NCN Overview

06 Apr 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

This presentation is an overview of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) presented at the first NCN Student Conference in April 2005. It is intended to give students an understanding of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1036

Nanotechnology-Enabled Direct Energy Conversion

25 Mar 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gang Chen

Energy transport in nanostructures differs significantly from macrostructures because of classical and quantum size effects on energy carriers such as on phonons, electrons, photons, and molecules. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/184

Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Bio-molecules

10 Mar 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jaydeep Bardhan

Computer simulation of bio-molecules has become a valuable tool for the pharmaceutical industry, promising not only the potential to predict binding affinities for trial drugs, but also the ability …

https://nanohub.org/resources/183

Self-Heating and Scaling of Silicon Nano-Transistors

05 Aug 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Pop

The most often cited technological roadblock of nanoscale electronics is the "power problem," i.e. power densities and device temperatures reaching levels that will prevent their reliable operation. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/168

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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/177

Single Electron Switching with Nano-Electromechanical Systems and Applications in Ion Channel Transport

01 Nov 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert Blick

Taking classes in physics always starts with Newtonian mechanics. In reducing the size of the objects considered however the transition into the quantum mechanical regime has to occur. The …

https://nanohub.org/resources/173

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology: At the Crossroads of Biology, Engineering, and Computation

08 Oct 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Shankar Subramaniam

Traditional biological research has relied on a "deconstructive" mode where piece-wise analysis of the components of complex systems was carried out in detail. The genome projects have spurred the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/171

Interfacing Carbon Nanotubes with Biological Systems: From Biosensors to Cellular Transporters

21 Oct 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hongjie Dai

This talk will discuss two relatively new topics in carbon nanotube research. The first is nanotubes for chemical and biological sensors, an exploration motivated by the ultra high surface area of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/172

Construction of an Imitating Nano-motor Driven by Six ATP-binding RNAs of Bacterial Virus phi29

02 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peixuan Guo

A switchable imitating DNA-packaging motor was constructed in the laboratory. The motor is driven by six synthetic ATP-binding pRNA (packaging RNA) molecules that bind to the connector and function …

https://nanohub.org/resources/174

Computational Prototyping Tools For Biological Applications

03 Dec 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jacob White

Computational tools are playing a rapidly expanding role in biology, both for engineering design and in exploratory science. The main reason is that the dramatic improvements in the measurement and …

https://nanohub.org/resources/175

Turbocharge Your Scientific Applications with Scripting

29 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

Scientific applications are built with great care and attention to the core simulation algorithms, often with some input/output added as an afterthought. Instead, you can create a much more powerful …

https://nanohub.org/resources/164

Nanosystems Biology

10 Sep 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James R. Heath

As we enter the 21st century, we stand at a major inflection point for biology and medicine-the way we view and practice these disciplines is changing profoundly. These changes are being driven by …

https://nanohub.org/resources/170

Multiscale Modeling of the Mechanical Behavior of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites

25 Mar 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Catalin Picu

Polymers filled with nanoscale fillers (carbon nanotubes or nanoparticles) exhibit enhanced properties compared with the neat polymer and with the polymer filled with micron-sized fillers at same …

https://nanohub.org/resources/158

Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube for Interconnects and Nanoelectrode Based Biosensors

15 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jun Li

In the past few years, tremendous progress in the growth of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) has been made, which enabled the fabrication of various CNT devices for applications in electronics, biomedical …

https://nanohub.org/resources/162

Regulation of the Early Signaling Events within T-cells

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ann Rundell

Regulation of the Early Signaling Events within T-cells

https://nanohub.org/resources/889

Dynamics of Water and Ions in Cyclic Peptide Nanotube

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hyonseok Hwang

Dynamics of Water and Ions in Cyclic Peptide Nanotube

https://nanohub.org/resources/887

Modeling Biological Ion Channels as Nanoscale Devices

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Trudy van der Straaten

Modeling Biological Ion Channels as Nanoscale Devices

https://nanohub.org/resources/885

Construction of a 30-nm Imitating Motor Driven by Six Synthetic ATP-Binding RNA's of Bacterial Virus phi29

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peixuan Guo

Construction of a 30-nm Imitating Motor Driven by Six Synthetic ATP-Binding RNA's of Bacterial Virus phi29

https://nanohub.org/resources/883

Nanotechnology for the Creation of Better Tissue Engineering Materials

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Thomas J. Webster

Nanotechnology for the Creation of Better Tissue Engineering Materials

https://nanohub.org/resources/880

AC Electrokinetic and Nonlinear Optical Probes of Biological Interactions

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Garth Simpson

AC Electrokinetic and Nonlinear Optical Probes of Biological Interactions

https://nanohub.org/resources/878