The BNC leverages advances in nanoscale science and engineering to create innovative nanotechnologies addressing societal challenges and opportunities in computing, communications, the environment, security, energy independence, and health. Below are some publications from the BCN.
Publications from 2010
Coherent nonlinear-optical energy transfer and backward-wave optical parametric generation in negative-index metamaterials, Alexander K. Popov, Sergey A. Myslivets, and V. M. Shalaev
AFM study of ridges in few-layer epitaxial graphene grown on the carbon-face of 4H-SiC(000(1)over-bar), Gyan Prakash, Michael A. Capano, Michael Bolen, Dmitry Zemlyanov, and R. Reifenberger
An Integration Technology for RF and Microwave Circuits Based on Interconnect Programming, Laleh Rabieirad, Edgar J. Martinez, and Saeed Mohammadi
Coherent Electron Transport by Adiabatic Passage in an Imperfect Donor Chain, Rajib Rahman, Richard P. Muller, James E. Levy, Malcolm S. Carroll, Gerhard Klimeck, Andrew D. Greentree, and Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg
A Numerical Model for Transport in Heat Pipes with Different Wick Microstructures Effects, Ram Ranjan, Jayathi Y. Murthy, Suresh V. Garimella, and Unnikrishnan Vadakkan
Morphology Dependent Short Circuit Current in Bulk Heterojunction Solar cell, Biswajit Ray, Pradeep R. Nair, and Muhammad A. Alam
The impact of nonlinearity on degenerate parametric amplifiers, Jeff Rhoads and Steven W. Shaw
DNA Immobilization on GaP(100) Investigated by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy, David Richards, Dmitry Zemlyanov, Rafay Asrar, Yena Chokshi, Emily M. Cook, Thomas Hinton, Xinran Lu, Viet Nguyen, Neil Patel, Jonathan Usher, Sriram Vaidyanathan, David Yeung, and Albena Ivanisevic
Assessment of the Passivation Capabilities of Two Different Covalent Chemical Modifications on GaP(100), David Richards, Dmitry Zemlyanov, and Albena Ivanisevic
Optimizing performance of plasmonic devices for photonic circuits, Tiberiu Rosenzveig, Petur Gordon Hermannsson, Alexandra Boltasseva, and Kristjan Leosson
The growth and characterization of Si and Ge nanowires grown from reactive metal catalysts, F M. Ross, C Y. Wen, S Kodambaka, B A. Wacaser, M C. Reuter, and E A. Stach
Quantum Transport in Ultra-Scaled Phosphorous-Doped Silicon Nanowires, Hoon Ryu, S. Lee, B. Weber, S. Mahapatra, M. Y. Simmons, L. C.L. Hollenberg, and Gerhard Klimeck
Quantum Transport in Ultra-Scaled Phosphorous-Doped Silicon Nanowires, Hoon Ryu, S. Lee, Brent Weber, Suddhasatta Mahapatra, Michelle Y. Simmons, Lloyed Hollenberg, and Gerhard Klimeck
Electronic structure, phonons, and thermal properties of ScN, ZrN, and HfN: A first-principles study, Bivas Saha, Jagaran Acharya, Timothy D. Sands, and Umesh Waghmare
Shot Noise Thermometry for Thermal Characterization of Templated Carbon Nanotubes, Robert A. Sayer, Sunkook Kim, Aaron D. Franklin, Saeed Mohammadi, and Timothy Fisher
A Simple Water-Based Synthesis of Au Nanoparticle/PDMS Composites for Water Purification and Targeted Drug Release, Adina Scott, Ritu Gupta, and Giridhar U. Kulkarni
Gold/Molecule/p(+) Si Devices: Variable Temperature Electronic Transport, Adina Scott and David B. Janes
Molecular modulation of Schottky barrier height in metal-molecule-silicon diodes: Capacitance and simulation results, Adina Scott, Chad Risko, Nicholas Valley, Mark A. Ratner, and David B. Janes
