Illinois ABE 446 Lecture 3: Quantum Dots and Polymers

11 Feb 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kaustubh Bhalerao

NCN@illinois

https://nanohub.org/resources/8422

2005 Molecular Conduction and Sensors Workshop

27 Jul 2005 | Workshops

This is the 3rd in a series of annual workshops on Molecular Conduction. The prior workshops have been at Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN (2003) and Nothwestern University, Evanston, IL (2004). …

https://nanohub.org/resources/140

3D wavefunctions

09 Apr 2010 | Animations | Contributor(s): Saumitra Raj Mehrotra, Gerhard Klimeck

In quantum mechanics the time-independent Schrodinger's equation can be solved for eigenfunctions (also called eigenstates or wave-functions) and corresponding eigenenergies (or energy levels) for a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/8805

A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience

13 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark A. Ratner

While the Greek root nano just means dwarf, the nanoscale has become a giant focus of contemporary science and technology. We will examine the fundamental issues underlying the excitement involved …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1021

A MATLAB code for Hartree Fock calculation of H-H ground state bondlength and energy using STO-4G

08 Aug 2006 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Amritanshu Palaria

Hartree Fock (HF) theory is one of the basic theories underlying the current understanding of the electronic structure of materials. It is a simple non-relativistic treatment of many electron system …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1718

Active Photonic Nanomaterials: From Random to Periodic Structures

06 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hui Cao

Active photonic nanomaterials, which have high gain or large nonlinearity, are essential to the development of nanophotonic devices and circuits. In this talk, I will provide a review of our …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1012

Analytically how to find the energy states for an ellipsoidal Quantum Dot?

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https://nanohub.org/answers/question/521

Atomic Force Microscopy

01 Dec 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arvind Raman

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an indispensible tool in nano science for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation, and property characterization of nanostructures. This tutorial reviews some of the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/520

Atomistic Alloy Disorder in Nanostructures

26 Feb 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

Electronic structure and quantum transport simulations are typically performed in perfectly ordered semiconductor structures. Bands and modes are defined resulting in quantized conduction and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2350

Atomistic Modeling and Simulation Tools for Nanoelectronics and their Deployment on nanoHUB.org

16 Dec 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

At the nanometer scale the concepts of device and material meet and a new device is a new material and vice versa. While atomistic device representations are novel to device physicists, the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/10199

Bandstructure in Nanoelectronics

01 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This presentation will highlight, for nanoelectronic device examples, how the effective mass approximation breaks down and why the quantum mechanical nature of the atomically resolved material needs …

https://nanohub.org/resources/381

Bionanotechnology: a different perspective

30 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Murali Sastry

The study of the synthesis, exotic properties, assembly/packaging and potential commercial application of nanomaterials is an extremely important topic of research that is expected to have …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4402

BME 695L Lecture 5: Nanomaterials for Core Design

03 Oct 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James Leary

See references below for related reading. 5.1 Introduction 5.1.1 core building blocks 5.1.2 functional cores 5.1.3 functionalizing the core surface 5.2 Ferric oxide …

https://nanohub.org/resources/12057

Control of Exchange Interaction in a Double Dot System

05 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mike Stopa

As Rolf Landauer observed in 1960, information is physical. As a consequence, the transport and processing of information must obey the laws of physics. It therefore makes sense to base the laws of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/152

Coulomb Blockade Simulation

05 Jul 2006 | Tools | Contributor(s): Xufeng Wang, Bhaskaran Muralidharan, Gerhard Klimeck

Simulate Coulomb Blockade through Many-Body Calculations in a single and double quantum dot system

https://nanohub.org/resources/2925

Designing Nanocomposite Materials for Solid-State Energy Conversion

10 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

New materials will be necessary to break through today's performance envelopes for solid-state energy conversion devices ranging from LED-based solid-state white lamps to thermoelectric devices …

https://nanohub.org/resources/832

Designing Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Materials

08 Nov 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

This tutorial reviews recent strategies for designing high-ZT nanostructured materials, including superlattices, embedded quantum dots, and nanowire composites. The tutorial highlights the challenges …

https://nanohub.org/resources/383

Development of a Nanoelectronic 3-D (NEMO 3-D ) Simulator for Multimillion Atom Simulations and Its Application to Alloyed Quantum Dots

14 Jan 2008 | Publications | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck, Timothy Boykin

Material layers with a thickness of a few nanometers are common-place in today’s semiconductor devices. Before long, device fabrication methods will reach a point at which the other two device …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3819

Engineering at the nanometer scale: Is it a new material or a new device?

06 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This seminar will overview NEMO 3D simulation capabilities and its deployment on the nanoHUB as well as an overview of the nanoHUB impact on the community.

https://nanohub.org/resources/3504