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Analyzing Disaster: A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem
Online Presentations | 22 Jun 2010 | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
Steve Wereley discusses how his knowledge and use of a technique called particle image velocimetry (PIV) led to a game-changing calculation of a flow rate for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Molecular Sensors for MEMS
Online Presentations | 10 Dec 2009 | Contributor(s):: John P. Sullivan
This seminar will cover the issues involved in using molecular sensors in MEMS and their application to microchannels, supersonic micronozzles, microjet impingement, microturbines and unsteady fluidic actuators.
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Optical BioMEMS Microfluidic Technologies for Hand-Held, Point-of-Care, Medical Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Nov 2009 | Contributor(s):: James Leary
Portable, point-of-care, medical diagnostic devices could provide an important new component in more cost-effective healthcare delivery. Rapid measurements of blood samples during an examination within a doctor’s office or in the field, could allow immediate appropriate treatment of medical...
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Illinois ME 498 Introduction of Nano Science and Technology, Lecture 11: Transport and Electrokenetics in Nanoscale Fluids
Online Presentations | 07 Oct 2009 | Contributor(s):: Nick Fang, Omar N Sobh
Transport and Electrokenetics Topics: Back to Constitutive Equations Coupled Heat and Electron Conduction Thermoelectric Cooling New Directions for Nano-Thermoelectricity State-of-the-Art in Thermoelectrics Hornet Skin: A Natural heat Pump Coupled Charge-Mass Transport in Fluid
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BNC Research Review: The Birck Nanotechnology Center-Progress, Opportunitiees, and Challenges
Online Presentations | 04 Jun 2008 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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Tutorial for NanogromacsSenior
Online Presentations | 28 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Dairui Chen
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Controlling Membrane Organization: Effects of pH, Ions, and composition
Online Presentations | 23 Mar 2008 | Contributor(s):: Jennifer Hovis
Our main research interests are in determining, at the molecular level, how cell membranes are organized and how that organization relates to function. The primary molecular building blocks of cell membranes are lipids, amphipathic molecules that assemble into two opposed leaflets forming a...
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KIST/PU Phage Display Selection of Tissue-Specific Homing Peptides and their Theragnostic Applications
Online Presentations | 23 Oct 2007 | Contributor(s):: Byung-Heon Lee
Several homing peptides that are specific to tumor cells, artherosclerotic plaques, stroke lesion, apoptotic cells and phosphatidylserine have been isolated by phage display in our laboratory. For example, the Bld-1 peptide is specific to bladder tumor cells and the AP-1 to atherosclerotic...
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Introduction of MEMS Activity at Nano/Micro System Engineering Lab., Kyoto University
Online Presentations | 15 Sep 2007 | Contributor(s):: OSAMU TABATA
We are aiming at the realization of microsystems and nanosystems with novel and unique functions by integrating functional elements in different domains such as mechanics, electronics, chemistry, optics and biotechnology. These micro/nano systems are expected to be novel machines, which will...
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BNC Annual Research Symposium: Bio-Nanotechnology and Biomedical Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Apr 2007 | Contributor(s):: Rashid Bashir
This presentation is part of a collection of presentations describing the projects, people, and capabilities enhanced by research performed in the Birck Center, and a look at plans for the upcoming year.
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Nanofluidics
Online Presentations | 15 Jun 2004 | Contributor(s):: Susan Sinnott
Nanofluidics
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Nanosystems Biology
Online Presentations | 10 Sep 2004 | Contributor(s):: James R. Heath
As we enter the 21st century, we stand at a major inflection point for biology and medicine-the way we view and practice these disciplines is changing profoundly. These changes are being driven by systems biology, a new approach to biology, and which will increasingly transform medicine from...