Latest News
The latest news from the NCN.
Oct 6
nanoHUB.org on Buzz Out Loud - CNET Blogs
(Buzz Out Loud-CNET Blogs) We've used the open source VNC (virtual network computing) software to create a web site where nanotechnology researchers can access more than 150 live simulation tools via their web browser.
Sep 21
TeraGrid Receives $30M NSF Grant
(Semiconductor International) The TeraGrid is receiving an additional $30M National Science Foundation grant that will support continued operation of its system of interconnected supercomputers. The grid connects to Purdue University's nanoHUB.org, a web portal that serves as a resource for research, training and education in nanoelectronics and related fields.
Aug 31
Researchers model next-generation transistors on Kraken
(National Institute for Comutational Sciences, a UT/ORNL Partnership) Researchers from Purdue University are using Kraken, a Cray XT5 supercomputer located at the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to model nanotubes, nanoribbons, nanowires, and a special type of nanotransistor known as a band-to-band tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET).
Aug 17
New nanolaser key to future optical computers and technologies
(Purdue News Service) Researchers have created the tiniest laser since its invention nearly 50 years ago, paving the way for a host of innovations, including superfast computers that use light instead of electrons to process information, advanced sensors and imaging.
Jul 15
Semiconductor Research Corporation and National Science Foundation Fund Search for New Transistors
New Grants Seek to Power the Future of Global Electronics with Nanoelectronics.
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, today teamed with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce funding of $2 million in new supplemental grants for nanoelectronics research.
Jun 1
Metamaterial with hyperbolic dispersion is 51 µm thick
(Laser Focus World) Rather than trying to make a 3-D metamaterial using difficult and expensive nanolithographic techniques, researchers at Norfolk State University (Norfolk, VA) and Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) have been working on a much simpler approach that now has allowed them to create an optical metamaterial 51 µm thick.
Jul 22
Re-thinking electronics – from the bottom up
(Purdue News Service) A team of Purdue faculty and students is developing this new approach to provide a conceptual and computational framework for applications of nanoelectronics to tackle challenges in information processing and storage, energy, the environment and in technologies for health care.
Jul 1
Resonant tunneling diode simulation with NEGF
(Nanowerk News) Simulation of devices at atomistic scale is today very important as, in the last years, semiconductor devices dimensions are approaching typical lengths of a few nanometers.
Jun 17
Complete atom-by-atom transistor simulation run in 15 minutes
(Purdue News Service) A simulation of electrical current moving through a futuristic electronic transistor has been modeled atom-by-atom in less than 15 minutes by Purdue University researchers.
Jun 14
New version of free quantum effect simulator released
(Nanowerk News) A new version of 1dhetero, a simulator able to cope all relevant quantum effects in a heterostructures at atomistic level, has been released at nanoHUB.org.
May 10
New tool for the simulation of heterostructures at the atomic scale
(Nanowerk News)
Quantum mechanical effects are becoming increasingly important in realistic devices as their critical sizes reduce to a few nanometers. It has been recognized for several years now that the actually implemented (in commercial simulators) effective mass models are inadequate to capture crucial details in devices with material variations at atomic dimensions. That is why 1dhetero is definitely a valid alternative to those inadequate simulators.
Dec 23
Time on giant computer will allow Purdue researchers to advance high-impact studies
Purdue researchers will study the next generation of computer chips before they are even built using one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world.
Dec 17
Supriyo Datta to Receive 2008 IEEE Kirchmayer Award
The IEEE has named Supriyo Datta recipient of the 2008 IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
for his innovative approach to the complex concepts of nanoelectronics and non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics.
These ideas will be presented in the 2009 Summer School on Electronics from the Bottom Up.
Oct 20
E-Science: Massive Experiments, Global Networks
The world of e-science deals with enormous questions in a manner that cuts across disciplines. These questions are answered through grid computing, built from networks of interconnected computing centers around the world. nanoHUB.org is one of the leaders in interconnected e-science computing.
Jul 31
'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics a reality
Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including flexible displays and an electronic skin to cover an entire aircraft to monitor crack formation.
Jul 31
Purdue research team leads nanomaterials conference in India on energy transport, conversion.
A research team from Purdue University's Discovery Park will travel to India next month to lead a joint India-United States workshop on how advancements in nanotechnology are helping address growing energy needs.
Apr 25
CNI Podcast: nanoHUB.org: Future Cyberinfrastructure - An interview with George B. Adams III
This podcast features an interview with George B. Adams III, Associate Director for Programs, Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University. Our interview was recorded at the CNI 2008 Spring Task Force Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jan 30
2008 NCN@Purdue Summer School, Electronics from the Bottom Up
Electronics from the Bottom Up is an educational initiative designed to promote a new approach to electronic devices, that is very different from the standard approach of extrapolating the traditional concepts of microelectronics onto the nanoscale. Instead we start with concepts that are sound at the nanoscale and build them up to connect with the familiar concepts of microelectronics at the micro/macro scales. We believe that this bottom-up viewpoint will provide engineers with a unique perspective that will make them more effective in exploiting the exciting possibilities afforded by nanoelectronics.
