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Active CNMS User Projects
 
Characterization of Supported Catalytic Nanoparticles Prepared by Sputtering
Principal Investigator: G. Veith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory
   
Asymmetric bi-layer superlattices: A new route to magnetoelectric multiferroics
Principal Investigator: N. A. Spaldin (University of California)
Collaborators: A. Hatt (University of California)
   
Nanosynthesis of Magnetoelectric Materials
Principal Investigator: D. J. Singh (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Magnetic oxide superlattices on piezoelectric PMN-PT(001) crystals
Principal Investigator: K. Dorr (Institute of Metallic Materials)
Collaborators: C. Thiele (Institute of Metallic Materials)
  J-W. Kim (Institute of Metallic Materials)
   
Thermally Switchable Surfaces
Principal Investigator: D. G. Bucknall (Georgia Institute of Technology)
   
Shear SANS Study of Entangled Triblock Copolymer Solutions 
Principal Investigator: S-Q. Wang (University of Akron)
Collaborators: J. Mays (University of Tennessee)
  H. Wang (Michigan Technological University)
   
Fundamental Studies of Propane Ammoxidation over Model Bulk and Supported V-Mo-Te-O Catalysts 
Principal Investigator: V. Guliants (University of Cincinnati)
Collaborators: P. Korovchenko (University of Cincinnati)
  J. Tong (University of Cincinnati)
  L. Yuan (University of Cincinnati)
   
Understanding the nature of the pairing mechanism and nanoscale charge inhomogeneities in high-temperature superconductors 
Principal Investigator: D. J. Scalapino (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Collaborators: M. Jarrell (University of Cincinnati)
   
Development of frequency dependent scanning impedance microscopy of materials at the nanoscale 
Principal Investigator: R. A. Gerhardt (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Collaborators: V. Siva Kumar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  L. Moss (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  C. J. Capozzi (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  C. G. Carson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  R. Duan (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  S. Gupta (Georgia Institute of Technology)
   
First-principles studies of nanoscale ferromagnet-ferroelectric heterostructures 
Principal Investigator: E. Y. Tsymbal (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Collaborators: J. Velev (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  C. Duan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  R. F. Sabirianov (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  W-N. Mei (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) 
  K. D. Belashchenko (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  S. S. Jaswal (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
   
Quantum-well effect and spin-dependent electron transport properties in giant magnetoresistance multilayers and magnetic tunnel junctions 
Principal Investigator: X-F. Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Collaborators: Y. Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  D-P. Liu (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  H-X. Wei (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  J. Zhao (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
   
Effect of Thickness on Domain Wall Mobility in Perovskite Thin Films 
Principal Investigator: S. Trolier-McKinstry (Pennsylvania State University)
Collaborator: P. Bintachitt (Pennsylvania State University)
   
Electrofluidic carbon nanofibers for a novel multidimensional separations platform 
Principal Investigator: J. Heikenfeld (University of Cincinnati)
Collaborator: P. Rack (University of Tennesse)
   
Ordered Silicon Nanoarrays in Thermal Invesigation of Surface-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (SALDI-MS)
Principal Investigator: L. He (North Carolina State University)
Collaborators: P. Rack (University of Tennessee)
  T. Toyoda (University of Electro-Communication, Japan)
  A. A. Ganawi (North Carolina State University)
  Q. Liu (North Carolina State University)
   
Fabrication of Nanotube and Nanowire Reinforced Ceramic Composite Coatings 
Principal Investigator: B. W. Sheldon (Brown University)
Collaborators: A. Kothari (Brown University)
  X. Xiao (Brown University)
   
Nanostructured Architectures for Transcriptional Modulation 
Principal Investigator: T. McKnight (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  G. Griffin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  N. DeJonge (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Development of carbon nanostructures in metal-containing activated carbon fibers, and their role in promoting metal-assisted hydrogen storage 
Principal Investigator: N. C. Gallego (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: C. I. Contescu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  X. Wu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  F. Baker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  H. Tekinalp (Clemson University)
  D. D. Edie (Clemon University)
   
Electrical conductivity mapping of FIB patterned semiconductors and insulators using the cryogenic 4-probe STM 
Principal Investigator: A. B. Hmelo (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: A. P. Baddorf (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  L. C. Feldman (Vanderbilt University)
  J. P. Alarie (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  M. Sridhar (Vanderbilt University)
   
Nanoassembly Integrated Microsensor device for Neutron Detection 
Principal Investigator: H. Ji (Louisiana Tech University)
Collaborators: S. Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  Y. Lvov (Louisiana Tech University)
   
