U of U nano Research
This section is intended to convey a sense for the variety of individual and collaborative research within various colleges and departments at the University of Utah (not intended to be comprehensive). The categories are derived from nano research foci identified by organizers of the 2004 campus nano workshop.
Nanoscale medical therapies and imaging
- Unilamellar, phospholipid vesicles used as models for cell membranes Raman spectra
Nanoparticles/functionalized nanoparticles
Molecular imaging
Nanoscale sensing (sensitivity and associated requirement of selectivity)
- Plasmonic nano-Antenna
- DNA single nucleotype polymorphism detection
- Electrochemical Imaging of Molecular Transport in Skin
- Chemically-modified nanopore electrode
Biomolecules
Environmental pathogens (potential Homeland Security connection)
Toxins/Chemicals
Imaging and characterization techniques
- Optical Imaging at the Nanoscale
- 3-D Nanotomography in TEM
- Atomic Force Microscopy
- Electron Force Microscopy: Single electron tunneling to electron states at insulator surfaces
Smart materials
Biocompatibility
Synthesis for specific properties
Multifunction – acquisition/power/(re)action
Micromachines (Electronics, MEMS, MOEMS, BioMEMS, microfluidic devices)
- Central and peripheral nervous system applications
- Semiconductor nanostructures
- Silicon and silicon-germanium nanowires
- Baseline Semiconductor Device Processing Technology
- Formation of Organic Crystals from Nanofilms
- Polysilicon gate MOSFETs from Heterogeneous Microsystem
- Nanomechanical Architecture
- Micro gas sensors for combustion processes
- Harsh environment compatible materials for MEMS/Nano applications
Molecular electronics / Spintronics
Proteomics/functional genomics
Micropower system
Nanophotonics
- Photonic nanostructure arrays
- Photonic crystals
- Irregulary-shaped metal nanoparticles for photonics and sensing applications
- Diffraction Grating Transceiver Grid
- Nanophotonics: Self-Assembled 3-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
Nanofluidics
- Sub-micron particles in fluid suspensions
- Ordering of liquid molecules and nanoparticle suspensions
- Interaction forces between particles and surfaces as studied by AFM
Nanocatalysis
Nanosynthesis
- Nano powder sintering and synthesis of nano powder
- Metal matrix micro and nanocomposite coating
- Nanostructured magnetic materials
- Control of magnetic nanostructures
- Nanostructured material manufacturing
- Nanostructured and High Strength Titanium Boride
- Spherical micro- and nanoparticles
- Nanomaterials for H2 storage
- Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Inorganic Nanopowders
- Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy