Towards a Terahertz Solid State Bloch Oscillator

29 Jan 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): S. James Allen

The concepts of Bloch oscillation and Zener breakdown are fundamental to electron motion in periodic potentials and were described in the earliest theoretical developments of electron transport in …

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Quantum Electromechanical Systems: Are we there yet?

05 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew Cleland

Electrons moving in a conductor can transfer momentum to the lattice via collisions with impurities and boundaries, giving rise to a fluctuating mechanical stress tensor. Driving electrons out of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/151

Molecular Electronics Pathway for Molecular Memory Devices

06 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ranganathan Shashidhar

We have been developing a scale molecular electronic device using a 30 nm sized plant virus particle as the scaffold. This talk describes the bioengineering aspects of how the virus particle is …

https://nanohub.org/resources/153

Macromolecular Simulation: A Computational Perspective

16 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert D. Skeel

The study of cold atomic gases is exploding, driven largely by the rapid experimental developments. This field has become highly interdisciplinary, connecting a great variety of interesting problems: …

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Electronic Transport Through Self-Assembled Monolayers

25 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Takhee Lee

Characterization of charge transport in molecular scale electronic devices has to date shown exquisite sensitivity to specifics of device fabrication and preparation. Thus, intrinsic molecular band …

https://nanohub.org/resources/156

Nanoelectronics/Mechanics With Carbon Nanotubes

26 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ji-Yong Park

In this talk, I will present efforts to understand electrical/mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by combining electric transport measurements and the scanning probe microscopy.

https://nanohub.org/resources/157

Contacting Molecules - Chemistry in Molecular Electronics

12 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ilona Kretzschmar

The study of the basic electron transport mechanism through molecular systems has been made accessible by fabrication techniques that create metallic contacts to a small number of organic molecules. …

https://nanohub.org/resources/160

Structure and Ion Permeation of the Gramicidin Channel using Molecular Dynamics

12 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Toby Allen

Molecular dynamics (MD) has become an essential tool for obtaining microscopic insight into biological function. The gramicidin channel as an excellent benchmark system for this purpose. Using …

https://nanohub.org/resources/161

Inelastic Effects in Molecular Conduction

12 Apr 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Abraham Nitzan

Molecular electron transfer, as treated by the Marcus theory, strongly depends on nuclear motion as a way to achieve critical configurations in which charge rearrangement is possible. The electron …

https://nanohub.org/resources/159