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  1. C.V. Raman and the Impact of Raman Effect in Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter, and Materials Science

    18 Sep 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Anant K. Ramdas

    Raman’s momentous discovery in 1928 that the spectral analysis of the light scattered by matter, illuminated with monochromatic light of frequency ωL, reveals new signatures at (ωL ± ωi) , ωi’s being the internal frequencies of the matter [Nature121, 501 (1928); Indian Journal of Physics 2, 387...

  2. An Introduction to Quantum Computing

    12 Sep 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Edward Gerjuoy

    Quantum mechanics, as formulated more than 80 years ago by Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Dirac and other greats, is a wholly sufficient foundation for its modern interrelated subfields of quantum computation (qc) and quantum information (qi), which generally are lumped together into a single subfield...

  3. Physics of Nanoscale Transistors: An Introduction to Electronics from the Bottom Up

    10 Sep 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

    Transistor scaling has pushed channel lengths to the nanometer regime, and advances in nanoscience have opened up many new possibilities for devices. To realize these opportunities, our traditional understanding of electronic devices needs to be complemented with a new perspective that begins...

  4. ABACUS - Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors

    16 Jul 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Xufeng Wang, Daniel Mejia, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck

    One-stop-shop for teaching semiconductor devices

  5. Hierarchy of Simulation Approaches for Charge Transport Simulation

    01 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Omar N Sobh, Umberto Ravaioli

    General considerations Model simulation hierarchy Continuum model Particle Transport Monte Carlo model Examples of simulations Umberto Ravaioli - University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNCN@Purdue Student Leadership Team Network for Computational Nanotechnology The Institute for Nanoelectronics...

  6. NCN Nanophotonics: Tutorials

    20 Jun 2008 |

    From among the many tutorial lectures available on the nanoHUB, we list a few that convey new approaches to optics, metamaterials, and photonics.

  7. NCN NEMS: Tutorials

    19 Jun 2008 |

    From among the many tutorial lectures available on the nanoHUB, we list a few that convey new approaches to the development of new kinds of nano-electro-mechanical systems and devices.

  8. NCN Nano-Devices for Medicine and Biology: Tutorials

    19 Jun 2008 |

    From among the many tutorial lectures available on the nanoHUB, we list a few that convey new approaches to the development of new kinds of devices for applications in medicine and biology.

  9. Some Physics for Proteins

    03 Jun 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen M. Durbin

  10. Dynamics of Quantum Fluids: Path integral and Semiclassical Methods

    21 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Nancy Makri

    The interplay of many-body nonlinear interactions and quantum mechanical effects such as zero-point motion or identical particle exchange symmetries lead to intriguing phenomena in low-temperature fluids, some of which remain poorly understood. Recent advances in theory and methodology have...

  11. Basics of Particle Adhesion

    21 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen P. Beaudoin

    This presentation will describe the adhesion of rough, asymmetric particles with micro- to nano-scale dimension to solid surfaces. These adhesion processes are of great interest in microelectronics and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The presentation will include experimental and theoretical and...

  12. Metamaterials, Part 3: Cloaking and Transformation Optics

    01 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Part 3/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...

  13. Metamaterials, Part 2: Negative-Index, Nonlinear Optics and Super/Hyper-Lenses

    01 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Part 2/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...

  14. Metamaterials, Part 1: Electrical and Magnetic Metamaterials

    01 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Part 1/3. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field and significant progress...

  15. Metamaterials: A New Paradigm of Physics and Engineering

    01 May 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Vladimir M. Shalaev

    Three part lecture on metamaterials. Metamaterials are expected to open a gateway to unprecedented electromagnetic properties and functionality unattainable from naturally occurring materials, thus enabling a family of new “meta-devices”. In these three lectures, we review this new emerging field...

  16. Tutorial for NanogromacsSenior

    28 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Dairui Chen

  17. Introduction to Quantum Dot Lab

    31 Mar 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Sunhee Lee, Hoon Ryu, Gerhard Klimeck

    The nanoHUB tool "Quantum Dot Lab" allows users to compute the quantum mechanical "particle in a box" problem for a variety of different confinement shapes, such as boxes, ellipsoids, disks, and pyramids. Users can explore, interactively, the energy spectrum and orbital...

  18. Nanoelectronic Modeling: Multimillion Atom Simulations, Transport, and HPC Scaling to 23,000 Processors

    07 Mar 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

    Future field effect transistors will be on the same length scales as “esoteric” devices such as quantum dots, nanowires, ultra-scaled quantum wells, and resonant tunneling diodes. In those structures the behavior of carriers and their interaction with their environment need to be fundamentally...

  19. Heat Transfer across Solid Contacts Enhanced with Nanomaterials

    11 Feb 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Timothy S Fisher

    This presentation will describe thermal transport processes at solid-solid material interfaces. An overview of applications in the electronics industry will serve to motivate the subject, and then the basic diffusive constriction theory will be developed. The addition of carbon nanotube arrays to...

  20. Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

    11 Feb 2008 | | 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 include a hexagonal lattice of air holes drilled in a Si slab, or a set of Si rods at square...