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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)
Collaborators: K. Morokuma (Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University)
  G. Zheng (Chemistry, Emory University)
  Z. Wang (Chemistry, Emory University)
  H. Witek (Chemistry, Emory University)
   
Does Water Confined in Disordered Carbon Pores Exhibit Vapor-Liquid Critical Behavior?
Principal Investigator: A. Striolo (Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma)
Collaborators: K. Gubbins (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University)
  R. J.-M. Pelleng (Centre de Recherche sur la Mecanismes de la Croissance Cristalline, France)
  J. P. Pikunic (Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
  S. K. Jain (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University)
  A. A. Chialvo (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  D. R. Cole (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Magnetic Domain Imaging on Self-Aligned Nanopaticles Assemblies and Nanowires using SEMPA
Principal Investigator: M-T Lin (Physics, National Taiwan University)
Collaborator: W-C Lin (Physics, National Taiwan University)
   
Template-Assisted Electrophoretic Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles
Principal Investigator: K. Lu (Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Collaborators: C. Kessler (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
  X. Zhu (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
   
In-situ Characterization of the Growth of Vertically Aligned SWNT on CoMoCAT Catalysts
Principal Investigator: D. E. Resasco (Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma)
Collaborators: G. Lolli (University of Oklahoma)
  L. Zhang (University of Oklahoma)
   
High-Frequency Charge Carrier Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotube Devices
Principal Investigator: P. Wang (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Collaborators: S. Vivekananadan (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
  C. Song (Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
  S-C Yen (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
   
Biocompatible Block Copolymer Functionalization of Single Crystal Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications in Medical Imaging and Drug Delivery
Principal Investigator: T. D. Giorgio (Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: C. Soman (Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
  D. Dorset (Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
   
Mechanism of Spin Injection through Cobalt/Polymer Nanoscale Heterojunction
Principal Investigator: B. Hu (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: Y. Wu (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee)
  Z. Xu (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee)
  A. Assaka (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee)
   
Highly Ordered Nanoporous Carbon Films via Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers
Principal Investigator: S. Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Collaborator: C. Liang (Oak Ridge Associated Universities)
   
Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticles
Principal Investigator: R. Custelcean (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: B. A. Moyer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Fabrication of InSb Spin Transport Devices 
Principal Investigator: S. Murphy (Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma)
Collaborators: A. R. Dedigama (University of Oklahoma)
  M. Santos (University of Oklahoma)
   
Omega-Functionalized, Polymeric Thiols: New Classes of Self-Assembling Adsorbates  
Principal Investigator: G. K. Jennings (Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: D. Cliffel (Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
  H. Kincaid (Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
   
Dynamics of Monodisperse and Bidisperse Polymers: Time-Resolved IR Dichroism of Deuterated Samples  
Principal Investigator: J. P. Oberhauser (Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia)
Collaborator: M. Hodgson (Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia)
   
A Catalytic Nanodiode  
Principal Investigator: E. E. Wolf (Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame)
   
Spectroscopic Study on the Mechanism of CO2 Adsorption on MCM41-PEI as a Novel Nanoporous “Molecular Basket” Adsorbent
Principal Investigator: C. Song (The Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University)
Collaborator: X. Xu (The Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University)
   
Nanoelectromechanical Imaging of a Single Protein Molecule
Principal Investigator: A. Vertegel (Bioengineering, Clemson University)
Collaborator: S. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Isolated VACNF Probes for Electromechanical Scanning Probe Imaging in Liquids
Principal Investigator: S. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: A. Melechko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. Guillorn (Cornell University)
   
Development of Computational Technology for Rapid Reading of DNA Sequences  
Principal Investigator: P. S. Krstic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: J. C. Wells (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  X. Zhao (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  R. Zikic (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  D. Xu (University of Missouri)
  M. A. Fuentes-Cabrera (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. W. Lee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Temperature Dependent Raman Spectroscopic Investigations on Artificially Nanostructured Multiferroics
Principal Investigator: S. Gupta (Physics and Materials Science, Missouri State University)
   
Optimization of Metal Catalysts for Chemical Vapor Deposited Carbon Nanotube Films for Nanoelectronics Applications
Principal Investigator: S. Gupta (Physics and Materials Science, Missouri State University)
   
High Performance Simulations of Polymer Nanoparticle Composites at Mesoscopic Scale
Principal Investigator: S. W. Sides (Tech-X Corporation)
Collaborator: S. E. Kruger (Tech-X Corporation)
   
