The Pioneers of Quantum Computing

19 Nov 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David P. Di Vincenzo

This talk profiles the persons whose insights and visions created the subject of quantum information science. Some famous, some not, they all thought deeply about the puzzles and contradictions that …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8067

Nano*High: Nature's Nasty Nanomachines: How Viruses Work, and How We Can Stop Them

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Carolyn R. Bertozzi

The birth and growth of nanotechnology is only a few decades old, whereas Nature has been building nano-machines for millennia. Viruses are marvels of natural nano-engineering, but can pose a …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8272

Nano*High: X-rays, Lasers, and Molecular Movies

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Roger W. Falcone

X-ray imaging is an excellent method to make visible what would normally be invisible - who hasn't had an X-ray at the doctor or dentist's office before? At the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8294

2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 5 - Biomedicine - A tour of the Cell

25 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marina Marjanovic

Edited and Uploaded by Omar Sobh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://nanohub.org/resources/9747

2010 Nano-Biophotonics Summer School @ UIUC Lecture 1 - Introduction

20 Sep 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Rashid Bashir, Stephen Boppart

Edited and Uploaded by Omar Sobh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://nanohub.org/resources/9637

Conjugate Gradient Tutorial

08 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This is an extensive tutorial on the description and implementation of the basic conjugate gradient method and its variants.

http://nanohub.org/resources/9127

Multigrid Tutorial

08 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This set of slides describe the idea behind the multigrid method and its implementation.

http://nanohub.org/resources/9129

Empirical Pseudopotential Method: Theory and Implementation

17 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska

This tutorial first teaches the users the basic theory behind the Empirical Pseudopotential (EPM)Bandstructure Calculation method. Next, the implementation details of the method are described and …

http://nanohub.org/resources/8999

X-ray Diffraction and Reflectivity Analysis of Thin Films and Nanomaterials

29 Dec 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mauro Sardela

A review of x-ray analysis techniques applied to the characterization of nanomaterials will be presented with focus on x-ray lab source instrumentation similar to the facilities available at the …

http://nanohub.org/resources/7955

Metal Oxide Nanowires as Gas Sensing Elements: from Basic Research to Real World Applications

21 Sep 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): andrei kolmakov

Quasi 1-D metal oxide single crystal chemiresistors are close to occupy their specific niche in the real world of solid state sensorics. Potentially, the major advantage of this kind of sensors with …

http://nanohub.org/resources/5738

NCN Nanomaterials: Tutorials

02 Jun 2009 | Series

http://nanohub.org/resources/6806

Energy and Nanoscience A More Perfect Union

29 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Ratner

Huge problems of energy and sustainability confront the science/engineering community, mankind, and our planet. The energy problem comes in many dimensions, including supply, demand, conservation, …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6554

How Chemical Engineers Will Save the World

26 Mar 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): William F. Banholzer

The world is facing massive challenges brought on by population growth, economic meltdowns, and environmental constraints. Scientific solutions are needed now more than ever. In this seminar, an …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6462

Microstructural Design of Electrically Active Materials and Devices Through Computational Modeling: The OOF Project

20 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): R. Edwin García

We present an overview of a public domain program, the Object Oriented Finite Element analysis (OOF), which predicts macroscopic behavior, starting from an image of the microstructure and ending with …

http://nanohub.org/resources/6134

Spins and Magnets (Whiteboard lecture), Part 1

06 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Whiteboard version of approximately the same material covered in Lectures 3A/3B.

http://nanohub.org/resources/6041

Spins and Magnets (Whiteboard lecture), Part 2

06 Jan 2009 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

Whiteboard version of approximately the same material covered in Lectures 3A/3B.

http://nanohub.org/resources/6063