RESEARCH NUGGETS

The Nanofabrication Lab's capabiilities span the full spectrum of nanoscale science, engineering, and technology and the lab supports projects in many disciplines including Physics, Optics, Materials, Life Sciences, MEMS, Electronics, Medicine, Geology/Earth Sciences, and Chemistry.

Below are just a sample of the research projects that take place in the facilities:

2009 Research Nuggets:

Acoustic Tweezers Can Position Tiny Objects	Penn State University
Deterministic Nanowire Assembly	Penn State University
In situ Nanomechanical Testing Device	Case Western Reserve University
High Mobility Graphene FETs with Ferroelectric Gate Oxide	Penn State University
Nanoporous Silicon Membranes	H-Cubed, Inc. and Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Silicon Immersion Gratings	Astronomy Department, University of Florida
Spectrum Sensor^TM chip using nanoimprinting	Nanolambda Inc.
SiC NEMS for High Temperature Logic	Case Western Reserve University
Micromachined 35 MHz PC-MUT Array	TRS Technologies, Inc. and Blatek, Inc.
Triangles of Frustrated Nanomagnets	Penn State University

2008 Research Nuggets:

Spin Transfer Devices	New York University and Spin Transfer Technologies, LLC
High-Frequency Biomedical Ultrasound	TRS Technologies, Inc.
Digital Color Printing Cartridges	RD Imagetech and Penn State University
New Molecules for Chemical Patterning	Sigma-Aldrich and Penn State University
New Bottom-up Nanomanufacturing Methods	Penn State University
Water Splitting Photoelectrochemical Diodes	Penn State University
Spectrum Sensor^TM Chip by Nanoimprinting	Nanolambda Inc.
Light-Driven Plasmonic Switches	Penn State University
Demagnetization of Ferromagnetic Island Array	Penn State University
Pyroelectric Thermal Imaging	Bridge Semiconductor Corporation
Carbon Nanotube Atomic Force Microscope Tip	Carbon Nanotubes, Inc.
Silicon Nanoporours Membranes	University of California, San Francisco, H-Cubed, Inc., and Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Epitaxial Graphene	Penn State University Electro Optics Center
Improving Copper Electromigration Resistance	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

2007 Research Nuggets:

Advances in Chemical Patterning	Sigma-Aldrich and Penn State University
Examples of Complex Oxide Device Integration	Penn State University
SAM contacts and Nanoscale Junctions	Penn State University
Artifical "Spin Ice"	Penn State University
Wide-bandgap Tunable RF and Detection Devices	Penn State University Electro Optics Center
Micron-scale Ceramic Instruments	Penn State University
Pyroelectric Materials for Thermal Imaging	Bridge Semiconductor Corporation
Micromachined Piezoelectrics for High Frequency Ultrasound	TRS Technologies, Inc.
PZT Nanopillar Arrays	Gamma Company
Porous OSG Films by PECVD	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Performance Grading System^TM	Aspex Corporation
Lateral Collection Nanostructured Solar Cell	Solarity Inc. and Nanohorizons
Piezoelectric Microcantilever Sensor	Drexel University
Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Sectioning of Frozen Samples	Penn State University
Graphene Field Effect Transistors	Penn State University
Long-range proximity effect of Co nanwires with FIB deposited superconducting W-electrodes	Penn State University
Microfluidics for Cellular Bioassays	Penn State University
Three Degrees of Freedom Atomic Force Microscope	Carlow University and Penn State University

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