Extension of the Etomica Molecular Simulation Framework for Nanomaterials Applications    
Principal Investigator: D. A. Kofke (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)
Collaborator: A. Schultz (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)
   
Nanoengineering of Surfaces by Segregation of Branched Polymers 
Principal Investigator: M. Dadmun (Chemistry, University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: S. Kamath (University of Tennessee)
  C-U Lee (University of Tennessee)
   
Supported Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis of Water Oxidation  
Principal Investigator: G. M. Brown (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: S. Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
   
Domain Structures of Ferromagnetic Semiconductor/Semiconductor Heterostructures 
Principal Investigator: L. Li (Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
   
Probing Electronic Properties of Isolated Doped Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Using the Tunable Ramen Spectrometer at CNMS 
Principal Investigator: A. M. Rao (Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University)
Collaborator: J. Edwards (Clemson University)
   
Anionic Polymerization of Triblock Copolymers for Self-Assembled Liquid Crystalline Gels  
Principal Investigator: J. Kornfield (Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology)
Collaborators: N. Scruggs (California Institute of Technology)
  R. Verduzco (California Institute of Technology)
  Z. Kurji (California Institute of Technology)
   
Development of Biocompatible Macromonomers as Candidates for Tissue Engineering using Two-Photon Polymerization  
Principal Investigator: N. Eradat (Physics and Astronomy, Middle Tennessee State University)
Collaborators: A. Friedli (Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University)
  C. R. Edmonds (Ophthalmologist - Tucson, Arizona)
  J. S. Penn (Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University)
  U. Tran (Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University)
  M. S. Chang (Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University)
   
Transport Properties of Y-Junction Carbon Nanotube Characterized by Four-Probe SanningTunneling Microscope
Principal Investigator: W. Li (Physics, Florida International University)
Collaborators: J. Zhang (Physics, Florida International University)
  B. Pandey (Florida International University)
  A-P Li (Oak Ridge National Laboratory
   
Feasibility Study for Generating Continuous, Patterned Metal Thin-Films on Fragile Surfaces using Buffer Layer Assisted Growth (BLAG)
Principal Investigator: D. R. Stewart (Quantum Science Research, Hewlett-Packard Labs)
Collaborators: J. J. Blackstock (Quantum Science Research, Hewlett-Packard Labs)
  D. Ohlberg (Quantum Science Research, Hewlett-Packard Labs)
  R. S. Williams (Quantum Science Research, Hewlett-Packard Labs)
   
Understanding the Nature of the Pairing Mechanism in High-Temperature Superconductors
Principal Investigator: D. J. Scalapino (Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara)
Collaborator: M. Jarrell (Physics, University of Cincinnati)
   
Spectral Evaluation of Proposed Nanomaterials for use in Combat Identification for the Department of Defense (DoD)
Principal Investigator: L. A. Lewis (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: L. A. Boatner (Oak Ridge Naitonal Laboratory)
  T. Alik (Special Products and Prototyping)
   
Computations for Prediction of Phase Diagrams of Branched Polystyrene-b-Polymethylmethacrylate Block Co-Polymers
Principal Investigator: M. G. Bakker (Chemistry, University of Alabama)
Collaborators: V. Warke (Chemistry, University of Alabama)
   
Size-Selective Binding, Functionalizing, and Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Principal Investigator: S. L. Craig (Chemistry, Duke University)
 
Electrokinetic Labchip for Rapid Detection of Low-Concentration Micro/Nanosize Bioparticles
Principal Investigator: H. C. Chang (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Notre Dame)
Collaborator: J. Wu (Electrical, Computing Engineering, University of Tennessee)
 
Theory of Spin-Polarized Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Principal Investigator: I. Zutic (Center for Computational Materials Science, National Research Laboratory)
 
Through-Bond Interactions in Nanoscale Self-Assembly
Principal Investigator: R. K. Castellano (Chemistry, University of Florida)
 
Local Origins of Catalytic and Sensor Activity in 1D Oxide Nanostructures: From Spectromicroscopy to Device
Principal Investigator: A. Kolmakov (Physics, Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Collaborators: S. Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  S. Jesse (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  D. Geohegan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Diblock Copolymers Containing Peptides as a Tool for Designing Biomineralization Strategies
Principal Investigator: P. Guenoun (Lions Laboratory-SCM-CEA-Saclay, Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique)
Collaborators: C. Chevallard (Lions Laboratory-SCM-CEA-Saclay, Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique)
  M. Delsanti (Lions Laboratory-SCM-CEA-Saclay, Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique)
  M. Lepere (Lions Laboratory-SCM-CEA-Saclay, Commissariat á l’Energie Atomique)
 
