Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

11 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Minghao Qi

A photonic crystal (PhCs) is typically a composite of a high-dielectric-constant material (e.g. Si) and a low-constant one (e.g. SiO2 or air), arranged periodically in space. Two dimensional examples …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3991

Multiphase Gallium Nitride Nanowires and Nanocircuits

04 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Virginia M. Ayres

Catalyst-free vapor-solid nanowire growth, a newly described method for the production of nanowires compatible with a wide variety of semiconductor materials, has been used to produce novel …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3817

Developing Tools for nanoHUB.org

23 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

The nanoHUB lets you access simulation tools online via an ordinary web browser. Where do the tools come from? From you--hundreds of you throughout the world who are developing nanotechnology …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3863

Nanometrology Room Design: The Performance and Characterization of the Kevin G. Hall Nanometrology Laboratory

22 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ron Reifenberger

This seminar summarizes the capabilities of the high accuracy Kevin G. Hall Laboratory which is located in Purdue’s newly completed Birck Nanotechnology Center. The seminar is primarily …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3779

Finite Size Scaling and Quantum Criticality

02 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sabre Kais

In statistical mechanics, the finite size scaling method provides a systematic way to extrapolate information about criticality obtained from a finite system to the thermodynamic limit. For quantum …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3526

NanoElectronic MOdeling: NEMO

20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

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/3707

HPCW Introduction to Parallel Programming with MPI

05 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): David Seaman

Single-session course illustrating message-passing techniques. The examples include point-to-point and collective communication using blocking and nonblocking transmission. One application …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3357

Electrons in Two Dimensions: Quantum Corrals and Semiconductor Microstructures

04 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric J. Heller

The images generated by a scanning tunneling microscope are iconic. Some of the most famous are Don Eigler’s quantum corrals, which reveal not only the guest atoms on a surface but especially the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3253

Plastic Deformation at Micron and Submicron Scales

28 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Marisol Koslowski

Most people experiences the way objects plastically deform on a macroscopic scale. From a car crash to the bending of a paper clip plastic deformation occurs in the form of a smooth flow as a …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3559

Engineering Nanomedical Systems

16 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): James Leary

This tutorial will cover general problems and approaches to the design of engineered nanomedical systems. An example to be covered is the engineering design of programmable multilayered nanoparticles …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3539

Engineering at the nanometer scale: Is it a new material or a new device?

06 Nov 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gerhard Klimeck

This seminar will overview NEMO 3D simulation capabilities and its deployment on the nanoHUB as well as an overview of the nanoHUB impact on the community.

https://nanohub.org/resources/3504

HPCW Condor: High Throughput Computing

09 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Thomas (Tom) Kesler

Condor is a research project of the University of Wisconsin. It offers an environment called "High Throughput Computing" for compute-intensive jobs. Condor can manage a collection of compute nodes …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3330

HPCW High-end HPC Architectures

09 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mithuna Thottethodi

https://nanohub.org/resources/3346

HPCW Parallel Programming Models

09 Oct 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Sam Midkiff

Computing Research Institute Rosen Center for Advanced Computing

https://nanohub.org/resources/3341

Simulating with PETE: Purdue Exploratory Technology Evaluator

25 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Arijit Raychowdhury

Using PETE one can evaluate any MOSFET like devices or any New Devices in terms of performance on Benchmark circuits. The input to the tool can be in terms of typical MOSFET parameters or in terms of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3263

Scientific Ethics and the Signs of Voodoo Science

24 Sep 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Andrew S. Hirsch

Until recently, the issue of research ethics had not been a subject of explicit discussion within the Physics community. Over the past ten years, however, documented cases of scientific fraud have …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3273

Using Workspaces on nanoHUB.org

24 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

One of the most powerful tools on nanoHUB is something we call a workspace, which is a full-featured Linux desktop that you can access any time, any place, from your web browser. Workspaces are …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3081

The Nano-MOSFET: A brief introduction

17 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mark Lundstrom

MOSFET channel lengths are now well below 100nm, and getting smaller, but MOSFETs are still modeled and understood much as they were 30 years ago. Seminal work in the 1960’s laid the …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2980

Using Subversion for Source Code Control

14 Aug 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Michael McLennan

If you're developing software, you should be storing your code in a source code control system. The nanoHUB team recommends Subversion, because it is easy to use, open source, and available on …

https://nanohub.org/resources/3061

HCIS-15 Lecture: Nanodevices and Maxwell’s Demon

23 Jul 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Supriyo Datta

The 15th International Conference on Nonequilibrium Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductors (HCIS-15) lecture. This 30 minute lecture covers roughly the same material as Lecture 1 of Concepts of …

https://nanohub.org/resources/2966