fields of study in their own …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1604