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Micro-rheometry
Last Updated Date: 09/12/2012 Our goal is to develop and promote the adoption of small-volume rheological methods for complex fluids including bio-fluids, suspensions and … more
Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Last Updated Date: 09/10/2012 Liposomes are nanometer-sized spherical vesicles made of phospholipids similar to those found in cell membranes of living organisms. Traditional … more
DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures
Last Updated Date: 09/04/2012 Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more
Single Molecule Fluorescence Measurements of Nanoscale Proton Distributions in Photoresist
Last Updated Date: 08/24/2012 The semiconductor industry’s remarkable progress in making integrated circuits smaller, faster and cheaper relies on continual … more
Semiconductor Metrology for Energy Conversion
Last Updated Date: 08/21/2012 Optical Materials Metrology 21st century optoelectronics emphasizes energy technologies, and modern security issues have heightened needs for … more
Nanomagnetic Imaging
Last Updated Date: 08/20/2012 The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more
Manipulating the Position and Orientation of Nanoparticles using Feedback Control
Last Updated Date: 08/17/2012 To advance the development of miniaturized systems, there is a need to place nanostructured materials in very precise locations. Only then can … more
Nanomagnet Dynamics
Last Updated Date: 08/17/2012 We develop techniques for measuring magnetization dynamics in magnetic nanostructures with a particular emphasis on the emerging needs of future … more
Directed Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
Last Updated Date: 08/17/2012 One of the major obstacles to incorporating nanotechnology into everyday products is the difficulty of making nanoscale structures inexpensively … more
Theory of Spin Transfer Torque
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 The working of countless electronic devices involves electric and magnetic effects interacting within nanostructured materials. In the phenomenon … more
Novel Sources for Focused-ion Beams
Last Updated Date: 08/14/2012 Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. At the CNST, researchers … more
Magnetic Nanostructures for Post-Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Electronics
Last Updated Date: 08/03/2012 Just as integrated electronic circuits continue to pack on more and ever tinier components, so magnetic technologies for data storage and other … more
Atom Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Last Updated Date: 07/27/2012 At the heart of nanotechnology is the need to create nanostructures, which are material structures whose dimensions are in the nanometer … more
Micro- and Nano-Mechanical Systems
Last Updated Date: 07/25/2012 Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems are being investigated experimentally to bring these systems toward the quantum limit, study quantum … more
Single Electron Coherence
Last Updated Date: 07/25/2012 CMOS-compatible Si-based SET quantum dots systems are being fabricated and electrically characterized at low temperature to explore the possibility … more |
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