Nanomaterials are becoming attractive for a variety of medical applications with over 250 nanotechnology-based products in U.S. pharmaceutical pipelines. Nanoparticle-based targeting has the potential to improve upon the ...

Nanocrystal quantum dots exhibit size-dependent optoelectronic properties and provide intriguing scientific and technological opportunities. Most proposed technologies based nanocrystals depend on macroscopic functional ...

Nanofluidic channels are used to separate DNA molecules by length and applications of the channels to other biomolecules are discussed. The problem of separating DNA and biomolecules by length, charge, or other physical ...

Nanoparticles have a diffusion constant a couple of orders of magnitude smaller than inert chemical tracers such as potassium bromide (KBr), and this means that they can potentially be used to measure the degree to which ...

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer produced by many bacteria as a stored carbon source. Recent reviews have recently recognized PHB granules as a biomaterial that can be functionalized ...

Metallic Tin is a promising anode material for lithium ion batteries because of its high energy density, electrical conductivity and market availability. However, Tin based anodes typically experience limited cycle life ...

Nanoparticles are becoming ubiquitous in many applications including diagnostic assays, drug delivery and therapeutics, enhanced hydrocarbon recovery, and catalysis. However, there are challenges in the quality control of ...

This dissertation aims to develop nanophotonic technologies by integrating photonic-crystal-based nanostructures with microfluidic techniques. Firstly, a selfassembled photonic nanostructure is developed to exploit that a ...

Nanoscale Ionic Materials (NIMs) are hybrid organic-inorganic materials which consist of a core nanoparticle, a covalently grafted charged corona, and an associated canopy with a charge opposite that of the canopy. In this ...