MTL Annual Research Report 2004-2005
Molecular & Nanotechnology
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- Nanostructured Origami™ Theory
P.S. Stellman, G. Barbastathis
Sponsorship: ISN, MARCO IFC
- Alignment Techniques
for the Nanostructured Origami™ 3D Fabrication
and Assembly Process
H.J. In, A. Nichol, W. Arora, H. Smith, G. Barbastathis
Sponsorship:
MARCO IFC, ISN, NSF SGER
- Nanostructured Origami™ 3D
Fabrication and Assembly of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
H.J. In, S. Kumar, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis
Sponsorship:
MARCO IFC, ISN, NSF SGER
- Stress Actuation Method for Folding Nanostructured Origami
W.J. Arora, H. Smith, G. Barbastathis
Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, DARPA,
ISN
- Mechanical Deformation of Neutrophils into Narrow Channels
Induces Pseudopod Projection and Changes in Biomechanical
Properties
B. Yap, R.D. Kamm
Sponsorship: National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute (Program Project Grant)
- Field Ionization Array Micro-Gas Analyzer
L.F. Velásquez–García, L.Y. Chen, B. Andeoti,
A.I. Akinwande
Sponsorship: DARPA
- Fast Separation of Biomolecules in a Nanofilter Array Chip
J. Fu, J. Han
Sponsorship: NSF-CTS, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Fabrication and Characterization of Nanofluidic Channels
for Studying Molecular Dynamics in Confined Environments
P. Mao, J. Han, M. Previte, P.T.C. So, A.G. Balducci, P.S.
Doyle
Sponsorship: MIT Lincoln Lab, NSF NSE and CAREER program
- Millionfold Biomolecule Pre-Concentration Using Nano-fluidic
Filters
Y.-C. Wang, J. Han
Sponsorship: NSF, MIT Lincoln Lab
- A Nanoscanning Platform for Biological Assays
S. Kim, C. Muller-Falcke, S. Gouda, S.-G. Kim (Peter So group)
Sponsorship:
IMC
- Microfluidic Synthesis and Surface Engineering of Colloidal
Nanoparticles
S.A. Khan, A. Günther, F. Trachsel, M.A. Schmidt, K.F.
Jensen
Sponsorship: Microchemical Systems Technology Center
- Microreactors for Synthesis of Quantum Dots
B.K.H. Yen, A. Günther, M.A. Schmidt, M.G. Bawendi, K.F. Jensen
Sponsorship: Microchemical Systems Technology Center, NSF, ISN
- Combinatorial Sensing Arrays of Phthalocyanine-based Field
Effect Transistors
M. Bora, T. Heidel, M.A. Baldo, in collaboration with D. Schut
(Hewlett-Packard)