Introduction to the Special Issue on Metamaterials, V. M. Shalaev, Natalia M. Litchinitser, Nader Engheta, Ross McPhedran, Ekaterina Shamonina, and Thomas Klar
A Taper to Reduce the Straight-to-Bend Transition Loss in Compact Silicon Waveguides, Hao Shen, Li Fan, Jian Wang, Justin C. Wirth, and Minghao Qi
Eight-channel reconfigurable microring filters with tunable frequency, extinction ratio and bandwidth, Hao Shen, Maroof H. Khan, Li Fan, Lin Zhao, Yi Xuan, Jing Ouyang, Leo T. Varghese, and Minghao Qi
Computational Study on the Performance of Si Nanowire pMOSFETs Based on the k · p Method, Mincheol Shin, Sunhee Lee, and Gerhard Klimeck
Chaos-Assisted Directional Light Emission from Microcavity Lasers, Susumu Shinohara, Takahisa Harayama, Takehiro Fukushima, Martina Hentschel, Takahiko Sasaki, and Evgenii Narimanov
Experimental observation of the trapped rainbow, Vera N. Smolyaninova, Igor Smolyaninov, Alexander V. Kildishev, and V. M. Shalaev
Metric Signature Transitions in Optical Metamaterials, Igor Smolyaninov and Evgenii Narimanov
Random lasing in bone tissue, Qinghai Song, Shumin Xiao, Zhengbin Xu, Jingjing Liu, Xuanhao Sun, V. P. Drachev, V. M. Shalaev, Ozan Akkus, and Young L. Kim
Random laser spectroscopy for nanoscale perturbation sensing, Qinghai Song, Shumin Xiao, Zhengbin Xu, V. M. Shalaev, and Young L. Kim
Temperature-Induced Modifications of PdZn Layers on Pd(111), W Stadlmayr, Ch Rameshan, C Weilach, H Lorenz, M Haevecker, R Blume, T Rocha, D Teschner, A Knop-Gericke, Dmitry Zemlyanov, S Penner, R Schloegl, G Rupprechter, B Kloetzer, and N Memmel
Cyber-Enabled Simulations in Nanoscale Science and Engineering INTRODUCTION, Alejandro Strachan, Gerhard Klimeck, and Mark S. Lundstrom
Sub-threshold study of undoped trigate nFinFET, G C. Tettamanzi, G P. Lansbergen, A Paul, Sunhee Lee, P A. Deosarran, N Collaert, Gerhard Klimeck, S Biesemans, and S Rogge
Interface Trap Density Metrology of State-of-the-Art Undoped Si n-FinFETs, Giuseppe Carlo Tettamanzi, Abhijeet Paul, Sunhee Lee, Saumitra R. Mehrotra, Nadine Collaert, Serge Biesemans, Gerhard Klimeck, and Sven Rogge
Thermionic Emission as a Tool to Study Transport in Undoped nFinFETs, Giuseppe C. Tettamanzi, Abhijeet Paul, Gabriel P. Lansbergen, Jan Verduijn, Sunheee Lee, Nadine Collaert, Serge Biesemans, Gerhard Klimeck, and Sven Rogge
Complex martensitic nanostructure in Zr nanowires: A molecular dynamics study, Alexander Thompson and Alejandro Strachan
Ambipolar graphene field effect transistors by local metal side gates, J F. Tian, L A. Jauregui, G Lopez, H Cao, and Yong P. Chen
Higher-order eigenmodes of qPlus sensors for high resolution dynamic atomic force microscopy, Ryan C. Tung, Thorsten Wutscher, David Martinez-Martin, R. Reifenberger, Franz Giessibl, and Arvind Raman
Parallel optical nanolithography using nanoscale bowtie aperture array, Sreemanth MV Uppuluri, Edward C. Kinzel, Yan Li, and Xianfan Xu
Phase stability and transformations in NiTi from density functional theory calculations, Karthik Guda Vishnu and Alejandro Strachan
Multifunctional Magnetic-Optical Nanoparticle Probes for Simultaneous Detection, Separation, and Thermal Ablation of Multiple Pathogens, Chungang Wang and Joseph Irudayaraj
Vortex-assisted DNA delivery, Jun Wang, Yihong Zhan, Victor M. Ugaz, and Chang Lu
Investigation of carbon corrosion in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using steam etching, Mei-xian Wang, Hong-fang Sun, Noma Ogbeifun, Fan Xu, E A. Stach, and Jian Xie
Charge-pumping characterization of interface traps in Al2O3/In0.75Ga0.25As metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors, W Wang, J. Deng, JC M. Hwang, Y Xuan, and P. D. Ye
High-Voltage n-Channel IGBTs on Free-Standing 4H-SiC Epilayers, Xiaokun Wang and James A. Cooper
Acoustic phonon scattering in Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 superlattices, Yaguo Wang, Carl Liebig, Xianfan Xu, and Rama Venkatasubramanian
SERS aptasensor from nanorod-nanoparticle junction for protein detection, Yuling Wang, Kyuwan Lee, and Joseph Irudayaraj
Biocompatibility and Biodistribution of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoprobes in Zebrafish Embryos: In vivo and Multiplex Imaging, Yuling Wang, Jamie L. Seebald, Daniel P. Szeto, and Joseph Irudayaraj
Characterization of evaporation and boiling from sintered powder wicks fed by capillary action, Justin A. Weibel, Suresh Garimella, and Mark T. North
Optimization of Mass Transport in Integrated Nanostructured Wicking Surfaces for the Reduction of Evaporative Thermal Resistance, Justin A. Weibel, Suresh V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and David H. Altman
Communications: Entanglement switch for dipole arrays, Qi Wei, Sabre Kais, and Yong P. Chen
Structure, Growth Kinetics, and Ledge Flow during Vapor-Solid-Solid Growth of Copper-Catalyzed Silicon Nanowires, C Y. Wen, M C. Reuter, J Tersoff, E A. Stach, and F M. Ross
Photo- and thermionic emission from potassium-intercalated carbon nanotube arrays, Tyler Westover, Aaron D. Franklin, Baratunde Cola, Timothy Fisher, and R. Reifenberger
III-nitride nanopyramid light emitting diodes grown by organometallic vapor phase epitaxy, Isaac Wildeson, Robert Colby, David Ewoldt, Zhiwen Liang, Dmitri Zakharov, Nestor J. Zaluzec, R. Edwin García, E A. Stach, and Timothy D. Sands
Core/shell nanoparticles as hybrid platforms for the fabrication of a hydrogen peroxide biosensor, Yu-Ho Won, Doreen Aboagye, Ho Seong Jang, Andrei Jitianu, and L Stanciu
Multifunctional calcium carbonate microparticles: Synthesis and biological applications, Yu-Ho Won, Ho Seong Jang, Ding-Wen Chung, and L Stanciu
Biomagnetic Glasses: Preparation, Characterization, and Biosensor Applications, Yu-Ho Won, Ho Seong Jang, Seung Min Kim, E A. Stach, Mallikarjunarao Ganesana, Silvana Andreescu, and L Stanciu
Luminescence dynamics of Te doped CdS quantum dots at different doping levels, Wenzhi Wu, Hongan Ye, and X Ruan
Loss-free and active optical negative-index metamaterials, Shumin Xiao, V. P. Drachev, Alexander V. Kildishev, Xingjie Ni, Uday K. Chettiar, Hsiao-Kuan Yuan, and V. M. Shalaev
Investigation of the Carbon Corrosion Process for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Using a Rotating Disk Electrode Technique, Fan Xu, Mei-xian Wang, Hong-fang Sun, Seth Simonson, Noma Ogbeifun, E A. Stach, and Xie Jian
Theoretical Study of Atomic Layer Deposition Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for Aluminum Oxide Formation at Graphene Nanoribbon Open Edges, Kun Xu and P. D. Ye
Exact calculation of entanglement in a 19-site two-dimensional spin system, Qing Xu, Sabre Kais, Maxim Naumov, and Ahmed Sameh
Accurate force spectroscopy in tapping mode atomic force microscopy in liquids, Xin Xu, John Melcher, and Arvind Raman