Jan 14
Sensor design gets systematic
Sensor manufacturers have continued to improve the sensitivity of their designs through engineering innovations derived from trial-and-error experimentation. Electrical engineers have been guided by "black art" principles, which sensor-gurus claim in abundance. Unfortunately, no overarching framework has been available that incorporates these principles into a methodology for new sensor designs.
Jan 14
Model is first to compare performance of 'biosensors'
Researchers have developed a new modeling technique to study and design miniature "biosensors," a tool that could help industry perfect lab-on-a-chip technology for uses ranging from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.
Nov 19
Purdue's Network for Computational Nanotechnology, nanosicence publisher sign partnership
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue University and nanotechnology textbook and materials publisher Taylor & Francis Group LLC will partner to develop a set of new online content and collaboration offerings to aid the global nanoscience research community.
Sep 27
Nanotechnology 'Backbone of Development' Expands with Grant
The scientist regarded by his peers as the architect of the National Nanotechnology Initiative calls it "the front of the wave of scientific discovery" for nanotechnology.
Sep 20
Purdue-led network awarded $18.25 million NSF grant
Purdue University's Network for Computational Nanotechnology has received a five-year, $18.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative with expanded capabilities and services for computer simulations, NSF and Purdue officials announced Thursday (Sept. 20).
Aug 30
Social Site of the Very Small Makes it Very Big
You may be busy with Digg and Facebook. You may even be using them as learning tools. But scientists who focus on the tiniest parts of the universe have their own big Web 2.0 hit, called nanoHUB.
Aug 28
Going beyond the traditional band and teen-centric focus of social networking sites, NanoHUB, created by Purdue University researchers and scientists studying nanotechnology, is an informative and well-designed site that's free to join for scientists, educators, and students alike.
Aug 22
Scientists create their own Web 2.0 network with nanoUB
Teenagers may not have heard about it, but there's a Web 2.0 site that's a hit with scientists and engineers.
Aug 9
nanoHUB - An Authentic Learning Case Study
nanoHUB is an online portal for nanotechnology researchers, instructors, and students created by Purdue University and the National Science Foundation. It uses cyberinfrastructure to provide access to scientific tools for research, demonstration, and collaboration, as well as instructional materials. Users can run experiments, review research, or download lectures. nanoHUB is a virtual toolkit as well as a community where students and faculty contribute to the science of nanotechnology.
Jul 17
Image of the week: Close the cellular gates
How does a cell in osmotic shock protect itself from bursting?
Studies suggest large membrane proteins may act as safety valves, shutting the gateways to the cell.
Jul 17
New tool helps scientists understand biological systems
A new computational tool in nanotechnology research has been developed at the University of Illinois for simulating ion transfers in artificial membranes, decreasing time requirements for certain computations from years, in some cases, to days.
Apr 27
2007 Nano-Bio Workshop with nanoHUB Summer School and User Forum
This summer, on the campus of the University of Illinois, the NCDBN and NCN@UIUC will hold a scientific meeting on "Experimental and Computational Approaches to Understanding Membrane Assemblies and Permeation," a nanoHUB user forum, and a summer school on "Multiscale Theory, Simulation, and Reality at the Nano-Bio Interface" and the nanoHUB. Together, these will create a two-week community for learning, sharing, and doing multiscale simulation with emphasis on applications in biology.
Application and more information at www.uiuc.edu/goto/nanobio
Feb 28
nanoHUB.org offers free online simulation tools and educational material for teaching and research in nanotechnology.
Feb 26
Discovery Park's naonHUB site draws record simulation traffic, advances nanotech research
The Network for Computational Nanotechnology at Purdue's Discovery Park is adding Internet-based simulation tools and luring record numbers of users to its free nanoHUB research Web site, according to Purdue officials.
Aug 28
'Nanocantilevers' yield suprises critical for designing new detectors
Researchers at Purdue University have made a discovery about the behavior of tiny structures called nanocantilevers that could be crucial in designing a new class of ultra-small sensors for detecting viruses, bacteria and other pathogens.
Aug 16
Norfolk received $2.8 Million from NSF
NCN PI Mikhail Noginov from Norfolk State University is directing a new prjoect partnered with the Cornell University MRSEC and has received $2.8 million from NSF.
Apr 25
New Middleware Capabilities
Over the last year and a half the middleware supporting the nanoHUB has evolved tremendously and many new capabilities are now available.
Mar 23
A new look
The NCN site has undergone a redesign! With greater focus on web standards, accessibility, and usability, we feel the new NCN site will be able to greater serve your needs.