- Electrical and Optical Characterization of Photosynthetic
Complexes
M. Segal, M.A. Baldo
Sponsorship: DARPA/AFOSR, NSF Nanoscale
Interdisciplinary Research Team
- Integration of Photosynthetic Protein Molecular Complexes
with Organic Semiconductors
J. Mapel, M. Singh, M.A. Baldo
Sponsorship: DARPA/AFOSR, NSF
Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team
- Interface Disorder and Charge Injection into Organic Semiconductors
B.N Limketkai, M.A. Baldo
Sponsorship: MARCO MSD
- Nanopattern-assisted Growth of Organic Materials for
Device Applications
D. Mascaro, R. Tabone, V. Bulovic
Sponsorship: NSF, MARCO MSD
- Fabrication of Polysilicon Electrode Pattern for Growing
Aligned, Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
H. Son, Y. Hori, S.G. Chou, D. Nezich, G.G. Samsonidze, G.
Dresselhaus, M.S. Dresselhaus
Sponsorship: NSF, Intel
- Carbon Nanotube Machine Elements: Components of Small-scale,
Compliant Mechanisms and Positioning Equipment
K. Lin, M. Culpepper
Sponsorship: Rockwell International Career
Development Chair, NSF Nanomanufacturing Program
- Nanoelectromechanical Memories and Switches
K. Milaninia, M.A. Baldo
Sponsorship: MARCO MSD, ISN
- Carbon Nanotube Rings for Interconnect and Device Applications
B. Wunsch, T.M. Wu, F. Stellacci, R. Reif
Sponsorship: NSF, MARCO
IFC
- Measuring Thermal and Thermoelectric Properties of
Single Nanowires
C. Dames, C.T. Harris, G. Chen, in collaboration with M.S.
Dresselhaus (MIT), Z.F. Ren (Boston College), J.P. Fleurial
(JPL)
Sponsorship: Department Of Energy
- Growth of High-quality Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Films
on Flat and Microstructured Silicon Substrates
A.J. Hart, A.H. Slocum
Sponsorship: MIT Deshpande Center, Fannie
and John Hertz Foundation
- Carbon Nanotube Modification and Characterization
T.M. Wu, F. Stellacci, R. Reif
Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
- High-concentration Dispersion of Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes
Y. Sabba, E.L. Thomas
Sponsorship: Cambridge-MIT Institute
- Catalyst Engineering for Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes
G.D. Nessim, R. Krishnan, C.V. Thompson
Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
- Multiple Transistor Devices and Functional Building
Blocks on a Single Carbon Nanotube
D.A. Nezich, J. Kong
Sponsorship: EECS
- Investigation of the Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes
A.R. Cecco, J. Kong
Sponsorship: MARCO IFC
- Carbon Nanotube Assembly by Nanopelleting
S.D. Gouda, S.-G. Kim
Sponsorship: Intelligent Microsystems Center
- Combined Electron Transport with Resonant Raman Spectroscopy
Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes
H. Farhat, J. Kong
Sponsorship: CMSE
- Nanomagnets and Magnetic Random Access Memories
F.J. Castaño, W. Jung, D. Morecroft, H. Smith, C.A. Ross
Sponsorship:
Cambridge-MIT Institute, NSF, Outgoing Marie Curie Fellowship
- Metal Nanoparticles for Electronic Applications
R. Barsotti, A. Jackson, G. DeVries, P. Djurianovic, F. Stellacci
Sponsorship:
NSF, Hewlett-Packard
- Stress Evolution During Growth of Metal Thin Films
R. Moenig, J. Leib, A.R. Takahashi, C.V. Thompson
Sponsorship: NSF
- Bonding and Boundary Formation Resulting from the Contact
of Metallic Nanoclusters
A.R. Takahashi, R. Moenig, J. Leib, C.V. Thompson
Sponsorship: NSF
- Templated Assembly by Selective Removal
S. Jung, F. Eid, C. Livermore
Sponsorship: NSF, 3M
- Block Copolymer Lithography
F. Ilievski, G.J. Vancso, C.A. Ross, H. Smith, E.L. Thomas
Sponsorship:
NSF, CMSE
- Proximity Effects in Self-organized Binary Particle-block
Copolymer Blends
M.R. Bockstaller, E.L. Thomas
Sponsorship: ARO, Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation
- Templated Self-Assembly of Nanoporous
Alumina: A Wafer-level Methodology for Ordered and Aligned Nanostructures (Nano-wires, -rods, -dots and -tubes)
R. Krishnan, J. Oh, B. Hsu, C.V. Thompson
Sponsorship: MARCO IFC, SMA, NSF
- Templated Self-Assembly of Metal Particles: Controlled Dewetting
of Thin Films
A.L. Giermann, C.A. Ross, H. Smith, C.V. Thompson
Sponsorship:
NSF
- Templated Self-Assembly
J.Y. Cheng, H. Smith, A.M. Mayes, C.A. Ross
Sponsorship: NSF
- Nanofabricated Diffraction Gratings
C.-H. Chang, R.C. Fleming, R.K. Heilmann, J. Montoya, M.L. Schattenburg,
H. Smith
Sponsorship: NASA, XOPT, Inc., Plymouth Grating Laboratory
- Advanced Interference Lithography Technology
C.-H. Chang, R.C. Fleming, R.K. Heilmann, J. Montoya, M.L. Schattenburg,
Y. Zhao
Sponsorship: NASA, Plymouth Grating Laboratory
- An Approach to Realizing Index Enhancement without
Absorption for Immersion Lithography
V. Anant, M. Rådmark, T.C. Killian, K.K. Berggren
Sponsorship:
AFOSR
- Sub-Resolution Lithography Using Quantum State Quenching
M. Rådmark, K.K. Berggren
Sponsorship: MIT
- Fabrication Methods for Adiabatic
Quantum Computing Devices
B. Cord, W. Kaminsky, T.P. Orlando, K.K. Berggren
Sponsorship: Quantum Computing
Graduate Research Fellowship, AFOSR
- Superconducting Persistent Current Qubits in Niobium
Y. Yu, J. Habif, D. Nakada, J.C. Lee, D. Berns, B. Cord, T.P. Orlando,
K.K. Berggren, L. Levitov, S. Lloyd, in collaboration with S. Valenzuela,
M. Tinkham (Harvard)
Sponsorship: DURINT, ARDA
- Rapid Measurements in Superconducting Persistent Current
Qubits
Y. Yu, W.D. Oliver, T.P. Orlando
Sponsorship:
DURINT, ARDA
- Resonant Readout of a Persistent
Current Qubit
J.C. Lee, W.D. Oliver, T.P. Orlando
Sponsorship: DURINT,
ARDA, NSF
- Probing Decoherence with Electromagnetically Induced
Transparency in Superconductive Quantum Circuits
K. Murali, W.Oliver, T.P. Orlando, in collaboration with Z. Dutton
(Naval Research Laboratory)
Sponsorship: DURINT, ARDA
- Type-II Quantum Computing Using Superconducting Qubits
D. Berns, W.M. Kaminsky, B. Cord, K.K. Berggren, W. Oliver, T.P.
Orlando, in collaboration with J. Yepez (Air Force Laboratories)
Sponsorship: AFOSR, Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
- Scalable Superconducting Architecture for Adiabatic Quantum
Computation
W.M. Kaminsky, S. Lloyd,
T.P. Orlando
Sponsorship:
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
