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A System For Easy Access To Scientific Information Using Dois, Jan Brase, Irina Sens Jun 2007

A System For Easy Access To Scientific Information Using Dois, Jan Brase, Irina Sens

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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Bacteria-Mediated Delivery Of Nanoparticles And Cargo Into Cells, Demir Akin, Kathy Ragheb, Jennifer Sturgis, Debby Sherman, Kristen Burkholder, J. Paul Robinson, Arun K. Bhunia, Sulma Mohammed, Rashid Bashir Jun 2007

Bacteria-Mediated Delivery Of Nanoparticles And Cargo Into Cells, Demir Akin, Kathy Ragheb, Jennifer Sturgis, Debby Sherman, Kristen Burkholder, J. Paul Robinson, Arun K. Bhunia, Sulma Mohammed, Rashid Bashir

Other Nanotechnology Publications

Nanoparticles and bacteria can be used, independently, to deliver genes and proteins into mammalian cells for monitoring or altering gene expression and protein production. Here, we show the simultaneous use of nanoparticles and bacteria to deliver DNA-based model drug molecules in vivo and in vitro. In our approach, cargo (in this case, a fluorescent or a bioluminescent gene) is loaded onto the nanoparticles, which are carried on the bacteria surface. When incubated with cells, the cargo-carrying bacteria (‘microbots’) were internalized by the cells, and the genes released from the nanoparticles were expressed in the cells. Mice injected with microbots also …


Experimental Investigation Of Steady Buoyant-Thermocapillaryconvection Near An Evaporating Meniscus, H. K. Dhavaleswarapu, Pramod Chamarthy, S V. Garimella, Jayathy Y. Murthy Jun 2007

Experimental Investigation Of Steady Buoyant-Thermocapillaryconvection Near An Evaporating Meniscus, H. K. Dhavaleswarapu, Pramod Chamarthy, S V. Garimella, Jayathy Y. Murthy

CTRC Research Publications

Micro-particle image velocimetry measurements of the 3D (three-dimensional) convection patterns generated near an evaporating meniscus in horizontally oriented capillary tubes are presented. Analysis of the vapor diffusion away from the meniscus reveals a zone of intense heat flux near the solid-liquid-vapor junction which creates a temperature gradient along the meniscus. This results in a surface tension gradient which, coupled with buoyancy effects, causes buoyant-thermocapillary convection in the liquid film. The relative influence of buoyancy and thermocapillarity on the flow was investigated for tube diameters ranging from 75 to 1575 µm. A transition from a pure 2D thermocapillary flow to a …


Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (Negf) Simulation Of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Including Vacancy Defects, Neophytos Neophytou, Shaikh Ahmed, Gerhard Klimeck Jun 2007

Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (Negf) Simulation Of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes Including Vacancy Defects, Neophytos Neophytou, Shaikh Ahmed, Gerhard Klimeck

Other Nanotechnology Publications

The electronic behavior of metallic carbon nanotubes under the influence of externally applied electric fields is investigated using the Non-Equilibrium Green’s function method self consistently coupled with three-dimensional (3D) electrostatics. A nearest neighbor tight binding model based on a single pz orbital for constructing the device Hamiltonian is used. The 3D Poisson equation is solved using the Finite Element Method. Carbon nanotubes exhibit a very weak metallic behavior, and external electric fields can alter the electrostatic potential of the tubes significantly. A single vacancy defect in the channel of a metallic carbon nanotube can decrease its conductance by a factor …


Remotely Adjustable Check-Valves With An Electrochemical Release Mechanism For Implantable Biomedical Microsystems, Tingrui Pan, Antonio Baldi, Babak Ziaie Jun 2007

Remotely Adjustable Check-Valves With An Electrochemical Release Mechanism For Implantable Biomedical Microsystems, Tingrui Pan, Antonio Baldi, Babak Ziaie

