2011 Annual Report - Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies - Los ...
2011 Annual Report - Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies - Los ...
2011 Annual Report - Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies - Los ...
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Table of Contents<br />
Table of Contents<br />
4 From the Directors’ Office<br />
6 News from <strong>2011</strong><br />
10 Integration Focus Activities<br />
Nanowires <strong>for</strong> New Energy Concepts IFA<br />
Programmable Membrane-Based Nanocomposites IFA<br />
Metamaterials and Plasmonics IFA<br />
13 Discovery Plat<strong>for</strong>ms<br />
Nanowire Discovery Plat<strong>for</strong>m (NWDP)<br />
Nanomechanics and Thermal Transport Discovery Plat<strong>for</strong>m (NMTTDP)<br />
TEM Liquid Cell Discovery Plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />
Microfluidic Synthesis Discovery Plat<strong>for</strong>m<br />
16 <strong>2011</strong> CINT-funded Postdocs<br />
Postdoc Highlight - Julio Martinez<br />
18 CINT User Program<br />
Users Executive Committee<br />
3D Tracking of Proteins - Jim Werner and Diane Lidke<br />
CINT User Conference <strong>2011</strong><br />
22 Nanophotonics and Optical Nanomaterials Thrust<br />
Nonresonant Broadband Funneling of Light via Ultrasubwavelength Channels<br />
CINT scientists detect and track single molecules with nanoscale carbon cylinders<br />
Scientist highlight: Jen Hollingsworth<br />
<strong>Los</strong> Alamos researchers unravel the mystery of quantum dot blinking<br />
28 Nanoscale Electronics and Mechanics Thrust<br />
Enhanced superconducting properties through integration of NbC with highly aligned<br />
CNT <strong>for</strong>est<br />
Controlling the interface width in Si/Ge nanowire heterojunctions<br />
Voltage increases up to 25% observed in closely packed nanowires<br />
32 Soft, Biological and Composite Nanomaterials Thrust<br />
Nanocomposite encapsulation of biological samples <strong>for</strong> long-term storage and transport<br />
Wally Paxton - CINT Scientist highlight<br />
Directing cellular morphogenesis and polarization using nanoscale chemical and topological<br />
cues<br />
37 Theory and Simulation of Nanoscale Phenomena Thrust<br />
Electronic Fingerprints of DNA Bases on Graphene<br />
Potential New Nanolithography Tool from Directed Assembly of Mixed Polymer Brushes<br />
Induced polarization at a paraelectric/superconducting interface<br />
42 Contact In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
43 Awards<br />
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