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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Nanodevice"”.
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DNA Walkers: Emerging Analytical Applications, Biomolecular-Nanomaterial Probes and Biomolecule Sensors
… base paring rules, this class of dynamic DNA nanodevice has gained great attention from the analytical community in the recent years. This includes bioanalytical applications that range from nucleic acid sensing, to protein detection and to cellular imaging and analysis. The research described …
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Nano-pipette as nanoparticle analyzer and capillary gated ion transistor
… Ionic Transistor (CIT). It is presented as a nanodevice which provides control of ionic transport through nanochannel by gate voltage. CIT is Ionic transistor, which employs pulled capillary as nanochannel with a tip diameter smaller than 100 mm. We observed that the gate voltage applied to …
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Understanding and characterizing thermal transport in 2D van der Waals nanoelectronics
… operation thus becomes a major bottleneck of 2D nanodevice performance. Nevertheless, classical descriptions of heat transfer, i.e., Fourier’s Law, become invalid from the microscopic view. Furthermore, it remains challenging to measure heat transport precisely. Advances in the characterization …
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Electrofusion of Escherichia coli with Giant Lipid Vesicles and the Compaction of Escherichia coli Nucleoid
… in the field of DNA nanotechnology, many DNA nanodevices have been developed for selectively linking membranes taking advantage of the binding specificity of Watson-Crick base pairs. A family of such DNA nanodevices has been designed by mimicking natural fusogenic molecules called SNARE …
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Nano-electro-mechanical systems fabricated by tip-based nanofabrication
… with a heated AFM tip held great potential in nanodevice fabrication due to its simplicity, robustness, flexibility and compatibility with existing device nanofabrication process. For example, the whole TBN process takes place in ambient conditions and is very simple. And this TBN method is …
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A computational study of DNA four-way junctions and their significance to DNA nanotechnology
… to fundamental structural motifs used for nanodevice design. The stacked configurational isomers of four-way junctions, the motif on which DNA nanotechnology was founded, are the focus of this work; initially in isolation and then as part of larger DNA nano-assemblies. The first study …
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Theory of Charge and Heat Transport Mechanisms in Nanodevices
… transport of charge and heat, to elucidate nanodevice operation, and explore fundamental theoretical questions. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part I explores in detail the role of incoherent effects on the charge transport behaviour of molecular junctions. Such effects, induced by …
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DNA-Templated Surface Alignment and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes.
… method for generating oriented nanotubes for nanodevice applications. I have also devised an approach for localizing SWNTs onto 1-pyrenemethylamine-decorated DNA on surfaces. I found that 63% of SWNTs on surfaces were anchored along DNA, and these nanotubes covered ~5% of the total DNA length. …
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Memristive devices and circuits for computing, memory, and neuromorphic applications.
A memristor, memory resistor, is a two-terminal nanodevice that can be made as thin as a single-atom-thick that has become of tremendous interest for its potential to revolutionise electronics, computing, computer architectures, and neuromorphic engineering. This thesis encompasses two major parts …
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Synthesis, Functionalization, and Characterization of Dominant UV Emitting Upconverting Nanocrystals and Absolute Quantum Yield and Power Dependence Metrics for the Elucidation of Upconversion Mechanisms
… hit-to-lead UCNC materials for medical nanodevice compositions. A salient component affecting these metrics is the direct surface interactions with respect to solvents, coordinating ligands, and appended functional moieties for enhancement of UCNCs towards specific applications; largely …
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Study of Dynamics on the Interfaces of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Nanobiosensor
… mechanisms that mediate the functions of the nanodevices designed for drug delivery and biodetection. To study properties of the surface at nanoscales poses challenges to current detection techniques, such as infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …
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Growth and characterisation of platinum and palladium catalysed silicon based nanostructures for nano-device fabrication
… of the produced core-shell nanowires in nanodevice fabrication, we present two approaches to reduce the oxidation of the nanowires during the thermal annealing growth method. The ratios of the amorphous shell to crystalline core on the nanowires produced, from the two methods, are …
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Fermionic Quantum Information in Surface Acoustic Waves
… studying the behaviour of quantum particles in nanodevices. I focused my thesis on the realistic modelling of devices that are readily available in a laboratory or on designs that could be fabricated in the near future. I began by modelling single electrons as quantum bits. I provide a …
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Nanoscale Manipulation of Surfaces and Interfaces: Engineering Electrical Properties Through Nanofabrication
… formed, providing a way to wire up more complex nanodevices and circuitry. The second part investigates the interaction between graphene-like materials and adsorbates. These interactions are becoming increasingly important as these materials become incorporated into more devices. There has been …
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Dynamic and quasi-static contact and scratch analysis of micro-nanoscale thin solid films with application to magnetic storage hard disk drives
… improved design and reliability. In modern micro/nanodevice technologies significant emphasis has to be placed on the design of thin-films which can provide the required contact and scratch resistance. To aid this endeavor, scientific studies of the contact and scratch processes in these systems, …
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Precise magnetic control of the supercurrent and fluxoids in nanodevices: Memory effects and diode effects
Topological insulators (TIs), when proximity-coupled to s-wave superconductors, are predicted to host Majorana Zero Modes (MZMs), which can be used for topologically protected quantum computing, as introduced by Fu and Kane in 2008. These predictions have since attracted significant attention. …