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Explore:
Research and Infrastructure
Development Center for Nanomaterials Research
Sponsor |
US DEPT
OF DEFENSE: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – Army
Research Laboratory |
Award Amount P2 |
$1,127,000 |
Duration |
08/14/2003 - 08/15/2005 |
Award Amount P3 |
$2,195,200 |
Duration |
08/14/2004 - 05/13/2007 |
Award Amount P5 |
$2,336,312 |
Duration |
08/14/2003 - 05/13/2007 |
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| Investigators |
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Profile |
Website |
| PI |
Craig
Friedrich, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics,
MTU |
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| Co-PI |
Paul
Bergstrom, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MTU |
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Ashok
Goel, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MTU |
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Miguel
Levy, Physics, MTU |
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Peter
Moran, Materials Science and Engineering, MTU |
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Abstract |
The
Center for Nanomaterials Research works across many dimensional
scales from nanometers to millimeters. This presents
many exciting challenges in modeling, fabrication, and
testing and brings together expertise in diverse fields
ranging from protein chemistry to materials science to
mechanical engineering. |
The Center for Nanomaterials Research is an interim center at Michigan
Tech leading to a more comprehensive center focusing on the science
and applications of technologies across many orders of dimensional
magnitude and integrating nanotechnologies with microtechnologies
and conventional systems. The interdisciplinary research can be summarized
in three areas. The first is the modeling and development of room-temperature
single electron transistors coupled with proteins to form nanosensors
and electronics for sensing applications. These components are based
on quantum effects that dominate at component sizes of approximately
10 nanometers or less. Biological proteins offer many sensing advantages
including narrowly defined sensitivity, no power consumption, and
self-assembly. The second area is the modeling and development of
magnetic nanophotonic devices for optical communications and navigation
systems. These devices literally grow and shrink under the influence
of a magnetic field changing the transmission properties of light.
These are efficient filters and modulators that can operate over
a wide spectrum in a single device. The third area is the physical
and functional integration of these devices with microscale and conventional
systems through interconnection technologies. The electrical and
mechanical behavior of connections that operate at both the nanoscale
and microscale will be systematically evaluated. Component feature
sizes may be as small as several nanometers in devices with dimensions
of micrometers driving a system with dimensions of millimeters. The
thrust of the center is to develop technologies that exploit the
advantages of small size and low power of nanoscale components and
yet retain the functionality of conventional-sized systems.
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Discipline |
Keywords |
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Nanomaterial,
Nanotechnology, microtechnology, single electron transistors,
nanosensors, magnetic nanophotonic devices, integrate conventional
and nanoscale systems
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