Abstracts

Materials	Nanotechnology
Biotechnology	Microsystems

Materials

Synthesis and Characterization of Non-Noble Metal Nanocatalysts for Hydrogen Production, K. Shetty

Potential for Developing Smart Materials Using Tribolumininescence, W. Hollerman

Microscale Buried Patterns in Silicon using MeV Ions, G. Glass

Ultrafine-Grained Aluminum by Cryogenic Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment, K. Wang

Elucidation of Mechanism for Response of Stimuli-Responsive, Water-Soluble Polymers by Light Scattering, G. Bantchev

Development of Conductive Polymer Nano-Composite (carbon black/SU-8) Micromachining by X-ray Lithography, F. Dawan

Alternatives for Detection of Cs+ by using Calix[4]arene-Crown-6, G. Suravajhula

Modeling Novel Catalysts for Fuel Cell Devices, N. Idupulapati

Carrier Mobility of Conductive Polymer Studied by Hall-Effect Measurement, N. Goel

Development of Thick Electrodepositied NiFe MEMS Structures with Uniform Composition, V. Singh

Low Temperature Magnetic Studies of FePt Nanoparticles Using SQUID, N. Seetala

Nanotechnology

New Ventures’ Technology Commercialization: From Research Through Business Education and Development to Industry Product, J. Pratt

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Layer-by-Layer Assembly Process, B. Kolan

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Investigating Structural Evolution in Complex Metal Hydrides: Ti-K-edge Spectra for Various Milling Times, T. Dobbins

Modeling Nanoparticle Doped Radiation Detectors Using Monte Carlo Simulations, C. Whitney

Layer-by-Layer Nanocoating for Stronger Paper with Better Recycling, Z. Lu

From Conductive Wood Fibers to Conductive Paper-Layer-by-Layer Nanoassembly, M. Agarwal

Nanoparticle Scintillators for Gamma, X-Ray, and Neutron Detection, S. Pellegrin

NEXAFS Probing of Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Films, R. Dhullipudi

Aqueous Suspension of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT’s) Using Polystyrene Sulfonate Surfactant, R. Chevious

Integration of Sel-Assembled Gold Nanoparticles in Organic Thin-Film Transistor for Non-Volatile Memory Devices, Z. Liu

Fabrication of Nanocomposite Micropatterns of Polymers and Colloids Using L-LbL (Lithography-Layer-by-Layer) Technique, J. Mohammed

Nanostructures for Microscale Fuel Cells. S. Gold

Proton Diffusion through Porous Materials, Molecular Simulation Approach, B. Kolan

Biotechnology

Biokinetic Energy Scavenging Through Human Ambulation, M. Velamuri

Cytotoxicity Studies of Covalent and Noncovalent Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), J. Che

Functionality and Viability of Rat Hepatocytes Cultured on 2D and 3D Self Assembled Monolayer (SAM) Modified Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Substrates, R. Aithal

Investigating the Correlation between Membrane Mechanics and Morphology of Adhered Cells on Polymeric Surfaces, P. Sit

Superparamagnetic Particle Embedded Microprobe (SPEM) for GMR Sensor Calibration, M. Zhang

Growth and Behavior of Chondrocytes on Nanoengineered Surfaces, J. Shaik

Assessing Cell and Protein Interactions on Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) for the Development of Cellular Biosensors and Artificial Biomaterials, J. Howard

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Cell Culture Studies on Porous Silicon Substrates, P. Sukul

Drug Layer-by-Layer Nanoencapsulation and Controlled Release, M. Prouty

A New Simulation Framework for the Modeling of Signal Transduction Pathways:  P Systems, S Cheruku

Incremental Construction of DFCA, A Paun

Microsystems

Space Charge Limited Current Simulation of I-V Characteristics of poly[9,9-di-(2'-ethylhexyl)fluorenyl-2,7-diyl]-based Light Emitting Diode, Q. Zhang

Single Step Fabrication of an Integrated Polymeric Waveguide, S. Gurung

Development of a micro gas chromatography column in SU-8, S. Mammitzsch

Neutron Gun Up My Ride, K. Thornhill

On-Chip Magnetic Microdevices for "Louisiana" Applications, K. Varahramyan

Emerging Technologies for Inspecting Underground Infrastructure, A. Dettmer

Low Cost Passive Chipless UHF RFID Tags and RFID Based Sensors, A. Chamarti

Low Frequency MEMS Vibrational Energy Scavenging, R. Mukherjee

Fabrication and Characterization of the Innovative Microcoil Sensors, Y. Lu

NEXAFS Study of a Gentle HNO3 and HCI Acid Treatment for Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, P. Hummel

Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide Using Ultra-Sensitive Microcantilevers, K. Hill

Microreactor Based on Enzyme Immobilized Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Nanopillars: Enabling Peptide Mass Mapping Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry, G. Chen

Microcastings and Paricle Accelerator Target Fabricated with an Exothermic Nanoparticle Casting Process, H. Berry

Rechargeable Microbatteries and Chemical Microreactors Fabricated with an Exothermic Nanoparticle Casting Process, T. Nguyen

Development of a Polymer Quantum Well Transistor Technology Platform, J. Liu

A Dusty Microplasma Spectroscopic Microdevice for On-Site Water Chemistry Analysis, J. Sweeney

Development of Modular, Vertically Stacked Microfluidic Systems, J Hammacher

Wavelength-Selective Photodetection via Polymer Waveguiding, J. Cannon

Nano-Catalyst Screening for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis using an Array of Microreactors, S. Mehta

Large Area Multi Level Polymeric Microfluidic Platform for Microchip Electrophoresis Fabricated by Use of the LIGA Process, P. Khanal

Integrated Vertical FET and Humidity Sensor using Inkjet Printed Polymer Micro-Rings, R. Khillan

Development of Novel Portable Explosive Detection Systems, A. Moustapha

Development of Wireless Sensor Node with MOS Chemical Sensor Array, D. Tavanti

Process Details for a Showerhead PECVD for Thin Films, T. Xin

A Uniform Approach for Packaging Conducting Polymer Microsystems Using Su-8/PDMS Composite Membranes, X. Liu

From Rapid Prototyping to Small Scale Production of Polymer Microchips via Hot Embossing Relative Displacement, P. Datta

A Novel Micromixer for Fast Synthesis of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, S. Zhao

Updated MEMS/LIGA Services at CAMD, Y. Desta

A New Molding Process to Fabricate Silicon Reinforced PDMS Masters, C. Luo

Organic Field Effect Transistors Made from Light Emitting Polymer, F. Xue

Improved Polymer Photodiode Performance by Integrated Thin-film Encapsulation, B. Raut

XRG-Tunable X-Ray Source Fabricated with an Exothermic Micro Casting Process, R. Kumar

New techniques in fabrication of SU-8 3D microstructures and movable parts developed at CAMD, Z. Ling