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Transport IV (cover):
Transport IV renders electron flow paths in a ’’two dimensional electron gas”. The research leading to the
Transport series was inspired by the experiments of Mark Topinka, Brian Leroy, and Prof. Robert Westervelt at
Harvard, which actually measured the paths taken by the electrons. The theory was performed with the help of
Scot Shaw, a member of my research group at the time.
Transport IV is based on flow patterns for electrons riding over bumpy landscape, which is what electrons
experience in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) that they dwell in. A 2DEG is a sea of electrons
confined to a sheet, i.e. two dimensions. The bumps they encounter are due to charged atoms lying above the
sheet. The electrons have more than enough energy to ride over any bump, and the concentrations of electron
flow into the branches seen here are recently discovered indirect effects of that bumpy ride. The channeling or
branching was unexpected and has implications for small electronic devices of the future.
This image was made in a computer simulation by launching 100,000 electrons from the lower middle of the
image, and following their tracks. Each electron had a slightly different launch angle. A color map was applied
to turn the density of electron paths into color. Code written in Fortran computed the trajectories, and wrote
information about them to a very large raster image. The algorithm used to write to pixels, which had already
been accessed by previous electron paths gives the peculiar shading and form to this image.
The electron tracks in Transport IV are an excellent example of the wonderful way nature emulates herself in
different contexts. The branching pattern is reminiscent of familiar natural forms.
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Table of Contents
Program Committee........................................................................................................................................................vii
Energy and Fuels
Extracting unbumt coal from black coal fly ash............................................................................................................5
M. Kusnierova, P. Fecko
Bacterial desulphurization of brown coals......................................................................................................................9
P. Fecko, M. Kusnierova, M. Safarova, V. Cablik
Amorphous Diamond Solar Cells..................................................................................................................................13
J.C. Sung, M-C. Kan, T-J. Hsiao and M. Sung
Integrated Multistage Supercritical Technology to Produce High Quality Vegetable Oil and Biofuels................17
G. Anitescu, A. Deshpande, P.A. Rice and L.L. Tavlarides
8nm cerium oxide as a fuel additive for fuel consumption and emissions reduction..............................................21
G. Wakefield and M. Gardener
Effect of Surface Hydration and Interfusion of Suspended Silica Nanoparticles on Heat Transfer.......................25
D. Milanova, X. Wu and R. Kumar
Energy Applications of Nanotechnology
Evaluation of Nanostructured Polymeric Coatings for Corrosion Protection...........................................................29
A. Aglan, A. Ludwick and M. Reeves
Preparation and Characterization of Nafion/Microporous Titanosilicate Composite Membranes as Ion-
Conducting Materials....................................................... 33
S -Y. Ryu, J.-D. Jeon and S.-Y. Kwak
Amorphous Diamond as a Thermionic Material..........................................................................................................37
J.C. Sung, M-C Kan, T-J Hsiao, Y-T Chen and M. Sung
Ultra-short pulsed laser for nano-texturation associated to plasma immersion implantation for 3D shallow
doping : Application to silicon photovoltaic......................................................................................................41
