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Nanoparticle Bridge DNA Biosensor
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)
A new DNA sensing method is demonstrated in which DNA hybridization events lead to the formation of nanoparticle satellites that bridge two electrodes and are detected electrically. The hybridization events are exclusively ...
Templated Synthesis And Characterizations Of High Moment Magnetic Nanoparticles For Bioapplications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Magnetic nanoparticles have been widely used for biomedical applications such as drug and gene delivery, hyperthermia treatment of cancer, MRI contrast enhancement, cell labeling and magnetic separation. We present two new ...
Self Powered Sensing By Combining Novel Sensor Architectures With Energy Harvesting
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)
Recent advancements in the field of wireless sensor networks have resulted in increasing demand for self-powering techniques that reduces the dependence on batteries. In order to address this problem, there has been ...
The Effects Of Microstructure On The Mechanical Properties Of Hard Transition Metal Silicon Nitride Nanocomposite Coatings
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)
In this body of work, the examination of two different transition metal silicon nitride (MeSiN) systems using two different methods of physical vapor deposition (PVD) allowed for the development of a detailed understanding ...
Au-based Core-shell Nanoparticles For Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cells
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)
Unique Au/Pd core-shell nanoparticles were synthesized via galvanic replacement of Cu by Pd on hollow Au nanoparticles. Au/PtCu core-shell nanoparticles were also synthesized using this method. These core-shell nanoparticles ...
Cuinse2: Electronic Activities Of Grain Boundaries And Solar Cell Fabrication Studies
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2013-03-20)
This dissertation is composed of three studies related to chalcopyrite solar cells. The first study is on electronic activities of grain boundaries (GBs) in CuInSe<sub>2</sub> (CIS). Despite being polycrystalline, chalcopyrite ...
Growth Mechanism And Interface Effects On Microstructure Of Perovskite-type Barium Titanate-based Epitaxial Films
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)
This work was motivated and focused on the growth mechanism, microstructures and interfaces of barium titanate, BaTiO₃ (BTO), based epitaxial thin films. Transimission electron microscopy (TEM), high resolution TEM (HRTEM), ...
Self-assembly Of Polystyrene Nanospheres And Its Applications As Templates For Plasmonic Structures
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)
Monodispersed colloidal polystyrene spheres have been self-assembled into various structures as templates for the fabrication of different nanostructures. Two unique self-assembly processes have been developed and ...
Electrochemical N-type Doping In Metal Oxides And Its Application In Photovoltaics
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)
Electrodeposition has the advantages of low-cost, high-throughput and large-area processing which is particularly suitable for solar cells fabrication. Two common metal oxides prepared by electrodeposition are discussed ...
Bubble Template Synthesis Of Hollow Gold Nanoparticles And Their Applications As Theranostic Agents
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-11-01)
Hollow gold nanoparticle with a sub-30nm polycrystalline shell and a 50 nm hollow core has been successfully synthesized through the reduction of sodium gold sulfite by electrochemically evolved hydrogen. Such hollow gold ...