Polarization imaging and dynamical studies of nanostructured ferroelectric polymer films using Switching Spectroscopy Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (SS-PFM) 
Principal Investigator: S. Ducharme (University of Nebraska)
Collaborators: J. Kim (University of Nebraska)
  S. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Ion Distribution in Nanochannels 
Principal Investigator: Y. Leng (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: D. Li (Vanderbilt University)
  X. Zhao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  D. Xu (Vanderbilt University)
   
Study of the Selective Hydrogenation of alpha,beta-Unsatuared Aldehydes on Supported Pt-Based Bimetallic Nanoparticles 
Principal Investigator: J. G. Chen (University of Delaware)
Collaborator: L. E. Murillo (University of Delaware)
   
Preparing Specimens to Evaluate Effect of Aligned Nanotubes on Fracture Energy of Adhesively Bonded Joints 
Principal Investigator: D. A. Dillard (Virginia Tech)
Collaborator: H. K. Singh (Virginia Tech)
   
Electrode Structure Effects in Moleular Electronics 
Principal Investigator: B. Willis (University of Delaware)
Collaborator: R. Gupta (University of Delaware)
   
Next Generation Multi-Scale Quantum Simulation Application for Strongly Correlated Materials 
Principal Investigator: M. Jarrell (University of Cincinnati)
Collaborators: E. D'Azevedo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Automated Imaging of Stochastic Processes in Complex Nanoscale Systems 
Principal Investigator: M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: R. Dar (University of Tennessee)
  M. Allen (University of Tennessee)
  C. M. Rouleau (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Nanofluidics for Single Molecule Trapping and Detection 
Principal Investigator: W. H. Hofmeister (University of Tennessee Space Institute)
Collaborators: D. Li (Vanderbilt University)
  L. Davis (University of Tennessee Space Institute)
  J. P. Wikswo (Vanderbilt University)
  P. Rack (University of Tennessee)
  N. Dahotre (University of Tennessee)
  C. Daniel (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  X. Li (University of Tennessee)
  Y. Guan (University of Tennessee)
   
Creation of high-resolution 3-D images of reservoir rock from oil fields subjected to microbial permeability profile modification during carbon dioxide flood 
Principal Investigator: B. L. Kirkland (Mississippi State University)
Collaborators: L. Brown (Mississippi State University)
  F. L. Lynch (Mississippi State University)
  D. Schmitz (Mississippi State University)
  W. Funderburk (Mississippi State University) 
  K. Collins (Mississippi State University)
   
Crystallographically Textured Nanocatalyst Arrays supported on Carbon Nanofiber Scaffolds 
Principal Investigator: J. Fowlkes (University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: P. Rack (University of Tennessee)
  R. Rucker (University of Tennessee)
  S. Randolph (University of Tennessee)
  K. Klein (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) 
  M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Elasticity, Anisotropy, and Dissipation in Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites 
Principal Investigator: J. R. Gladden (University of Mississippi)
Collaborator: G. Li (University of Mississippi)
   
Carbon Nanofiber-Based Synthetic Membranes 
Principal Investigator: M. J. Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: S. Retterer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. Fowlkes (University of Tennessee)
  B. Fletcher (University of Tennessee)
  E. Hullander (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Influences of spatial organization on coupled enzyme reactions enabled by nanoscale patterning and interrogation 
Principal Investigator: S. Retterer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: D. P. Allison (University of Tennessee)
  M. Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  S. Verkataraman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Biomolecules in Nanoscale Porous Silicon Waveguides for Enhanced Sensing Capabilities 
Principal Investigator: S. M. Weiss (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: G. Rong (Vanderbilt University)
  T. R. Hansum (Vanderbilt University)
  J. D. Gosnell (Vanderbilt University)
  C. Kang (Vanderbilt University)
  D. Joy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. E. Sipe (University of Toronto)
   
Growth and Characterization of Pure and Doped Boron Nitride Nanotubes 
Principal Investigator: Y. K. Yap (Michigan Tech University)
Collaborators: J. Wang (Michigan Tech University)
  M. Xie (Michigan Tech University)
  V. Kayastha (Michigan Tech University)
  C. H. Lee (Michigan Tech University)
   
Amplification of adsorbate induced stresses in CNT based coatings 
Principal Investigator: P. G. Datskos (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: N. Lavrik (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Development of Hydrogel-Based Substrates for Cell Invasion 
Principal Investigator: S. A. Guelcher (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: H. Kincaid (Vanderbilt University)
  P. Cummings (Vanderbilt University)
  V. Quaranta (Vanderbilt University)
  A. Weaver (Vanderbilt University)
   
Thermoelectric Property Measurement of Individual Boron and Boride Nanostructures 
Principal Investigator: D. Li (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: T. Xu (University of North Carolina)
  A-P. Li (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  S. Waltmire (Vanderbilt University)
   