Formation Mechanism and Properties of Carbon Nanosheets
Principal Investigator: B. C. Holloway (Applied Science, College of William and Mary)
Collaborator: J. Wang (College of William and Mary)
 
Long-Time Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Carbon Nanotubes through Time Parallelization
Principal Investigator: A. Srinivasan (Computer Science, Florida State University)
Collaborator: N. Chandra (Florida State University)
 
Optical and Magnetic Properties of Endohedral Metallofullerene Compounds and Surfaces
Principal Investigator: H. C. Dorn (Chemistry, Virginia Tech)
Collaborator: N. Swami (University of Virginia)
 
High Performance Simulations of Electron Transport in Nanostructures
Principal Investigator: J. Bernholc (Center for High Performance Simulation and Physics Department, North Carolina State University)
Collaborators: Wenchang Lu (Center for High Performance Simulation and Physics Department, North Carolina State University)
  Qingzhong Zhao (Center for High Performance Simulation and Physics Department, North Carolina State University)
  Vincent Meunier (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Characterization and Control of Engineered Carbon Nanoparticles
Principal Investigator: M-D. Cheng (Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: D. B. Geohegan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Nanostructures for Future Diagnostics of Self-Assembly Processes
Principal Investigator: M. P. Menguc (Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky)
Collaborators: M. Aslan (University of Kentucky)
  B. J. Hinds (University of Kentucky)
 
Alignment of Block Copolymer Nanophases in External Fields
Principal Investigator: V. S. Urban (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: A. Boeker (Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany)
 
Novel Vertically-Integrated Nanorod Electrode Architectures for High-Brightness OLEDs
Principal Investigator: B. Hu (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee)
 
Polymer-Mediated Self-Assembly of Microcapsules from Nanoparticles
Principal Investigator: M. S. Wong (Chemical Engineering, Rice University)
 
Large-Scale Atomistic Modeling of Lubrication
Principal Investigator: Y. Braiman (Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborator: D. Rapaport (Bar-lian University, Israel)
 
Tuning Magnetic Nanoparticles for Nanoscale Hysteretic Energy Loss, Temperature Control, and Catalytic Carbon Nanofiber Synthesis
Principal Investigator: T. Leventouri (Physics, Florida Atlantic University)
Collaborators: K. D. Sorge (Florida Atlantic University)
  A. Melechko (University of Tennessee)
  P. D. Rack (University of Tennessee)
 
Computational studies of nanoscale biocatalytic mechanisms relevant to biomass conversion
Principal Investigator: C. McCabe (Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University)
 
Effective Spin Hamiltonian Theory of Fe(Co)-Pt(Rh) Alloy Nanostructures
Principal Investigator: O. N. Mryasov (Theory Research, Seagate)
 
Development of Novel Scintillator Material: Nanostructured Gallium-Doped Zinc Oxide with Optimized Level of Gallium Doping
Principal Investigator: J. S. Neal (Nuclear Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Integration of High Surface Area Electrodes with Microfluidic Structures
Principal Investigator: J. Matteo (Nanotek LLC)
Collaborators: T. McKnight (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  A. Melechko (University of Tennessee)
 
Mechanisms of Nanoscale Actuation in Electroactive Nanotube-Polymer Composites
Principal Investigator: C. Park (National Institute of Aerospace-Langley)
Collaborator: J. Harrison (National Institute of Aerospace -Langley)
 
Decoding the Communication Between the Cells of the Immune System Using Nanotechnology
Principal Investigator: D. Unutmaz (Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University)
Collaborators: M. Doktycz (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  M. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Optically Addressable Nanofiber Biological Probe Arrays
Principal Investigator: P. D. Rack (Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee)
 
Formation of Hydrogel Materials Through Self Assembly of Hydrophobically Modified Polyelectrolytes
Principal Investigator: E. Luijten (Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois)
 
Process Development and Electron Interactions for a Vacuum Nanotriode Transistor
Principal Investigator: P. D. Rack (Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee)
 
Molecular- and Nano-Wires: Properties and Control
Principal Investigator: Hai-Ping Cheng (Dept. of Physics, University of Florida)
Collaborators: Jeffrey L. Krause (Dept. of Physics, University of Florida)
  Adrian Roitberg (Dept. of Physics, University of Florida)
 
Electronic, Magnetic and Chemical Phase Separations in Complex Oxides Nanowires
Principal Investigator: Z. Gai (Dept. of Physics, Peking University)
Collaborators: J. Shen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  S. Dai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Synthesis and Surface Structure of Polyelectrolytes for Advanced Material Coatings
Principal Investigator: S. M. Kilbey II (Chemical Engineering, Clemson University)
 