Publications from 2009
Design Guidelines for True Green LEDs and High efficiency Photovoltaics Using ZnSe/GaAs Digital Alloys, Samarth Agarwal, Kyle H. Montgomery, Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck, and Jerry M. Woodall
Multimillion Atom Simulations with NEMO 3-D, Shaikh Ahmed, Neerav Kharche, Rajib Rahman, Muhammad Usman, Sunhee Lee, Hoon Ryu, Hansang Bae, Steve Clark, Benjamin Haley, Maxim Naumov, Faisal Saied, Marek Korkusinski, Rick Kennel, Michael McLennan, Timothy B. Boykin, and Gerhard Klimeck
Forces Acting on Sessile Droplet on Inclined Surfaces, S. Ravi Annapragada, Jayathi Y. Murthy, and Suresh V. Garimella
Loss Optimization of Coplanar Strips for CMOS RFICs, Muhammad S. Arif and Dimitrios Peroulis
Manifestation of Kohn Anomaly in 1/f Fluctuations in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes, Ju Hee Back, Cheng-Lin Tsai, Sunkook Kim, Saeed Mohammadi, and Moonsub Shim
Preventing the Cassie-Wenzel Transition Using Surfaces with Noncommunicating Roughness Elements, Vaibhav Bahadur and Suresh V. Garimella
Temperature dependence of hot-carrier relaxation in PbSe nanocrystals: An ab initio study, Hua Bao, Bradley F. Habenicht, Oleg V. Prezhdo, and X Ruan
Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy, Jason Baxter, Zhixi Bian, Gang Chen, David Danielson, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Andrei G. Fedorov, Timothy Fisher, Christopher W. Jones, Edward Maginn, Uwe Kortshagen, Arumugam Manthiram, Arthur Nozik, David Sholl, and Yiying Wu
Real space first-principles derived semiempirical pseudopotentials applied to tunneling magnetoresistance, Kirk Huw Bevan, Tony Low, and H Guo
Nonlinear aerodynamic damping of sharp-edged flexible beams oscillating at low Keulegan-Carpenter numbers, Rahul Bidkar, Mark Kimber, Anil Bajaj, and Suresh Garimella
Nonlinear aerodynamic damping of sharp-edged flexible beams oscillating at low Keulegan-Carpenter numbers, Rahul Bidkar, Mark Kimber, Arvind Raman, Anil Bajaj, and Suresh Garimella
Unified theory of gas damping of flexible microcantilevers at low ambient pressures, Rahul Bidkar, Ryan C. Tung, Alina A. Alexeenko, Hartono Sumali, and Arvind Raman
Insights into few-layer epitaxial graphene growth on 4H-SiC(000(1)over-bar substrates from STM studies, Laura B. Biedermann, Michael L. Bolen, Michael A. Capano, Dmitry Zemlyanov, and R. Reifenberger
Flexural vibration spectra of carbon nanotubes measured using laser Doppler vibrometry, Laura Biedermann, Ryan C. Tung, Arvind Raman, and R. Reifenberger
Self-supporting nanowire arrays templated in sacrificial branched porous anodic alumina for thermoelectric devices, Kalapi G. Biswas, Hatem El Matbouly, Vijay Rawat, Jeremy L. Schroeder, and Timothy D. Sands
Self-supporting nanowire arrays templated in sacrificial branched porous anodic alumina for thermoelectric devices, Kalapi G. Biswas, Hatem El Matbouly, Vijay Rawat, Jeremy L. Schroeder, and Timothy D. Sands
Thermal conductivity of bismuth telluride nanowire array-epoxy composite, Kalapi G. Biswas, Timothy D. Sands, Baratunde Cola, and Xianfan Xu
Graphene formation mechanisms on 4H-SiC(0001), Michael Bolen, Sara E. Harrison, Laura B. Biedermann, and Michael A. Capano
Graphene formation mechanisms on 4H-SiC(0001), Michael Bolen, Sara E. Harrison, Laura Biedermann, and Michael A. Capano
