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

The Functional Protocell concept

23 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Jakobsson

We have invented and created the first prototype of the Functional Protocell. We define the “functional protocell" as a nanoporous solid surrounded by a membrane. The cavities in the solid can be …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4171

Plasmonic Metamaterials: Unusual Optics and Applications

28 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Igor Smolyaninov

Surface plasmon-polaritons (or plasmons) are collective excitations of the conduction electrons and the electromagnetic field on the surface of such good metals as gold and silver. Near the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4033

MCW07 Physics of Contact Induced Current Asymmetry in Transport Through Molecules

25 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Bhaskaran Muralidharan, Owen D. Miller, Neeti Kapur, Avik Ghosh, Supriyo Datta

We first outline the qualitatively different physics involved in the charging-induced current asymmetries in molecular conductors operating in the strongly coupled (weakly interacting) …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3073

What Promises do Nanotubes and Nanowires Hold for Future Nanoelectronics Applications?

18 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Joerg Appenzeller

Various low-dimensional materials are currently explored for future electronics applications. The common ground for all these structures is that the surface related impact can no longer be ignored …

https://nanohub.org/resources/4059

The Potential of Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Resource

14 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mildred S. Dresselhaus

An overview is presented on the grand challenges to the science community in the next few decades in meeting global energy needs for the 21st century. Major advances in our present capabilities will …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3996

SPMW Scanning Probe Acceleration Microscopy: Towards Real Time Reconstruction of Tip-Sample Forces in Tapping Mode AFM

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tomasz Kowalewski

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) in fluids has become an increasingly important technique, especially in studying biological samples under near physiological conditions. However, until …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2218

Combining New Experimental and Informatic Tools for Protein Investigation and Engineering

09 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alan Friedman

The stability and activity of proteins is dependent on both the correct functioning and placement of individual amino acids and their interactions. Great attention has been paid to critical …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3756

SPMW Single molecule recognition atomic force microscopy

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Peter Hinterdorfer

In molecular recognition force microscopy (MRFM), ligands are covalently attached to atomic force microscopy tips for the molecular recognition of their cognitive receptors on probe surfaces. A …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2181

SPMW Scanning Impedance Microscopy: probing local electronic structure and transport anomalies

05 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Dawn Bonnell

Multiple modulation SPM is a general term for a strategy that extracts information about a surface or nanostructure by combining various signals on samples and tips, using multiple frequencies to …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2198

Nanomedicine for Treating Organ Failure

02 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Thomas J. Webster

Nanotechnology has begun to revolutionize numerous science and engineering fields. The use of nanotechnology in medicine has been termed nanomedicine. This presentation will highlight recent …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3766

Excellence in Computer Simulation: Computational Materials

20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Schwegler

This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3721

Perspectives on Computational Quantum Chemistry

20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Martin P. Head-Gordon

This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3726

Can numerical “experiments” INSPIRE physical experiments?

20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3716