Approved CINT User Projects 2003

Optical Characterization of Self-Assembled Metallic Nanoislands in Semiconductors
Arthur C. Gossard, University of California-Santa Barbara

Colloidal Crystal Templating and Magnetic Nanostructures
Heinz Nakotte, New Mexico State University

Nonlinear Optics in Photonic Crystal Fibers in the Mid-Infrared
Jonathan Knight, University of Bath

Polarization Mediated Assembly of Functional Nanostructures
Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania

Transduction Mechanisms in Biomolecular Detection: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Materials for Spectroscopy and Sensing
Stefan Franzen, North Carolina State University

Direct Correlation of the Macroscopic Mechanical Properties with the Deformation Mechanisms in Nanograined Metallic Systems
Ian Robertson, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Study of DNA Distribution and Charge Inversion in DNA near the Electrode in Solution Using the Evanescent Wave Excitation Florescence Technique
Arnold Vainrub, University of Houston

Mechanical Characterization of Nanolayers Using Nanoindentation
Yu-Lin Shen, University of New Mexico

THz Measurements of DNA and DNA-Protein Complexes
Anny Usheva-Simidjiyska, Harvard University

Understanding Stress-Driven Mechanical Interactions between Nanostructures
Eric Chason, Brown University

Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Micro-fluidics Applied to High Throughput Flow Cytometry
Larry A. Sklar, University of New Mexico

Complex Nanoscale Phenomena in Doped Manganites
Sang Wook Cheong, Rutgers University

Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy of Membrane Heterogeneity and Dynamics
Atul Parikh, University of California - Davis

Quantum Confinement and Strain Effects in Photonic Nanocrystals
Don A. Lucca, Oklahoma State University

Spin-Dependent Transport & Many-Body Interactions in Coupled Quantum Wires
Jonathan P. Bird, Arizona State University

Periodic Coupled Nanostructures as Bloch Oscillator
Steve Brueck, University of New Mexico

Interaction of Biological Lipid Membranes with Inorganic Solids: Building a Foundation for the Man-Machine Interface
Jan H. Hoh, Johns Hopkins University

Imaging Single Quantum Dot Bioconjugates Inside Living Cells
Steven R. Emory, Western Washington University

Fluorescent Nanocrystal Probes for the Spationtemporal Analysis of Signal Transduction Networks
Janet Oliver, University of New Mexico

Modeling the Flow of Inhomogeneous Fluids in Nanometer Sized Channels
Dimiter N. Petsev, University of New Mexico

Precision Control over Size and Placement of Self-Assembled Quantum Dot Molecules
Jennifer Gray, University of Virginia

Characterization of Lipid Bilayers Supported on Nanotextured Surfaces
Gabriel Lopez, University of New Mexico

Effects of Nanoparticles on Polymer Film Dewetting
Michael E. Mackay, Michigan State University

Directed Sequential Assembly of DNA Nanostructures
Michael L. Norton, Marshall University

Direct Writing of Nanophotonic Structures in Self-Organized Photonic Crystals
Paul Braun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Effects of Nano-Confinement on Conducting Polymers Electropolymerized within Nanoporous Hosts
Dhaval Doshi, Los Alamos National Laboratories

Scanning Probe Analysis of the Localized Effects of Strain in Ferroelectric Thin Films
Michael D. Biegalski, Pennsylvania State University

Morphological Characterization of a Quantum Computing Heterostructure: Ferroelectric BaTiO3 Quantum Dots on (001) Si
Venu Vaithyanathan, Pennsylvania State University

Magnetic Force Microscopy Study of Epitaxial Srn+1RunO3n+1 Thin Films Grown by MBE
Wei Tian, Pennsylvania State University

Biomineralization and Nanostructured Biopolymer Interfaces
Robert J. Asaro, University of California - San Diego

Nanoscale Photoswitchable Surfaces
Tom Picraux, Arizona State University

Self-Organized Nanocrystals by Ion Implantation
Michael J. Aziz, Harvard University

Surface Acoustic Wave Studies of Ultra-Low Density 2D Electron Systems
James Eisenstein, California Institute of Technology

Multi-Scale Modeling of Nanostructured Protein Hydrogels
James Harden, Johns Hopkins University

Transport Calculations in Low Dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructure Systems
Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland - College Park

Surfactant-Mediated Control of InAs Quantum Dot Self Assembly
Robert F. Hicks, University of California - Los Angeles