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1. Properties of Nanomaterials

   Online Presentations | 30 Jul 2022 | Contributor(s):: Peter Kazarinoff, Mariel Kolker, NACK Network

2. Applied Thermal Measurement at the Nanoscale

   Papers | 09 Feb 2022 | Contributor(s):: Zhen Chen, Chris Dames

   This book aims to serve as a practical guide for novices to design and conduct measurements of thermal properties at the nanoscale using electrothermal techniques. An outgrowth of the authors’ tutorials for new graduate students in their own labs, it includes practical details on...

3. Cadmium Selenide Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling

   Teaching Materials | 22 Oct 2021 | Contributor(s):: Shelby Hatch, Evan R. Trivedi, Baudilio Tejerina, George C. Schatz

   This is a combined experiment/computational lab in which cadmium selenide quantum dot nanoparticles are synthesized, their spectra are studied, and the results are modeling using the CNDO/INDO semiempirical electronic structure code. Synthesis and Size Dependent Properties of CdSe Quantum...

4. OctopusPY: Tool for Calculating Effective Mass from Octopus DFT Bandstructures

   Downloads | 16 Aug 2021 | Contributor(s):: Olivia M. Pavlic, Austin D. Fatt, Gregory T. Forcherio, Timothy A. Morgan, Jonathan Schuster

   OctopusPY is a Python package supporting manipulation and analytic processing of electronic band structure data generated by the density functional theory (DFT) software Octopus. In particular, this package imports Octopus-calculated band structure for a given material and...

5. "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic

   Series | 15 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry

   Expanding on the pre-existing resource on nanoHUB: “Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots” this resource expands on the concepts in the experimental guide to give a comprehensive overview of materials pertaining to concepts and ideas within the...

6. MODULE 4 - Quantum Mechanics: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic

   Teaching Materials | 15 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry

   The last and final module in the "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans, studies basic concepts in quantum mechanics such as quantum dots, band gap theory of solids, waves vs. particles, and the photoelectric effect. The activity for this module...

7. MODULE 1 - Graphene: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic

   Teaching Materials | 13 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry

   The first module in "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans, explores the material, graphene, how it was discovered, and the unique properties that it has. The activity paired with this lesson plan re-creates the famous "sticky-tape"...

8. MODULE 2 - Sizes: "Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans: Going Atomic

   Teaching Materials | 13 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s):: Rachel Altovar, Susan P Gentry

   The next installment of Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots" Supplementary Lesson Plans delves into the concept of size and how materials and their properties may change at the macro-, micro-, and nanoscale. Activities include viewing images from a microscope to determine...

9. Quantum Dots: Real-world Particles in a Box

   Teaching Materials | 15 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano

   The purpose of this activity is to show that nanosize particles of a given substance often exhibit different properties and behavior than macro or micro size particles of the same material. The property studied in this activity is the absorption and reflection of light which is based on energy...

10. Turning Fruit Juice into Graphene Quantum Dots

    Teaching Materials | 06 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: John Gomm, NNCI Nano

    Graphene, a sub-nanometer thick sheet made of carbon, was isolated just over a decade ago (2004), yet swiftly won the Nobel Prize for Geim and Novoselov in 2010 for its properties of high strength, conductivity, and transparency. Students will replicate the procedure used to isolate graphene...

11. Spin Quantum Gate Lab

    Tools | 26 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s):: Tong Wu, Qimao Yang, Daniel Volya, Jing Guo

    Simulate the device-level characteristics of spin-based quantum gates.

12. Quantum Dot Lab - A Novel Visualization Tool using Jupyter

    Presentation Materials | 09 Oct 2017 | Contributor(s):: Khaled Aboumerhi

    As semiconductor devices scale down into the nano regime, deep understanding of quantum mechanical properties of nano-structures become increasingly essential. Quantum dots are famous examples of such nano-structures. Quantum dots have attracted a lot of attention over the last two decades due to...

13. Quantum Dot Lab via Jupyter

    Tools | 30 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: Khaled Aboumerhi, Tarek Ahmed Ameen, Prasad Sarangapani, Daniel F Mejia, Gerhard Klimeck

    Simulate 3-D confined states in quantum dot geometries using Jupyter notebook for educational purposes

14. Synthesis and Characterization of CdSe Qunatum Dots

    Teaching Materials | 09 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Nicholas Blake, NNCI Nano

    In this laboratory, students will study how surfactant-based chemistry can be used to synthesize CdSe quantum dots and study how the size of the quantum dots can be controlled by varying reaction time. The laboratory will  demonstrate how the color of these quantum dots can be connected to...

15. Valley Dependent g-factors in Silicon: Role of Spin-Orbit and Micromagnets

    Online Presentations | 09 Dec 2016 | Contributor(s):: Rajib Rahman

    In this talk I will show that spin splittings in silicon quantum dots are inherently valley-dependent. Interface disorder, such as monoatomic steps, can strongly affect the intrinsic spin-orbit coupling and can cause device-to-device variations in g-factors. I will also describe the anisotropy of...

16. E304 L8.1.3: Nanophotonics - Quantum Dots

    Online Presentations | 15 Apr 2016 | Contributor(s):: ASSIST ERC

17. Universal Behavior of Strain in Self-assembled Quantum Dots

    Downloads | 01 May 2016 | Contributor(s):: Hesameddin Ilatikhameneh, Tarek Ahmed Ameen, Gerhard Klimeck, Rajib Rahman

    This resource contains the universal behavior strain files produced by Nemo5. Attached also a Matlab script that can utilize the these compact descriptive files to produce the full strain distribution.  Supported QD shapes; Cuboid, Dome, Cone, and Pyramid. Supported material systems;...

18. [Illinois] Colloidal Quantum Dots and Plasmonics Particles II

    Online Presentations | 21 Apr 2016 | Contributor(s):: Jao van de Lagemaat

19. Screening Effect on Electric Field Produced by Spontaneous Polarization in ZnO Quantum Dot in Electrolyte

    Online Presentations | 16 Dec 2015 | Contributor(s):: Xinia Meshik, Min S. Choi, Mitra Dutta, Michael Stroscio

    IWCE 2015 presentation. in this paper, the calculation of the strength of the electrostatic field produced by zno quantum dots due to the spontaneous polarization in a physiological electrolyte and its application on retinal horizontal cells are presented.

20. TE/TM polarisation response of InAs/GaAs quantum dot bilayers

    Presentation Materials | 21 Oct 2015 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad Usman

    Quantum dot bilayers are strong candidates for the design of telecom devices working at 1300 nm wavelength range. Here we analyse - both experimentally and theoretically - their optical and polarisation properties.