Direct Growth of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes with Controlled Structures on Substrates for Device and Sensor Applications
Principal Investigator: J. Liu (Dept. of Chemistry, Duke University)
 
Fabrication of Magnetic Nanowires and Nanowire Arrays Using Self-Assembling Polymer Templates
Principal Investigator: M. G. Bakker (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Alabama)
Collaborators: D. Nikles (University of Alabama)
 
Hydrogenation of Carbon Nanotubes: Water as a Hydrogen Source
Principal Investigator: Y.-P. Sun (Chemistry, Clemson University)
 
Nanofabrication and Characterization of Integrated Nanosensors for Chemical & Biological Warfare Threat Detection
Principal Investigator: V. P. Dravid (Dept. of Material Science & Engineering, Northwestern University)
Collaborators: G. S. Shekhawat (Northwestern University)
  I. Lee (Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Tennessee)
  T. G. Thundat (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Improving Dispersion and Interfacial Adhesion in Polymer Nanocomposites
Principal Investigator: M. Dadmun (Chemistry Dept., University of Tennessee)
Collaborators: A. Rasheed (Chemistry Dept., University of Tennessee)
 
Effect of Topology on Cationic Polymers as Gene Transfer Agents: Aqueous Chromatography Measurements
Principal Investigator: T. E. Long (Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Collaborators: W. H. Eyestone (College of Vet. Med., Virginia Tech)
  W. R. Huckle (College of Vet. Med., Virginia Tech)
  C. D. Thatcher (College of Vet. Med., Virginia Tech)
 
Investigation of Large Scale Molecule Transfer for the Development of Hybrid Nanoscale Composite Materials
Principal Investigator: J. Fitz-Gerald (Materials Science & Engineering, University of Virginia)
 
Controlling Nanostructures of CVD-Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
Principal Investigator: Y. K. Yap (Physics, Michigan Technological University)
 
Imaging and Characterization of Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles
Principal Investigator: M. K. Ridley (Geosciences, Texas Tech University)
 
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoscale Polyelectrolytes
Principal Investigator: J. M. Simonson (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory)
Collaborators: P. F. Britt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  J. W. Mays (University of Tennessee/Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Synthesis and Integration of Nanoscale Materials for Electroanalytical Probing of Cellular Matrices
Principal Investigator: T. McKnight (Condensed Matter Physics & Engineering Science &
Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: S. C. Jacobson (Dept. of Chemistry, Indiana University)
  C. T. Culbertson (Dept. of Chemistry, Kansas State University)
  G. D. Griffin (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Calculating Time Dependent Effects from a Modified Wang-Landau Density of States
Principal Investigator: M. A. Novotny (Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Mississippi State
University)
 
Development of a Nanoscale Solvothermal Processes Laboratory (NSPL) for CNMS
Principal Investigator: D. J. Wesolowski (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory)
Collaborators: D. B. Beach (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory)
  D. R. Cole (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  W. A. Hamilton (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory)
 
Isolated Doped Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Nanoelectronic Devices
Principal Investigator: A. M. Rao (Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University)
Collaborators: D. Geohegan (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Mimicking Functional Aspects of Biological Cells Through Nanomaterials
Principal Investigator: M. J. Doktycz (Life Sciences & Condensed Matter Sciences, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory)
Collaborators: M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
  G. S. Sayler (University of Tennessee)
  A. Melechko (University of Tennessee)
 
Magnetic Domain Structures of Uniaxial Antiferromagnetically Coupled Elements
Principal Investigator: G. J. Mankey (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
Collaborators: Z. Zhao (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
  P. Mani (MINT Center, University of Alabama)
 
Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Catalysis and Manipulation of Single Molecules
Principal Investigator: J. W. Lee (Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Collaborators: B. George (Tennessee Technical University)
 
Nanotechnology in Textiles
Principal Investigator: J. P. Hinestroza (Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science, North
Carolina State University)
Collaborators: W. E. Krause (Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science, North Carolina
State University)
 
Nanoscale Architecture for Electronic Interface to Microbial Biofilm Using Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes
Principal Investigator: G. Sayler (Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of
Tennessee)
Collaborators: A. V. Melechkov (University of Tennessee)
  D. Nivens (University of Tennessee)
  M. L. Simpson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
 
Star Copolymers Synthesis
Principal Investigator: S. P. Gido (Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Massachusetts)
Collaborators: T. P. Russell (University of Massachusetts)

 

 



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