Other Nanotechnology Publications

In this paper, we present two remotely adjustable check-valves with an electrochemical release mechanism for implantable biomedical microsystems. These valves allow one to vary the opening pressure set-point and flow resistance over a period of time. The first design consists of a micromachined check-valve array using a SU-8 polymer structural layer deposited on the top of a gold sacrificial layer. The second design is based on a variable length cantilever beam structure with a gold sacrificial layer. The adjustable cantilever-beam structure is fabricated by gold thermo-compression bond of a thin silicon wafer over a glass substrate. In both designs, the …


Energy Dispersion Relations For Holes Inn Silicon Quantum Wells And Quantum Wires, Vladimir Mitin, Nizami Vagidov, Mathieu Luisier, Gerhard Klimeck Jun 2007

Energy Dispersion Relations For Holes Inn Silicon Quantum Wells And Quantum Wires, Vladimir Mitin, Nizami Vagidov, Mathieu Luisier, Gerhard Klimeck

Other Nanotechnology Publications

We calculate the energy dispersion relations in Si quantum wells (QW), E(k2D), and quantum wires (QWR), E(k1D), focusing on the regions with negative effective mass (NEM) in the valence band. The existence of such NEM regions is a necessary condition for the current oscillations in ballistic quasineutral plasma in semiconductor structures. The frequency range of such oscillations can be extended to the terahertz region by scaling down the length of structures. Our analysis shows that silicon is a promising material for prospective NEM-based terahertz wave generators. We also found that comparing to Si QWRs, Si QWs are preferable structures for …


Transport Calculation Of Semiconductor Nanowires Coupled To Quantum Well Reservoirs, Mathieu Luisier, Andreas Schenk, Wolfgang Fichtner, Gerhard Klimeck Jun 2007

Transport Calculation Of Semiconductor Nanowires Coupled To Quantum Well Reservoirs, Mathieu Luisier, Andreas Schenk, Wolfgang Fichtner, Gerhard Klimeck

Other Nanotechnology Publications

Semiconductor nanowires are possible candidates to replace the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) since they can act both as active devices or as device connectors. In this article, the transmission coefficients of Si and GaAs nanowires with arbitrary transport directions and cross sections are simulated in the nearestneighbor sp3d5s" semi-empirical tight-binding method. The open boundary conditions (OBC) are calculated with a new scattering boundary method where a normal eigenvalue problem of reduced size is solved. Two different types of contacts are studied. In the ideal case, semi-infinite reservoirs (the source and the drain) that are the prolongation of the device are …


Long Live The Approval Plan, Even In A Time Of Financial Constraints..., Elizabeth Lorenzen, Suzanne Kapusta Jun 2007

Long Live The Approval Plan, Even In A Time Of Financial Constraints..., Elizabeth Lorenzen, Suzanne Kapusta

Against the Grain

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Table Of Contents Jun 2007

Table Of Contents

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Papa Abel Remembers -- The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Fasicle 3: Learning The Sales Call, Richard Abel Jun 2007

Papa Abel Remembers -- The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Fasicle 3: Learning The Sales Call, Richard Abel

Against the Grain

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Full Page Ads, Editor Jun 2007

Full Page Ads, Editor

Against the Grain

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People Profile: Jim Dooley, Editor Jun 2007

People Profile: Jim Dooley, Editor

Against the Grain

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People Profile: Suzanne Kapusta, Editor Jun 2007

People Profile: Suzanne Kapusta, Editor

Against the Grain

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Moving From Good Effort To Best Practice -- Refining A Weeding Process In A Dental School Library, Barbara A. Gushrowski Mls Jun 2007

Moving From Good Effort To Best Practice -- Refining A Weeding Process In A Dental School Library, Barbara A. Gushrowski Mls

Against the Grain

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Library Marketplace -- Google And The Myth Of Universal Knowledge, John D. Riley Jun 2007

Library Marketplace -- Google And The Myth Of Universal Knowledge, John D. Riley

Against the Grain

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From Print To Electronic: The Uc Merced Experience, Jim Dooley Jun 2007

From Print To Electronic: The Uc Merced Experience, Jim Dooley

Against the Grain

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Atg Interviews Donald Beagle, Barbara Tierney Jun 2007

Atg Interviews Donald Beagle, Barbara Tierney

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Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn Jun 2007

