BNC Annual Research Review: An Introduction to PRISM and MEMS Simulation

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jayathi Murthy

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/4717

BNC Research Review: Carbon Nanotubes as Nucleic Acid Carriers

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Don Bergstrom

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/4712

BNC Research Review: The Birck Nanotechnology Center-Progress, Opportunitiees, and Challenges

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

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/4707

Birck Nanotechnology Center Annual Research Review: 2008

04 Jun 2008 | Workshops | Contributor(s): Timothy D. Sands

The Second Annual Birck Nanotechnology Center Research Symposium was held on April 14, 2008 in Purdue's Discovery Park. Along with poster presentations by graduate students and postdoctoral …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4705

Silicon Spintronics

04 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ian Appelbaum

"Electronics" uses our ability to control electrons with electric fields via interaction with their fundamental charge. Because we can manipulate the electric fields within semiconductors, they are …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4492

Nanoscale Opto Thermo Electric Energy Conversion Devices

28 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ali Shakouri

We review solid-state devices that allow direct conversion of heat into electricity. We describe fundamental and practical limits of conventional thermoelectric materials. Novel metal-semiconductor …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4665

Conflicts of Interest in Biomedical Research

20 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David B. Resnik

Dr. Resnik is a Bioethicist for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - National Institute of Health. Dr. Resnik has an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4526

"Ab Initio" Theory of Novel Micro and Nanolasers

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): A. Douglas Stone

While the laser is one of the most important inventions of the past century and one of the most interesting and controllable non-linear systems in physics, there is surprisingly little predictive …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4401

Linear and Nonlinear Optical Devices Based on Slow Light Propagation: Figures of Merit

19 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jacob B. Khurgin

Performance of optical delay lines and nonlinear devices based on slow wave propagation in photonic crystal waveguides in the presence of higher order dispersion is analyzed and compared with other …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4399

Nano Carbon: From ballistic transistors to atomic drumheads

14 May 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Paul L. McEuen

Carbon takes many forms, from precious diamonds to lowly graphite. Surprisingly, it is the latter that is the most prized by nano physicists. Graphene, a single layer of graphite, can serve as an …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4398

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

Teaching Risk Studies

24 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David M. Berube

Risk studies needs to be taught to all students. While not necessitating a stand-alone status in educational settings prior to post-secondary education, it might behoove to find creative ways to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4419

Functionalized Nanomaterials at the Interface of Biology and Technology

24 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dean Ho, NCLT administator

Nanomaterials, such as block copolymeric membranes and nanodiamonds, can be engineered for a broad range of applications in energy and medicine. This presentation will highlight the relevance of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3761

nanoHUB.org: Future Cyberinfrastructure Serving a Community of 60,000 Today

23 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): George B. Adams III, Gerhard Klimeck, Mark Lundstrom, Michael McLennan

nanoHUB.org provides users with "fingertip access" to over 70 simulation tools for research and education. Users not only launch jobs that are executed on the state-of-the-art computational …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4395

Thinking Small

17 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Carl Batt, NCLT administator

There is an overwhelming need on the part of the research community to explain our efforts in nanoscale science and engineering to the general public. To do so effectively there is also a need …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4372

Transmission of images with subwavelength resolution to distances of several wavelengths in microwave, terahertz and infrared ranges

08 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Pavel Belov

The resolution of conventional imaging systems is restricted by the diffraction limit: the details smaller than half-wavelength of radiation cannot be resolved. Using novel engineered media with …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4131

Using Mass Spectrometry to Understand Membrane Organization

28 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mary Kraft

Our ability to engineer tissues and biomimetic devices hinges upon an understanding of the structure-function relationship in healthy and diseased cells. Our laboratory utilizes materials …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4181

Exploring CMOS-Nano Hybrid Technology in Three Dimensions

31 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Wei Wang

CMOS-nano hybrid technology incorporate the advantages of both traditional CMOS and novel nanowire/nanotube structures, which will enhance future IC performances and create long-term breakthroughs. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4216

Selected Properties of Carbon Nanostructures: from Exotic Fullerenes to Nanotubes

30 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Manfred M. Kappes

The talk presents results from ongoing projects in the field of carbon nanostructures: (i) Mass selected ion beam soft-landing has been used to generate exotic fullerene materials comprising covalent …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4206

Modeling (Semi) Unstructured Proteins

26 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael Colvin

The past century has seen tremendous progress in determining the biochemical and biophysical processes that constitute life. One exciting consequence of this understanding is the possibility of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4176