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Atom Manipulation with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope

At the heart of nanotechnology is the need to create nanostructures, which are material structures whose dimensions are in the nanometer scale. … more

Measuring Topological Insulator Surface State Properties

The transmission of information in today’s electronics requires the movement of electrical charge, which expends energy and generates … more

Structure, Defects, and Scattering in Graphene

Since its discovery, graphene, a single atomic sheet of carbon atoms, has become a leading contender to be a key building-block material for … more

DNA Origami for Precise Manufacturing of Nanoscale Structures

Over the past decade nanoscale science has produced varied and fascinating nanostructures with an extraordinary range of interesting and useful … more

Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large … more

3D Tissue Scaffolds

Our goal is to develop advanced measurement tools and standards for measuring polymer scaffold properties and their impact on biological … more

Instruments
Raman facility

Raman scattering is a powerful light scattering technique used to diagnose the internal structure of molecules and crystals. In a light scattering … more

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