Advancing Polymer/Nanofunctional Materials Interfacing for Multipoint Probing of Intact Neural Tissue 
Principal Investigator: D. B. Peckys (University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: T. McKnight (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Nanostructure Control of Polymer-Fullerene Composite Film Materials 
Principal Investigator: S. Zhou (CUNY College of Staten Island)
Collaborators: H. Li (CUNY College of Staten Island)
  Y. Pan (CUNY College of Staten Island)
   
Tuning the Molecular and Electronic Structures of Bilayered Surface Metal Oxide Catalytic Active Sites with Oxide Nanoligands 
Principal Investigator: I. E. Wachs (Lehigh University)
Collaborators: E. Lee (Lehigh University)
  E. Ross (Lehigh University)
  K. Routray (Lehigh University)
   
Nanoscale Bubble Formation in Highly Confined Nanochannels 
Principal Investigator: D. Li (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: D. Li (Vanderbilt University)
  S. Waltmire (Vanderbilt University)
  Y. Kang (Vanderbilt University)
   
In-situ quantum transport studies on silicide nanowires and nanowire arrays 
Principal Investigator: H. Weitering (University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: A-P Li (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  C. Zeng (University of Tennesse)
  P. R. Kent (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Baddorf (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Nanoscale Sculpting of a Cell-Like Surface: Creating a Glycocalyx Mimic 
Principal Investigator: R. E. Standaert (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: D. C. Baker (University of Tennessee)
  M, J. Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  S. T. Retterer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Layer-by-layer Charged Macromolecular Thin Films for Nanoscience Opportunities and Applications 
Principal Investigator: J. M. Simonson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: J. W. Mays (University of Tennessee)
  A. A. Chialvo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Direct Reduction of Carbon Nanofibers by Electricity-Producing Bacteria 
Principal Investigator: D. R. Bond (University of Minnesota)
Collaborator: B. Hunt (University of Minnesota)
   
’Green’ Synthesis and Growth of Nanoscale Materials 
Principal Investigator: G. A. Baker (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: W. T. Heller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. D. Woodard (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  T. A. Betts (Kutztown University of PA )
   
Neutron Reflectometry to Probe Interfacial Magnetism in Epitaxial Manganite Heterostructures 
Principal Investigator: S. E. Nagler (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: F. Klose (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. Fitzsimmons (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
   
Polarity Patterned Surfaces for Selective Surface Chemistry and Molecular Assembly 
Principal Investigator: R. J. Nemanich (North Carolina State University)
Collaborator: J. Hanson (North Carolina State University)
   
Carbon nanofiber-based lipid bilayer membrane supporting platform for study membrane proteins with neutron scattering 
Principal Investigator: G. S. Smith (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: W. A. Hamilton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. V. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J-H. Cho (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  W. T. Heller (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) 
  D. A. Myles (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  T. McKnight (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
High Performance Simulations of Electron Transport in Nanostructures 
Principal Investigator: J. Bernholc (North Carolina State University)
Collaborator: W. Lu (North Carolina State University)
   
Co-synthesis of metal alloy nanoparticles during carbon nanostructure synthesis process 
Principal Investigator: A. V. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: J. D. Fowlkes (University of Tennessee)
  P. D. Rack (University of Tennessee)
  K. L. Klein (University of Tennessee)
  M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  E. Kenik (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. A. Horton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Quantum Dot - Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays (QD-VANTA) 
Principal Investigator: R. P. Raffaelle (Rochester Institute of Technology)
Collaborators: B. J. Landi (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  C. D. Cress (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  R. DiLeo (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  A. Anctil (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  R. Robinson (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  C. Schauerman (Rochester Institute of Technology)
   
Principles of Energy Transformations in Self-Assembling Multiferroic Nanostructures 
Principal Investigator: A. Roytburd (University of Maryland)
Collaborators: J. Slutsker (University of Maryland)
  Z. Tan (University of Maryland)
  I. Levin (NIST)
   
Manipulation and modeling of microbial electron transport mechanisms 
Principal Investigator: M. N. Ericson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  T. Gardner (Boston University)
  T. McKnight (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Quantum transport in nanostructures 
Principal Investigator: S. T. Pantelides (Vanderbilt University)
Collaborator: K. Varga (Vanderbilt University)
   
Characterization of Au catalysts on layered and mesoporous supports 
Principal Investigator: S. H. Overbury (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: S. Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  H. Zhu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  V. Schwartz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. Clark (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  Z. Ma (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Fundamental investigation of RF non-thermal plasma effects on nickel catalysts 
Principal Investigator: B. Jang (Texas A&M U.-Commerce)
Collaborators: C. Shi (Texas A&M U.-Commerce)
  M. Macias (Texas A&M U.-Commerce)
  M. Helleson (Texas A&M U.-Commerce)
   
