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May 19, 2008
University of Oklahoma

Electronic Device Applications for Narrow Gap Semiconductors

Semiconductors with narrow energy gaps have electronic properties, including a high mobility and strong spin-orbit coupling, that are advantageous for electronic device applications. The switching speed of a field-effect transistor and the sensitivity of a geometrical magnetoresistor are improved by a high carrier mobility. In addition to these traditional devices, we are studying devices that take advantage of quantum-mechanical or spin-orbit effects.
May 19, 2008
University of Oklahoma

SeeS: Sooner Elementary Science and Engineering Club & Science Zone 2008

"I never knew I was so good in science. I'm going to be a research scientist when I grow up!"
May 16, 2008
Yale University

The CRISP teaching molecular beam epitaxy (MBE)

CRISP, the Yale MRSEC, has constructed a safe, user-friendly, oxide molecular beam epitaxy facility that is simple enough for effective use by undergraduates, yet capable of preparing research-grade samples
May 16, 2008
Yale University

Growth of epitaxial oxides on silicon(100): the role of strontium

Understanding the locations of atoms as they are deposited on a surface is critical for growing interfaces of electronic device quality.
May 15, 2008
Harvard University

BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard

BASF, a major international chemical company headquartered in Germany, has established a major research initiative at Harvard, the BASF Advanced Research Initiative, that will provide up to $4M
May 15, 2008
Harvard University

Shear Transformation Zones in Colloidal Glasses

F. Spaepen (Rowland Inst., SEAS) and D.A. Weitz (Physics, SEAS)

Direct, real-space 3-D observation of shear transformation zones in a glass. A colloidal glass is used to mimic the behavior of atomic and molecular glasses.
May 15, 2008
University of Washington

NUE-UNIQUE

Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education- using Nanoscience Instrumentation for Quality Undergraduate Education
May 15, 2008
University of Washington

Molecular Biomimetics

Molecular Biomimetics is an emerging multidisciplinary research area in which genetically selected and designed inorganic-binding peptides are utilized as building blocks, i.e., molecular synthesizers, erectors, and assemblers, in forming functional nanomaterials for implementation in technology and medicine.
May 15, 2008
Northwestern University

Plasmonic Properties of Aluminum Nanoparticles Fabricated by Nanosphere Lithography

George H. Chan, Jing Zhao, George C. Schatz, and Richard P. Van Duyne. Northwestern University Materials Research Science & Engineering Center DMR-0520513

A plasmon is the result of light interacting with the surface electrons in materials that meet specific dielectric requirements. Noble metals have long been used as plasmonic materials, yet other materials are capable of supporting surface plasmons. Recent work in the Van Duyne lab has shown that aluminum nanoparticles fabricated using a process known as nanosphere lithography (NSL) display plasmons throughout the UV-vis region.