M. Halbwax, T. Samet, Ph. Delaporte, M. Sentis, H. Etienne, F. Torregrosa, V. Vervisch and S.
Martinuzzi
Dye-sensitized solar cell using a Ti02 nanocrystalline film electrode prepared by solution combustion
synthesis.................................................................................................................................................................45
CM. Wang and S.L. Chungb
Synthesis and characterization of a highly cross linked PEGME and PEG for solid electrolyte and its
application in dye-sensitized solar cells...............................................................................................................49
M. Shaheer Akhtar, J-M Chun, H-C Lee, K-J Kim and O-B Yang
Nano-Hetero Structure for direct energy conversion..................................................................................................53
L. Popa-Simil
Nanotechnology - Disruptive Technologies for Electric Utility Systems. Challenges and Opportunities.............57
J. Stringer and R.H. Richman
Catching Mr. Big with the Small - To Infinitesimal and Beyond'............................................................................60
I. Eastwood
TiN/GaN- Metal/Semiconductor Multilayers for Thermionic Energy Conversion Devices...................................63
V. Rawat and T.D. Sands
Pt and Pt-Ru/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites Synthesized in Supercritical Fluid as Electrocatalysts
for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells.........................................................................................................................67
Y. Lin, X. Cui, J. Wang, C.H. Yen and C.M. Wai
Nanoporous Silicon Membrane Based Micro Fuel Cells for Portable Power Sources Applications......................71
K-L Chu, M.A. Shannon and R.I. Masel
Novel Electrolyte Membrane for Fuel Cell Utilizing Nano Composite....................................................................75
K. C. Nguyen, H.V. Nguyen, S.T. Do, T.T. Doan, A.T. Nguyen, T.V. Le and T.N.T. Nguyen
Heat Transfer Cost-Effectiveness of Nanofluids........................................................................................................79
D. Xu, L. Pan and Q. Yao
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Emissions, and Environmental
Influence of His-195 on the nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor activity..............................................................................83
C. Cavallotti, D. Moscatelli and S. Carra
Development of Functionally Graded SiC-Based.......................................................................................................87
T. Gerdes and M. Willert-Porada
Study on non-Freon air cooling system using water refrigerant................................................................................91
A. Sugawara, S. Nakamikawa, M. Kageyama, S. Yamazaki, N. Abe, T. Itou, A. Tsurumaki and K.
Kawasaki
Conjugates of Enzyme-Magnetic Nanoparticles for Bioremediation*......................................................................95
Y. Qiang, A. Sharma, A. Paszczynski and D. Meyer
Recovery of Caustic Soda in Textile Mercerization by Combined Membrane Filtration.......................................99
J. Yang, C. Park, D. Lee and S. Kim
Study of model contaminants desorption from recycled PET in dry air and nitrogen atmosphere by
thermogravimetric analysis..............................................................................................................................103
A.S.F. Santos, J.A.M. Agnelli, E.S. Medeiros, E. Corradini, S. Manrich
Development of a Mobile Asbestos Decontamination Process..............................................................................106
T. Gerdes, A. Rosin, M. Willert-Porada
Serpentine Fluidic Structures for Particle Separation.............................................................................................110
A.S. Kole, M.H. Lean, J. Seo
Sorption of Ethylbenzene, Toluene and Xylene onto Crumb Rubber from Aqueous Solutions..........................114
L. A. Alamo-Nole, F. Roman and O. Perales-Perez
Growth and Some Enzymatic Responses of E. coli to Photocatalytic Ti02..........................................................118
A. Erdem, D. Metzler, H.W. Chou, H.Y. Lin and C.P. Huang
Novel FD SOI Devices Structure for Low Standby Power Applications...............................................................122
M-W Ma, T-S Chao, K-S Kao, J-S Huang and T-F Lei
Solar-Blind Dual-Band UV/IR Photodetectors Integrated on a Single Chip.........................................................126
D. Starikov, C Boney, R. Pillai and A. Bensaoula
Enviroment, Health and Society
Characterization on Dioxin Emission of Ti02 Nanoparticle-Encapsulating Poly(vinyl chloride) (TEPVC)
compared to conventional PVC.......................................................................................................................130
H. Yoo, S.H. Kim, A.R. Lee and S.-Y. Kwak
Theoretical Study of the Reaction between OH Radicals and Formaldehyde adsorbed on Small
Silica Clusters....................................................................................................................................................134
C. Iuga and A. Vivier-Bunge
An investigation of natural nanoparticles for cleaning applications.......................................................................140
