Active Projects FY11-12 (includes 12 participating universities)
Current Projects
- Responsive Nanocomposites
- Block Co-polymers and Nano-imprint Lithography
- Patterned Micelle Arrays
- Self-Powered Ferroelectric Nanosensors
- Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Solar Cell
- Record Breaking Solar Cells
Seed Projects
- Ge Nanowires for liquid Li ion batteries – Picreaux (LANL)/Jones (U. Fl.)
- Tunable Microstructure and Defect Mitigation in Nanoparticulate Layers for PEMFC and PV - Schunk/UT
- Oxygen Reduction with Heteroatom-Substituted NanoCarbon/Graphene Materials for batteries - Lambert/Tour(Rice)
Completed Projects
Nanoelectronicsand Quantum Information Processing
- Nano-electronics and photonics for the 21stCentury
- Atom Chip DeviceEngineeringfor Cold Atom Quantum Information Science and Technology
- Self-assembly to direct manipulation of nanostructures on length scales from atoms to microns
- Developing a Thermal Microscopy Platform for In-Situ Thermal/Thermoelectric Structure-Property Studies of Individual Nanotubesand Nanowires
Nanomaterials Manufacturing
- Nanocomposite Materials Design: Scientific Understanding and Control of Rheology, Assembly and Functionality
- Phase Imprint Lithography for Large Area 3D Nanostructures
- Nano-Engineering by Optically Directed Self Assembly
- Stress-Induced Chemical Detection Using Flexible Nanoporous Metal Organic Frameworks
- Electrostatic Microvalves Utilizing Conductive Nanoparticlesf or Improved Speed, Lower Power, and Higher Force Actuation
- Interfacial Property Control of Elastomeric Nanocomposites
Energy Nanotechnologies
- Nanoengineering for Solid State Lighting
- CO2 Reduction Using Biomimetic Photocatalytic Nanodevices
- Optimized Nanoporous Materials
- Fundamentals of Synthetic Conversion of CO2 to Simple Hydrocarbon Fuels
- Improving Electronic Structure Calculations to predict Nanocatalyst Functions
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