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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Mechanotransduction at Cell-Cell Contact
Online Presentations | 04 Apr 2012 | Contributor(s):: Hamid Tabdili
Differential adhesion between cadherin subtypes expressed on cell surfaces is postulated to direct cell segregation during tissue morphogenesis. The studies described here used magnetic twisting cytometry and traction force microscopy to test the impact of cadherin binding selectivity on...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Fall 2011: Stanford's Ovshinsky's Nerve-cell Analogy and the Field of Amorphous and Disordered Materials
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Lillian Hoddeson
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the career of Stanford Ovshinsky, the prolific self-educated inventor of energy and information devices, illustrates how making radical crossdisciplinary analogies can lead to pioneering discoveries in science. Based on his earlier work machining tools...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Fall 2011: Molecular Structure Transformations and the Kinetics of Carbon Nanomaterial Formation
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Gyula Eres
The typical conditions for carbon nanomaterial synthesisinclude extreme temperatures and pressures that occur inplasmas or flames creating highly non-equilibrium initialdistribution of reactive carbon species that during theirrelaxation map out …
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Fall 2011: III-Nitride Power Transistor Switches for Next-Generation Electronics
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Shyh-Chiang Shen
Nanoelectronics and Photonics Seminar – MNTL 1000http://stmgroup.beckman.illinois.edu/nano_ep/October 27, 2011 – 12:00-1:00pm"III-Nitride Power Transistor Switches for Next-Generation Electronics"Prof. Shyh-Chiang Shen – School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, GeorgiaInstitute of...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: Analysis and Applications of Coupled Leaky-Mode, Implant-Defined Surface-Emitting Laser Arrays
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Dominic Siriani
"Analysis and Applications of Coupled Leaky-Mode, Implant-DefinedSurface-Emitting Laser Arrays," Dominic Siriani – siriani@illinois.eduPh.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Prof. Kent ChoquetteTwo-dimensional coherent laser arrays are useful for sensing, opticallinks, laser...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: Development of 90nm InGaAs HEMTs and Benchmarking Logic Performance with Si CMOS
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Kuang-Yu (Donald) Cheng
"Development of 90nm InGaAs HEMTs and Benchmarking LogicPerformance with Si CMOS," Donald Cheng —dkcheng@illinois.eduPh.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Prof. Milton FengWe have developed 90nmInGaAs Channel HEMT processand compared the DC and RFperformance to 90nm Si nMOSFET...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: High frequency mode-locked diode lasers
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Ann Catrina Bryce
Mode-locked laser diodes are compact optical pulse sources which have severaladvantages over other sources including very high repetition frequencies and very shortpulse widths. They are attractive sources for applications such as large-capacity opticaltime-domain multiplexing systems, clock...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Investigating Dendritic Filopodial Dynamics in Highly Controlled Microenvironments
Online Presentations | 21 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Anika Jain
The establishment of the intricate wiring of the nervous system relies on filopodial navigation to form complex interconnections between neurons. Until recently, cellular level investigations into filopodial dynamics had focused primarily on axonal growth cone filopodia. Here we focus on their...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: Improve Presentation Slides with Visual Explanations
Online Presentations | 21 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: James P Witte
The evidence from learning science suggests that adding visuals to the text ofinstructional materials can help students learn better (Mayer 2001). If you are looking fora way to improve the usefulness of your lecture presentation slides, exploring ways toinclude visual explanations might be time...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Fall 2011: Current Status of Coherent Large-Scale InP Photonic Integrated Circuits
Online Presentations | 13 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Frederick A. Kish, Jr.
The current state-of-the-art for large-scale InP photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is reviewed with a focus on the devicesand technologies that are driving the commercial scaling of these highly integrated devices. Specifically, high-capacitydense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM)...
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Illinois Nano EP Seminar Series Spring 2011: Interfacing Engineering, Biology, and Medicine at the Micro and Nano Scale
Online Presentations | 13 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir
In this talk, we will present an overviewof our work in Silicon-Based BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology and discuss the state of the art and thefuture challenges and opportunities. We will review a range of projects in our group focused towardsdeveloping rapid detection of biological entities and...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Precisely Size Controlled Drug-silica Nanoconjugate for Cancer Therapy
Online Presentations | 05 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Li Tang
Drug delivery nanomedicine, exemplified by micelles and nanoparticles roughly in the size range of 1-200 nm, have attracted much interest in the past 2-3 decades as alternative modalities for cancer treatment. The size of these drug delivery vehicles has been strongly correlated with their in...
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Directed Blood Vessel Growth Using an Angiogenic Microfiber/Microparticle Composite Patch
Online Presentations | 05 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Ross J DeVolder
Therapeutic angiogenesis has emerged as a promising strategy to treat various acute and chronic vascular diseases, and to enhance tissue repair and regeneration. Common revascularization therapies include the administration of angiogenic factors, such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)....
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Illinois BioNanotechnology Seminar Series Fall 2011: Deconvolving Stiffness in MEMS Pedestal Cell Mass Measurements
Online Presentations | 05 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Elise Corbin
The complex relationships between a cell's behavior and the physical properties of both itself and its environment have long been of interest. Specifically, the understanding the mechanisms through which a cell's physical properties influence cell growth, cell differentiation, cell cycle...
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Illinois 2011 NanoBiophotonics Summer School Lecture 2: Photoaucistic Tomography, Ultrasonically Breaking Through the Optical Diffusion Limit
Online Presentations | 04 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Lihong Wang
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Illinois 2011 NanoBiophotonics Summer School Lecture 1: Welcome
Online Presentations | 04 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir, Nahil Sobh
1) Prof. Art Kramer, Director - Beckman Institute2) Prof. Ilesanmi Adesida, Dean of Engineering3) Prof. Rashid Bashir, Director - Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory4) Dr. Marina...
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Illinois 2011 NanoBiophotonics Summer School Lecture 4: Pathology of Blood and Tissue Biopsies
Online Presentations | 04 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Krishna Tangella
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Illinois 2011 NanoBiophotonics Summer School Lecture 5: Introduction to NanoPhotonics
Online Presentations | 04 Dec 2011 | Contributor(s):: Kent D Choquette
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BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine Lecture 25: Force Traction Microscopy
Online Presentations | 16 Nov 2011 | Contributor(s):: Javid Mohammed Ali
BioNanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Applications in Cancer and Mechanobiology provides an introduction to basic concepts of nanotechnology in mechanobiology and in cancer. This is a highly interdisciplinary field of research where knowledge from various disciplines is presented and integrated....
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[Illinois] ECE 460 Optical Imaging Fall 2011 Lecture 22: Polarization II
Online Presentations | 14 Nov 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu
Scalar fields, geometrical optics, wave optics, Gaussian beams, Fourier optics, spatial and temporal coherence, microscopy, interference chromatic and geometric aberrations, Jones matrices, waveplates, electromagnetic fields, and electro-optic and acousto-optic effects. Laboratory covers...