M. Nero and B. Tran
Aided Transport of Nano-Iron in Clay Soils Using Direct Electric Field..............................................................144
L. Hannum and S. Pamukcu
Nano-Catalysts and Colloidal Suspensions of Carbo-Iron for Environmental Application.................................148
K. Mackenzie, H. Hildebrand and F.-D. Kopinke
An integrated NMR/nanosensor system for sensitive detection of environmental toxins and
harmful microbes................................................................................................................................................152
J.M. Perez, D.P. Fries and J.J. Hickman
Nanotechnology and the Global Poor: United States Policy and International Collaborations...........................155
R. Rodrigues, R. Sandler, W.D. Kay and T. Lodwick
Nanotechnology and the Water Market: Applications and Health Effects............................................................159
F. S. Mowat and J. Tsuji
Novel Technologies
Nano-structures materials for Energy Direct Conversion and Fuel Breeding........................................................163
L. Popa-Simil
Building Green with Nanotechnology........................................................................................................................167
G. Elvin
Heat is the Enemy of Energy Efficiency....................................................................................................................171
D. Forder and P. Fox
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Self-Assembled Soft Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources..........................................................................175
G. John
Industry and Policy
Designing Today’s CleanTech Research Facility: Sustainable, Highly Technical Architectural and
Engineering Design Applied to the New York State Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research Laboratory
(AFVRL)............................................................................................................................................................. 178
J. Ostafi and D. Sereno
Good Policy Makes Good Business.............................................................................................................................181
B. Cinnamon
Clean Tech: New Paradigms and Communications Challenges..............................................................................183
M. Allison, A. Pray, H. Drage and P. Missimore
Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization in Ohio........................................................................................187
D.M. Giolando, R. Collins, R.J. Davis
Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells
Bulk Heterojunction Organic-Inorganic Photovoltaic Cell Based on Doped Silicon Nanowires........................191
G. Goncher, L. Noice and R. Solanki
Molecular Building Blocks for Efficient Solid State Lighting................................................................................195
P.E. Burrows and L.S. Sapochak
Dynamics of Water in Nafion Fuel Cell Membranes: the Effects of......................................................................199
D. E. Moilanen, I.R. Piletic and M.D. Fayer
Determination of Pore Size Distribution of Nafion/Sulfated beta-Cyclodextrin...................................................203
J. -D. Jeon, B.H. Lee and S.-Y. Kwak
Hydroxyapatite-imidazole-polymer composite films as a proton conductor under no humidified condition....207
H. Tsutsumi and Y. Hisha
Block Copolymer Directed Nanocomposites for Fuel Cell Applications..............................................................211
T. Dermis, S. Mayavan, N.K. Dutta, N.R. Choudhury and S. Holdcroft
Microbial fuel cell........................................................................................................................................................215
M. Willert-Porada, K. Lorenz, R. Freitag, V. Jerome, S. Peiffer
Synthesis of visible light active nanocrystalline bismuth oxide based photocatalysts.........................................219
K. K. Akurati, A. Vital, F. Reifler, A. Ritter and T. Graule
Nanoparticle Processes & Applications
Nanoparticles Formed by Complexation of Poly-gamma-glutamic Acid with Lead Ions...................................223
M. Bodnar, A-L Kjoniksen, J.F. Hartmann, L. Daroczi, B. Nystrom and J. Borbely
Nano hetero nuclear fuel structure.............................................................................................................................227
L. Popa-Simil
Development of a novel material for reversible hydrogen storage.........................................................................231
E. Titus, M.C. Coelho, G. Cabral, J.C. Madaleno, T. Shokuhfar and J. Gracio
Active Coatings Technologies for Customized Military Coating Systems............................................................234
J.L. Zunino III
Design and Manufacturing Concepts of Nanoparticle-reinforced Aerospace Materials......................................238
M. V. Kireitseu, G.R. Tomlinson and V. Basenuk
Titanium Dioxide Nanostructured Coatings: Application in Photocatalysis and Sensors....................................242
J.A. Byrne, J.W.J. Hamilton, T.A. McMurray, P.S.M. Dunlop, V.J.A. Donaldson, J. Rankin,
