Multiplex Detection of Cell Surface Markers using Plasmonic Sensors

21 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joseph M K Irudayaraj

Gold nanorod molecular probes (GNrMPs) were designed and fabricated for multiplex identification of cell surface markers in HBECs. Cells were probed directly using dark field microscopy integrated …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5064

Discovery Park at Purdue University: Engine for Academic and Commercial Growth

10 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Charles Buck, Pankaj Sharma

The Bindley Bioscience Center and Birck Nanotechnology Center at Discovery Park blend life sciences and engineering research to cultivate and support innovative, multi-investigator, interdisciplinary …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5025

Funding Opportunities for Bilateral Activities between USA and India

09 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arabinda Mitra

Arabinda Mitra is the Executive Director of the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. After a distinguished academic career from Patna University, he started his professional assignment in 1985 as a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4862

Today's Scientific Scenario and Tomorrow's Challenges: The Case for India

09 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): C.N.R. Rao

It is instructive and useful to examine the state of science in the country after 60 years of independence. What one sees is a curious mixture of successes and disappointments, and yet, one …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4860

Some Important Aspects of the Chemistry of Nanomaterials

01 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): C.N.R. Rao

Keynote address for the launch of the Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development.

https://nanohub.org/resources/4838

High-Aspect-Ratio Micromachining of Titanium: Enabling New Functionality and Opportunity in Micromechanical Systems Through Greater Materials Selection

18 Jun 2008 | 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 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4743

BNC Annual Research Review: Thin-Film Electronics using Nanowire Transistors

06 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David Janes

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/4722

Ionic Selectivity in Channels: complex biology created by the balance of simple physics

05 Jun 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bob Eisenberg

An important class of biological molecules—proteins called ionic channels—conduct ions (like Na+ , K+ , Ca2+ , and Cl− ) through a narrow tunnel of fixed charge (‘doping’). Ionic channels …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4726

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

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

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

"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

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