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ECE 453 Lecture 15c: Basis Functions 3
Online Presentations | 04 Oct 2004 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
This lecture is available only in video format.
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ECE 453 Lecture 15b: Basis Functions 2
Online Presentations | 01 Oct 2004 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta
This lecture is available only in video format.
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Surprises on the nanoscale: Plasmonic waves that travel backward and spin birefringence without magnetic fields
Online Presentations | 08 Jan 2007 | Contributor(s):: Daniel Neuhauser
As nanonphotonics and nanoelectronics are pushed down towards the molecular scale, interesting effects emerge. We discuss how birefringence (different propagation of two polarizations) is manifested and could be useful in the future for two systems: coherent plasmonic transport of near-field...
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Chemical Modification of GaAs with TAT Peptide and Alkylthiol Self-Assembled Monolayers
Online Presentations | 03 Aug 2006 | Contributor(s):: Hamsa Jaganathan
The use of self-assembled monolayers (SAM) on semiconductors creates a basis for the design and creation of bioelectronics, such as biosensors. The interface between the surface and an organic monolayer can change significant electrical and physiochemical properties of a biological device....
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DNA Nanowires
Online Presentations | 06 Aug 2006 | Contributor(s):: Margarita Shalaev
DNA is a relatively inexpensive and ubiquitous material that can be used as a scaffold for constructing nanowires. Our research focuses on the manufacturing of DNA-templated, magnetic nanowires. This is accomplished by synthesizing positively-charged metal nanoparticles that self-assemble along...
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Surface Analysis of Organic Monlayers Using FTIR and XPS
Online Presentations | 02 Aug 2006 | Contributor(s):: Jamie Nipple, Michael Toole, David Janes
Current research concerning self-assembled monolayers (SAM) focuses on the fabrication of microelectronics utilizing a semiconductor/molecule/metal junction. This study seeks to investigate various experimental techniques for creation of organic monolayers by surface analysis techniques including...
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Nanotubes and Nanowires: One-dimensional Materials
Online Presentations | 17 Jul 2006 | Contributor(s):: Timothy D. Sands
What is a nanowire? What is a nanotube? Why are they interesting and what are their potential applications? How are they made? This presentation is intended to begin to answer these questions while introducing some fundamental concepts such as wave-particle duality, quantum confinement, the...
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Exploring Electron Transfer with Density Functional Theory
Online Presentations | 11 Jun 2006 | Contributor(s):: Troy Van Voorhis
This talk will highlight several illustrative applications of constrained density functionaltheory (DFT) to electron transfer dynamics in electronic materials. The kinetics of thesereactions are commonly expressed in terms of well known Marcus parameters (drivingforce, reorganization energy and...
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Logic Devices and Circuits on Carbon Nanotubes
Online Presentations | 05 Apr 2006 | Contributor(s):: Joerg Appenzeller
Over the last years carbon nanotubes (CNs) have attracted an increasing interest as building blocks for nano-electronics applications. Due to their unique properties enabling e.g. ballistic transport at room-temperature over several hundred nanometers, high performance CN field-effect transistors...
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The Long and Short of Pick-up Stick Transistors: A Promising Technology for Nano- and Macro-Electronics
Online Presentations | 11 Apr 2006 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
In recent years, there has been enormous interest in the emerging field of large-area macro-electronics, and fabricating thin-film transistors on flexible substrates. This talk will cover recent work in developing a comprehensive theoretical framework to describe the performance of these "pick-up...
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Tutorial on Using Micelle-MD
Online Presentations | 05 Apr 2006 | Contributor(s):: Patrick Chiu, Kunal Shah, Susan Sinnott
This is a tutorial using Micelle-MD. This includes the main capabilities, computation procedure, with format of files generated, and the simulation setup, which includes the material models implemented.
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Mechanical Properties of Surfactant Aggregates at Water-Solid Interfaces
Online Presentations | 05 Apr 2006 | Contributor(s):: Patrick Chiu, Kunal Shah, Susan Sinnott
This is a talk on the mechanical properties of surfactant aggregates at water-solid interfaces using Micelle-MD. This includes silica indentations of micelles with comparison to experimental data and graphite indentation of Micelle.
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Thermal Microsystems for On-Chip Thermal Engineering
Online Presentations | 04 Apr 2006 | Contributor(s):: Suresh V. Garimella
Electro-thermal co-design at the micro- and nano-scales is critical for achieving desired performance and reliability in microelectronic circuits. Emerging thermal microsystems technologies for this application area are discussed, with specific examples including a novel micromechanical...
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Mark Ratner Interview on Nanotechnology
Online Presentations | 23 Mar 2006 | Contributor(s):: Mark Ratner, Krishna Madhavan
Nanotechnology interview with Krishna Madhavan.
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Molecular Transport Structures: Elastic Scattering, Vibronic Effects and Beyond
Online Presentations | 13 Feb 2006 | Contributor(s):: Mark Ratner, Abraham Nitzan, Misha Galperin
Current experimental efforts are clarifying quite beautifully the nature of charge transport in so-called molecular junctions, in which a single molecule provides the channel for current flow between two electrodes. The theoretical modeling of such structures is challenging, because of the...
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Nano-Scale Device Simulations Using PROPHET-Part II: PDE Systems
Online Presentations | 20 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Yang Liu, Robert Dutton
Part II uses examples toillustrate how to build user-defined PDE systems in PROPHET.
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Nano-Scale Device Simulations Using PROPHET-Part I: Basics
Online Presentations | 20 Jan 2006 | Contributor(s):: Yang Liu, Robert Dutton
Part I covers the basics of PROPHET,including the set-up of simulation structures and parameters based onpre-defined PDE systems.
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Atomic Force Microscopy
Online Presentations | 01 Dec 2005 | Contributor(s):: Arvind Raman
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an indispensible tool in nano science for the fabrication, metrology, manipulation, and property characterization of nanostructures. This tutorial reviews some of the physics of the interaction forces between the nanoscale tip and sample, the dynamics of the...
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Quantum Chemistry Part II
Online Presentations | 08 Jul 2004 | Contributor(s):: George C. Schatz
This tutorial will provide an overview of electronic structure calculations from achemist's perspective. This will include a review of the basic electronic structuretheories.
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Field Regulation of Single Molecule Conductivity by a Charged Atom
Online Presentations | 29 Jul 2005 | Contributor(s):: Robert Wolkow
A new concept for a single molecule transistor is demonstrated. A single chargeable atom adjacent to a molecule shifts molecular energy levels into alignment with electrode levels, thereby gating current through the molecule. Seemingly paradoxically, the silicon substrate to which the molecule...