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Nanotechnology bears the promise of engineering at an atomic
scale--of assembling atoms in arrangements that are completely
unnatural, thereby creating materials with properties that have
never been seen before. This may sound like science fiction,
but it has been going on for more than 30 years, since the
invention of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). MBE provides a way
of growing a block of material one sheet of atoms at a time.
By mixing different types of atoms in various combinations,
it is possible to "tune" the properties of the resulting material.
For example, the laser diode in your CD player is probably made
from silicon. It shines a particular wavelength of light
based on the energy gap between the conduction and valence
bands in silicon. That same laser diode could be "tuned" to
emit a different wavelength by building it with a new material
engineered to have a different band gap.
MBE is just one technique for building materials on an atomic
scale. Many other techniques are also under investigation,
including dragging atoms via a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)
tip, and Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM).
Learn more about material science from the resources available
on this site, listed below.
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Nanotechnology Research Opportunities within the Forest Products Industry
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28 Apr 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Robert J. Moon
This talk will provide an overview of research opportunities within forest products industry. There will be a general description of the anatomical and chemical structure of wood, their connection …
31 Mar 2008 | Tools | Contributor(s): Sanket S Mahajan, Ganesh Subbarayan, Xufeng Wang
Code to perform Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations
Low Field Mobility
28 Mar 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): Mohamed Mohamed, Anjali Bharthuar, Umberto Ravaioli
Calculates low field electron mobility in III-V semiconductors using Rode's Method
MSE 640 Lecture 5: Diffraction from Crystals "Structure Factor", Part 2
18 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Stach
09 Oct 2007 | Tools | Contributor(s): Baudilio Tejerina, Jeff Reimers
Semi-empirical Molecular Orbital calculations.
The Novel Nanostructures of Carbon
28 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gene Dresselhaus
A brief review will be given of the physical underpinnings of carbon nanostructures that were developed over the past 60 years, starting with the electronic structure and physical properties of …
MSE 640 Lecture 2: Elastic Scattering, Part 1
25 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Stach
The Potential of Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Resource
14 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Mildred S. Dresselhaus
An overview is presented on the grand challenges to the science community in the next few decades in meeting global energy needs for the 21st century. Major advances in our present capabilities will …
Heat Transfer across Solid Contacts Enhanced with Nanomaterials
11 Feb 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Timothy S Fisher
This presentation will describe thermal transport processes at solid-solid material interfaces. An overview of applications in the electronics industry will serve to motivate the subject, and then …
MSE 582 Lecture 1: Introduction
28 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Stach
MSE 582 Transmission Electron Microscopy Skills
28 Jan 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Eric Stach
Practical introduction to the operation of transmission electron microscopes. Microscope design and function; imaging and diffraction modes and image content; instrument operation. Required of all …
Lecture 2: total energy and force calculations
14 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan
This lecture will describe the various models used to describe the interactions between atoms in a wide range of materials including metals, ceramics and soft materials as well as new recent …
Lectures on Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Materials
09 Jan 2008 | Courses | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan
Molecular dynamics simulations are playing an increasingly important role in many areas of science and engineering, from biology and pharmacy to nanoelectronics and structural materials. Recent …
Lecture 1: the theory behind molecular dynamics
09 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Alejandro Strachan
The first lecture will provide a brief description of classical mechanics and statistical mechanics necessary to understand the physics and approximations behind MD and how to correctly …
Lecture 3: simulation details and coarse grain approaches
The last presentation will describe simulation techniques to simulate materials under isothermal and isobaric conditions. We will also describe coarse grain or mesodynamical approaches (where …
Introduction: molecular dynamics simulations
This short presentation will describe the idea behind MD simulations and demonstrate its use in real applications.
Nanomedicine for Treating Organ Failure
02 Jan 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Thomas J. Webster
Nanotechnology has begun to revolutionize numerous science and engineering fields. The use of nanotechnology in medicine has been termed nanomedicine. This presentation will highlight recent …
Excellence in Computer Simulation: Computational Materials
20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Eric Schwegler
This presentation was one of 13 presentations in the one-day forum, "Excellence in Computer Simulation," which brought together a broad set of experts to reflect on the future of computational …
Perspectives on Computational Quantum Chemistry
20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Martin P. Head-Gordon
Computational Mathematics: Role, Impact, Challenges
20 Dec 2007 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Juan C. Meza
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