G. Dale and D. A1 Rousan
CNT Composites for Aerospace Applications.........................................................................................................246
S. Bellucci, C. Balasubramanian, P. Borin, F. Micciulla and G. Rinaldi
Advancements in the Supercritical Water Hydrothermal Synthesis (scWHS) of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles ... 251
E. Lester, P. Blood, J. Li and M. Poliakoff
Monometallic nano-catalysts for the reduction of perchlorate in water.................................................................255
D.M. Wang, H.Y. Lin and C.P. Huang
Functionalized Nanoporous Ceramic Sorbents for Removal of Mercury and Other Contaminants....................259
S.V. Mattigod, G.E. Fryxell, R. Skaggs and K.E. Parker
Thermostability of Ti02 nanoparticle and its Photocatalytic Reactivity at Different Anatase/Rutile Ratio......262
Y-H Tseng, H-Y Lin, C-S Kuo, Y-Y Li and C-P Huang
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Destruction of Organophosphate Agents by Recyclable Catalytic Magnetic Nanoparticles...............................266
L. Bromberg and T.A. Hatton
Enhancement of Oxygen Transfer in Fermentation by Use of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles.............270
B. Olle, L. Bromberg, T.A. Hatton and D.I.C. Wang
Nanostructured perovskite-based oxidation catalysts for improved environmental emission control.................274
P. Seegopaul, M. Bassir, H. Alamdari and A. Van Neste
Nano-Engineering Of Magnetic Particles For Biocatalysis And Bioseparation...................................................278
C. H. Yu, C.C.H. Lo, C.M.Y. Yeung, K. Tam and S.C. Tsang
Gas Sensor Arrays by Supersonic Cluster Beam Deposition.................................................................................282
E. Barborini, M. Leccardi, G. Bertolini, O. Rorato, M. Franchi, D. Bandiera, M. Gatelli, K. Wegner,
A. Raso, A. Garibbo, C. Ducati, P. Piseri and P. Milani
Preparation and Characterization of Various Nanofluids.......................................................................................285
W.C. Williams, I.C. Bang, E. Forrest, L.W. Hu and J. Buongiomo
High performance iPP based nanocomposite for food packaging application......................................................289
M. Avella, M.E. Errico and G. Gentile
Enlarge the distance of water molecules to incise microorganism cell-the development and application of
nano-grade microorganism cell crushing machine.........................................................................................293
Y. Hongwen and G. Suge
Systematic Approach on Modeling and Identification for Nanobattery Prototyping...........................................297
P. Bhattacharya, Z. Ye, E. Walker, F. Lacy and M. Banerjee
Sensors
Biosensor for heavy metals using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorod/nanotube and metal-binding
peptides...............................................................................................................................................................301
W. Jia, E.T. Reitz and Y. Lei
Multiplexed immunoassays by flow cytometry for detection of Clenbuterol, Chloramphenicol and
sulfadimidine with high sensitivity and selectivity........................................................................................304
Y. Zhao, M. Zou, H. Gao, Q. Xue and P. Zhou
Chemical Nano-Sensor Development and Characterization...................................................................................308
A. J. Jin
Composite Carbon Nanostructures as Promising Carriers for Gaz Analysis........................................................312
L. Majoli, A. Evstratov, J.-M. Guillot, A. Rouviere and P. Baussand
Molecular Simulation Studies on Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride.......................................................................316
R. R. Kotdawala, N. Kazantzis and R.W. Thompson
Layer by Layer Fabrication of an Amperometric Nanocomposite Biosensor for Sulfite.....................................320
S. B. Adeloju and A. Ohanessian
Electrochemical ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ for Toxicity Detection in Water........................................................................322
R. Popovtzer, T. Neufeld, E.Z. Ron, J. Rishpon and Y. Shacham-Diamand
Investigating the Benefit-Cost of MEMS Application for Structural Health Monitoring of Transportation
Infrastructure.......................................................................................................................................................326
M. K. Jha and A.B. Davy
Wireless Micro and Nano Sensors for Physiological and Environmental Monitoring.........................................330
B. Kaminska
Electrospun Ti02 nanofibers for gas sensing applications......................................................................................334
I-D Kim, A. Rothschild, H.L. Tuller, D.Y. Kim and S.M. Jo
Index of Authors........................................................................................................................................................339
Index of Keywords.....................................................................................................................................................343
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