Defect Analysis of Barrier Height Inhomogeneity in Titanium 4H-SiC Schottky Barrier Diodes, M L. Bolen and Michael A. Capano
Plasmonic components fabrication via nanoimprint, Alexandra Boltasseva
Fabricating plasmonic components for nanophotonics, Alexandra Boltasseva, R Bakker, Z Liu, H K. Yuan, Alexander V. Kildishev, V. M. Shalaev, R B. Nielsen, C Jeppesen, and A Kristensen
Simplified model for periodic nanoantennae: linear model and inverse design, Joshua Borneman, Kuo-Ping Chen, Alexander V. Kildishev, and V. M. Shalaev
Non-primitive rectangular cells for tight-binding electronic structure calculations, Timothy Boykin, Neerav Kharche, and Gerhard Klimeck
Characterization of gold contacts in GaAs-based molecular devices: Relating structure to electrical properties, Patrick D. Carpenter, Saurabh Lodha, David B. Janes, and Amy V. Walker
Non-intrusive temperature measurement using microscale visualization techniques, Pramod Chamarthy, Suresh Garimella, and Steven Wereley
RF Design, Power Handling, and Hot Switching of Waveguide Water-Based Absorptive Switches, Chung-Hao Chen and Dimitrios Peroulis
RF Design, Power Handling, and Hot Switching of Waveguide Water-Based Absorptive Switches, Chung-Hao Chen and Dimitrios Peroulis
Quantitative Investigation of Compartmentalized Dynamics of ErbB2 Targeting Gold Nanorods in Live Cells by Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Jiji Chen and Joseph Irudayaraj
Ultrasensitive protein detection in blood serum using gold nanoparticle probes by single molecule spectroscopy, Jiji Chen, Chungang Wang, and Joseph Irudayaraj
Evidence for reversible control of magnetization in a ferromagnetic material by means of spin-orbit magnetic field, Alexander Chernyshov, Mason Overby, Xinyu Liu, Jacek K. Furdyna, Yuli Lyanda-Geller, and Leonid P. Rokhinson
Evidence for reversible control of magnetization in a ferromagnetic material by means of spin-orbit magnetic field, Alexandr Chernyshov, Mason Overby, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna, Yuli Lyanda-Geller, and Leonid P. Rokhinson
Rapid patterning of slurry-like elastomer composites using a laser-cut tape, Han-Sheng Chuang and Steven Wereley
Design, fabrication and characterization of a conducting PDMS for microheaters and temperature sensors, Han-Sheng Chuang and Steven T. Wereley
Electrochemical Biosensor of Nanocube-Augmented Carbon Nanotube Networks, Jonathan C. Claussen, Aaron D. Franklin, Aeraj U. Haque, D M. Porterfield, and Timothy Fisher
Contact mechanics and thermal conductance of carbon nanotube array interfaces, Baratunde Cola, Jun Xu, and Timothy Fisher
The Use of Polyethyleneimine to Control the Growth-Front Morphology of Electrochemically Deposited Gold Nanowires for Engineered Nanogap Electrodes, Manuel DaSilva, Matthew M. Schneider, Daniel S. Wood, Bong Joong Kim, E A. Stach, and Timothy D. Sands
The Use of Polyethyleneimine to Control the Growth-Front Morphology of Electrochemically Deposited Gold Nanowires for Engineered Nanogap Electrodes, Manuel DaSilva, Matthew Schneider, Daniel Wood, Bong-Joong Kim, E A. Stach, and Tim Sands
A pH-tunable hydrogel microlens array with temperature-actuated light-switching capability, Zhenwen Deng and Babak Ziaie
Microscale Temperature Measurements Near the Triple Line of an Evaporating Thin Liquid Film, Hemanth K. Dhavaleswarapu, Suresh Garimella, and Jayathi Y. Murthy