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New Scalable Green Protocols for Processing Carbon Nanotubes

The overall aim of this project is to develop and validate general methods and protocols for purification, size-separation and dispersion of … more

Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Biophotonics is at the intersection of photonics and biology where light is used to image, detect, and manipulate biological materials. This … more

Electronics-Based Bio-Sensing, Single Molecule Metrology, and Membrane Protein Structure-Function

Nearly 14 years ago, we demonstrated that a single nanopore could be used to electrically detect individual molecules of single-stranded RNA and … more

MEMS Measurement Science and Standards

The microelectronics revolution, which started in 1947 with the invention of the transistor, is epitomized in Moore's Law, which describes the … more

Biomagnetic Imaging Standards and Microsystems

The Magnetics Group's program in biomagnetic imaging standards and microsystems develops calibration standards and new types of magnetic … more

Fundamental Interaction Mechanisms of Engineered Nanomaterials with DNA

We utilized isotope-dilution liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to determine the levels of the oxidatively damaged DNA bases, … more

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