On the Rise of an Electronic Species: Thoughts on the Impending Singularity

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

The human brain is vastly more complex that our best supercomputers; yet it can be argued that both systems evolve towards common underlying solutions to fundamental compute problems. …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3595

BME 695N Lecture 20: GMP and issues of quality control manufacture of nanodelivery systems

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

Outline: Overview What does cGMP mean? Why GMP? Controlling processes means more predictable outcomes… Enforcement What can be learned from the semi-conductor industry …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3529

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, …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3243

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/3121

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/2684

Nanoscale Antenna Apertures

24 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Xianfan Xu

This presentation will discuss light concentration and enhancement in nanometer-scale ridge aperture antennas. Resent research, including numerical simulations and near field optical measurements has …

http://nanohub.org/resources/2642

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/2636

Planning for Disaster: Designing a Cleanroom to Minimize Risk Should a Disaster Occur

09 Apr 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): John Weaver

The cleanliness levels of a cleanroom or other high-technology facility make it inherently vulnerable to a disaster such as a fire. Historically, even a small event of this type can cause …

http://nanohub.org/resources/2595

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 …

http://nanohub.org/resources/2590

Exploring Electron Transfer with Density Functional Theory

11 Jun 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Troy Van Voorhis

This talk will highlight several illustrative applications of constrained density functional theory (DFT) to electron transfer dynamics in electronic materials. The kinetics of these reactions are …

http://nanohub.org/resources/1566

EDA Challenges in Nanoscale Design: A Synopsys Perspective

11 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rich Goldman

Rich Goldman gives an overview of the current state of the semiconductor and EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry with a special focus on the impact of nanometer scale design on design tools …

http://nanohub.org/resources/1220

Tutorial on Using Micelle-MD

05 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Patrick Chiu, Kunal Shah, Susan Sinnott

This is a tutorial using Micelle-MD. This includes the main capabilities, computation procedure, with format of files generated, and the simulation setup, which includes the material models …

http://nanohub.org/resources/1193

Mechanical Properties of Surfactant Aggregates at Water-Solid Interfaces

05 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Patrick Chiu, Kunal Shah, Susan Sinnott

This is a talk on the mechanical properties of surfactant aggregates at water-solid interfaces using Micelle-MD. This includes silica indentations of micelles with comparison to experimental …

http://nanohub.org/resources/1192

Thermal Microsystems for On-Chip Thermal Engineering

04 Apr 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Suresh V. Garimella

Electro-thermal co-design at the micro- and nano-scales is critical for achieving desired performance and reliability in microelectronic circuits. Emerging thermal microsystems technologies for …

http://nanohub.org/resources/1182

A Primer on Semiconductor Device Simulation

23 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

Computer simulation is now an essential tool for the research and development of semiconductor processes and devices, but to use a simulation tool intelligently, one must know what's "under the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/980

Nano-Scale Device Simulations Using PROPHET-Part II: PDE Systems

20 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yang Liu, Robert Dutton

Part II uses examples to illustrate how to build user-defined PDE systems in PROPHET.

http://nanohub.org/resources/975

Nano-Scale Device Simulations Using PROPHET-Part I: Basics

20 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yang Liu, Robert Dutton

Part I covers the basics of PROPHET, including the set-up of simulation structures and parameters based on pre-defined PDE systems.

http://nanohub.org/resources/974

Nano-Scale Device Simulations Using PROPHET

20 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Yang Liu, Robert Dutton

These two lectures are aimed to give a practical guide to the use of a general device simulator (PROPHET) available on nanoHUB. PROPHET is a partial differential equation (PDE) solver that offers …

http://nanohub.org/resources/973

Exponential Challenges, Exponential Rewards - The Future of Moore's Law

14 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Shekhar Borkar

Three exponentials have been the foundation of today's electronics, which are often taken for granted—namely transistor density, performance, and energy. Moore's Law captures the impact of …

http://nanohub.org/resources/177