Book Reviews -- Monographic Musings, Debbie Vaughn

Against the Grain

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Technology Left Behind -- Ebook Rollout Revisited, Cris Ferguson Jun 2007

Technology Left Behind -- Ebook Rollout Revisited, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

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Library Liasons And The Organization: An Open System View Of Collection Development In The Academic Library, Daniel C. Mack Jun 2007

Library Liasons And The Organization: An Open System View Of Collection Development In The Academic Library, Daniel C. Mack

Against the Grain

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I Hear The Train A Comin' -- An Interview With Joseph J. Esposito, Greg Tananbaum Jun 2007

I Hear The Train A Comin' -- An Interview With Joseph J. Esposito, Greg Tananbaum

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson Jun 2007

From The Reference Desk, Thomas Gilson

Against the Grain

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And They Were There -- Reports Of Meetings -- 2007 Er&L Conference And More From The 2006 Charleston Conference, Editor Jun 2007

And They Were There -- Reports Of Meetings -- 2007 Er&L Conference And More From The 2006 Charleston Conference, Editor

Against the Grain

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Selected Bibliography Of Work On Canadian Ethnic Minority Writing, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek, Asma Sayed, Domenic A. Beneventi Jun 2007

Selected Bibliography Of Work On Canadian Ethnic Minority Writing, Steven Tötösy De Zepetnek, Asma Sayed, Domenic A. Beneventi

CLCWeb Library

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Technology Left Behind -- Making Friends Online: Library Use Of Social Networking Services, Cris Ferguson Jun 2007

Technology Left Behind -- Making Friends Online: Library Use Of Social Networking Services, Cris Ferguson

Against the Grain

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch Jun 2007

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Radical Theology And The Reorganization Of The Us-American Religious System, Philippe Codde Jun 2007

Radical Theology And The Reorganization Of The Us-American Religious System, Philippe Codde

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Radical Theology and the Reorganization of the US-American Religious System," Philippe Codde uses the example of the highly popular movement of death-of-God theology in the 1960s to demonstrate the wide applicability for cultural research of Itamar Even-Zohar's polysystem theory and to illustrate the validity of Even-Zohar's assertion that peripheral elements in any system can yet occasion a dramatic shift in the system's central repertoires. Although Richard Rubenstein's reality model never made it to the center of the US-American religious system, his radical theology did impel the more traditional theologians in the center of the system finally to …


Globalisation, Empire, And The Vampire, Mario Vrbančić Jun 2007

Globalisation, Empire, And The Vampire, Mario Vrbančić

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Globalisation, Empire, and the Vampire," Mario Vrbančić opens up the question of the possibility of a dialectical utopian thinking in postmodernism. Following Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, Vrbančić analyses the vampire as the nation looking both at Hardt and Negri's theory of Empire and Žižek psychoanalytically inclined theory of nationalist identification. The vampire always occurs in the wake and decay of Empires: Dracula embodies Victorian fears of the infestation of the undead by invading the imperial centre; in America vampires disperse and multiply in popular culture and the mass media; in a newly emerging global order (Empire) they may …


The Rebirth Of Comparative Literature In Anglocalization, Anand Patil Jun 2007

The Rebirth Of Comparative Literature In Anglocalization, Anand Patil

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

Anand Patil examines in his paper, "The Rebirth of Comparative Literature in Anglocalization," the debates on effects of "globalization" on literary studies and "cultures" in India. The focus of his comparative scrutiny follows the debate about the "death" of comparative literature. Patil re-imagines the rebirth of interdisciplinarity, a basic tenet of the discipline of comparative literature and a characteristic of globalization. He has coined the term "Anglocalization" to analyze the complexity of the effects of globalization in the multilingual and multicultural situation of the sub-continent. The term is used to describe a tripartite process: Anglicization by global English, economic liberation, …


This Message Will Self-Destruct: Self-Easing Covert Communication, Mikhail J. Atallah, Mercan Topkara, Umut Topkara May 2007

This Message Will Self-Destruct: Self-Easing Covert Communication, Mikhail J. Atallah, Mercan Topkara, Umut Topkara

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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