"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

2007 Birck Nanotechnology Center Annual Research Symposium

20 Apr 2007 | Series

Presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.

https://nanohub.org/resources/2613

In Vivo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopic Investigations of Structure and Function of Rodent Brain

30 Jul 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Anant B. Patel

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a powerful and a versatile imaging modality for non-invasive characterization of host structure and function. MRI has grown in many directions such as …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5151

A 3D Quantum Simulation of Silicon Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors

17 Jan 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mincheol Shin

As the device size of the conventional planar metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) shrinks into the deep sub micron regime, the device performance significantly degrades mainly …

https://nanohub.org/resources/983

A New Terahertz Heterodyne Detector Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

27 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sigfrid Yngvesson

We present non-invasive methods for improving the sensitivity of label-free biosensors that offer the advantage of rapid and real-time detection but suffer from relatively low sensitivity. We present …

https://nanohub.org/resources/532

A Novel Diagnostic Assay Based On Nanomechanics

28 Jul 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marko Dorrestijn

Micro-fabricated silicon cantilevers arrays offer a novel label-free approach where ligand-receptor binding interactions occurring on the sensor generate nanomechanical signals like bending or a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/534

A Personal Quest for Information

19 Feb 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Vwani P. Roychowdhury

This talk will report results and conclusions from my personal investigations into several different disciplines, carried out with the unifying intent of uncovering some of the fundamental principles …

https://nanohub.org/resources/155

A Vision for the Digital Data Universe

18 Jan 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Christopher L. Greer

Enabling the nation's future through discovery, learning and innovation.

https://nanohub.org/resources/2291

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

Active Photonic Nanomaterials: From Random to Periodic Structures

06 Feb 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hui Cao

Active photonic nanomaterials, which have high gain or large nonlinearity, are essential to the development of nanophotonic devices and circuits. In this talk, I will provide a review of our …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1012

Addressing Molecular Dynamics Time-scale Issues to Study Atomic-scale Friction

12 Oct 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ashlie Martini

This presentation will include an introduction to several accelerated molecular dynamics methods. However, particular focus will be given to parallel replica (ParRep) dynamics in which atomistic …

https://nanohub.org/resources/9856

Affordable Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities

20 Oct 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Hukam C. Mongia

The technical presentation is built around the August 9th 2008 ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford Poll on Environment/Energy in which the majority of the people polled expressed support for the following …

https://nanohub.org/resources/5575

Aluminum: a safe, economical, high energy density material for energy storage, transport and splitting water to make hydrogen on demand

30 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jerry M. Woodall

In 1968, a team lead by the author discovered that liquid gallium saturated with aluminum at room temperature would split water into hydrogen gas, alumina and heat. More recently his current team has …

https://nanohub.org/resources/6568

Amine Linked Single Molecule Circuits: Systematic Measurements & Understanding

02 Jul 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark S Hybertsen

Formation and function of well-defined linkages between organic molecules and metallic electrodes has been a key issue in the field of molecular electronics. We recently discovered that the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2894

An Electrical Engineering Perspective on Molecular Electronics

26 Oct 2005 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

After forty years of advances in integrated circuit technology, microelectronics is undergoing a transformation to nanoelectronics. Modern day MOSFETs now have channel lengths that are less than 50 …

https://nanohub.org/resources/513

An Experimentalists’ Perspective

19 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arunava Majumdar

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/3628

Antiestrogenic Conjugates as New Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Agents

08 Mar 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ross Weatherman

Tamoxifen is the first drug specifically approved for the prevention of cancer and arguably the most successful anticancer drug of all time. Although millions of breast cancer patients have benefited …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2366

Application of Nanotechnology to Diagnostic Devices and Drug Discovery

26 Jul 2004 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gil Lee

Application of Nanotechnology to Diagnostic Devices and Drug Discovery

https://nanohub.org/resources/876

Appreciating Nature's Antibiotics as Chemical Treasures

21 Jun 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Christopher T. Walsh

This lecture is part of the 28th Annual H.C. Brown Lectures in Organic Chemistry.

https://nanohub.org/resources/11446

Autonomic Adaptation of Virtual Distributed Environments in a Multi-Domain Infrastructure

11 Jul 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ryan Riley, Dongyan Xu

By federating resources from multiple domains, a shared infrastructure provides aggregated computation resources to a large number of users. With rapid advances in virtualization technologies, we …

https://nanohub.org/resources/1633