Dynamics of Magnetization in Complex Materials 
Principal Investigator: W. H. Butler (University of Alabama)
Collaborators: M. Chshiev (University of Alabama)
  Z. Lu (University of Alabama)
   
Investigation into carbon nanotube engineered interface. Effect of CNT growth techniques on the mechanical properites of CNT-modified carbon fiber polymer composite 
Principal Investigator: L. Dai (University of Dayton)
Collaborator: L. Song (University of Dayton)
   
Incorporation of hybrid nanocomposite polymer electrolyte materials into PEM fuel cell electrodes for enhanced proton conduction and reduced catalyst load 
Principal Investigator: S. N. Lvov (Pennsylvania State University)
Collaborators: J. E. McGrath (Virginia Tech)
  D. J. Wesolowski (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Deuteration Effects on Micellization, Crystallization and Melting of Styrene-block-Butadiene Copolymers in Dilute Near-Critical Solutions 
Principal Investigator: M. Radosz (University of Wyoming)
   
Tuning the Band-Lineup at the Electrode-Molecule Contact: A Computational Study of Novel Design Concepts for Molecular Electronics
Principal Investigator: J-L. Brédas (School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Collaborators: G. Heimel (School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology)
  H. Li (School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology)
  P. Paramonov(School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology)
   
Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Sub-2.0 nm Europium Chalcogenide Nanocrystals
Principal Investigator: J. H. Dickerson (Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: M. L. Redigolo (Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University)
  S. V. Mahajan (Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University)
   
MgO-Based TMR Junctions and New Approach to Calculating Tunneling Currents
Principal Investigator: Z-Y. Lu (Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS, China)
   
Fabrication of Nano-Injection Needles for Neural Pathway Study in Mice
Principal Investigator: G. H. Bernstein (Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame)
Collaborators: J. Wu (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee)
  M. Lian (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee)
  K. Yang (Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee)
   
Nano and Micro-patterned Structures of Poly(aniline) from E-beam Lithography and Admicellar Polymerization
Principal Investigator: B. P. Grady (Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma)
Collaborator: M. Marquez (Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma)
   
Nanotubes and Wires: Growth, Stability and Defect Relaxation by Computational Modeling
Principal Investigator: B. I. Yakobson (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University)
Collaborators: N. G. Szwacki (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University)
  P. Krasnov (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University)
  M. Hua (Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University)
   
Novel Block Copolymers for Well-Defined Bio-interfaces
Principal Investigator: S. M. Kilbey II (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University)
Collaborator: J. Alonzo (Chemical Engineering, Clemson University)
   
First-principles Electronic Transport Simulations in Metalated-DNA: Towards the Development of an Electronic Assay for Detecting Single Nucleotide Polymorphs
Principal Investigator: J. S. Lee (Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan)
Collaborators: P. S. Krstic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  O. F. Sankey (Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University)
   
Size-Expanded DNAs, xDNA and yDNA: Non-Natural Nucleic Acids with Extra π-π Stacking Interactions. A Theoretical Investigation of their Conductance
Principal Investigator: J. Leszczynski (Chemistry, Jackson State University)
Collaborators: E. T. Kool (Chemistry, Stanford University)
  O. F. Sankey (Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University)
  P. S. Krstic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
A Nanostructured Biosensor for the Detection of Microbial Pathogens
Principal Investigator: G. S. Sayler (Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: S. Ripp (University of Tennessee)
  J. Brigati (University of Tennessee)
  A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  M. J. Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Transport and Catalytic Properties of Carbon Nanotube Networks
Principal Investigator: H. Terrones (Advanced Materials, IPICYT, Mexico)
Collaborators: E. Munoz-Sandoval (IPICYT)
  F. Lopez-Urias (IPICYT)
  J. M. Romo-Herrera (IPICYT)
  E. Cruz-Silva (IPICYT)
  M. Terrones (IPICYT)
   
Spin-Dependent Transport in Magnetic Multilayers
Principal Investigator: M. Chshiev (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
Collaborators: W. H. Butler (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
  C. Liu (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
  A. Kalitsov (California State University)
   
Development and Characterization of Negative Index Meta-Materials with Resonant Properties in the MWIR and NIR Wavebands
Principal Investigator: M. Bloemer (US Army)
Collaborators: M. Buncick (AEgis Technologies Group, Inc.)
  D. Thomas (AEgis Technologies Group, Inc.)
   
Quantum Chemical Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of the Self-Assembly Formation Mechanisms of Fullerenes, Metallofullerenes, and Carbon Nanotubes
Principal Investigator: S. Irle (Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University)