ZYVEX ARTICLES and PRESENTATIONS


Robert A. Freitas Jr., "The future of nanofabrication and molecular scale devices in nanomedicine," Studies in Health Technol. Informatics 80(2002):45-59.

Erik Nilsen, Trent Huang, Matt Ellis, Chuck Goldsmith, and George Skidmore, "Assembled Micro-Electrical Interconnects." TexMEMS IV, Lubbock, Texas, July 11, 2002.

Christof Baur and Richard Stallcup, "Bottom-Up Nanotechnology." UTD Seminar, Dallas, June 6, 2002.

Aaron A. Geisberger, "Toward Micro System Assembly."NanoSpace 2002, Houston, Texas, June 24, 2002.

Matthew Ellis, "Microassembly with Silicon Microfabricated Components." IMAPS/ SMTA Conference on Telecom Hardware Solutions & Exhibition, Plano, TX May 16th, 2002.

R. Gupta and W.A. Weimer, "Tunability of Silver and Gold Substrates for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy."Laser Applications for Chemical and Environmental Analysis, Boulder, CO, February 7, 2002.

Min-Feng Yu, Gregory J. Wagner, Rodney S. Ruoff, and Mark J. Dyer. "Nanowire nonlinear mechanical system: techniques and experiment." APS Meeting on March 20, 2002 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jian Chen and Wayne A. Weimer, "Room-Temperature Assembly of Directional Carbon Nanotube Strings." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124(5), 2002, 758-759.

Mathew D. Halls and H. Bernhard Schlegel, "Chemistry Inside Carbon Nanotubes: the Menshutkin SN2 Reaction." J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 1921-1925 © 2002 American Chemical Society.

David Beck, Matthias Batzill, Christof Baur, Jooho Kim, and Bruce E. Koel, "Ultrahigh vacuum instrument that combines variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy with Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy for studies of chemical reactions at surfaces." Review of Scientific Instruments Volume 73, Number 3 March 2002.


Carolyn Jones Otten, Oleg R. Lourie, Min-Feng Yu, John M. Cowley, Mark J. Dyer, Rodney S. Ruoff, and William E. Buhro, "Crystalline Boron Nanowires." Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124(17), 4564-4565.

Jian Chen, Haiying Liu, Wayne A. Weimer, Mathew D. Halls, David H. Waldeck, and
Gilbert C. Walker, "Noncovalent Engineering of Carbon Nanotube Surfaces by Rigid, Functional
Conjugated Polymers." Journal of the American Chemical Society 2002, 124, 9034-9035.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "The Vasculoid Personal Appliance." Foresight Update No. 48, 31 March 2002, pp. 10-12
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A. Geisberger, N. Sarkar, K. Tuck, C. Nistorica, K. Tsui, M. Ellis, and G. Skidmore, "Electrothermal Actuator Modeling and Experimental Validation." TexMEMS IV, Lubbock, Texas, July 11, 2002.

Andrew A. Marino, R. Michael Wolcott, Robert Chervenak, Frances Jourd'heuil, Erik Nilsen, and Clifton Frilot II, "Nonlinear response of the immune system to power-frequency magnetic fields." Am. J. Physiol. Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 279: R761-R768, 2001.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "Some Limits to Global Ecophagy by Biovorous Nanoreplicators, with Public Policy Recommendations," April 2000.

Neil Sarkar, Aaron Geisberger, Rafaat Mansour, Sujeet Chaudhuri, Matthew Ellis, and George Skidmore, "Actuator Design for Variable Capacitors and Optical MEMS." Canadian Workshop on MEMS, 2001.

Eric Parker, Tushar Udeshi, and Ken Kozman. "Zyric, An Open-Source Nanotechnology Software Framework." Ninth Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology, Santa Clara, CA, November 9-11, 2001

Eric Parker, "Software Issues for Nanotechnology." ICCAD 2001, San Jose, California, November 4-8, 2001.

Neil Sarkar, Andre Mercanzini, Aaron Geisberger, George D. Skidmore, and Matthew Ellis, "Actuation and Methodologies for Assembled Microsystems." TexMEMS3 Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 7, 2001.

John N. Randall, George D. Skidmore, and Gayla Von Ehr, "Design Rule Checking and Pattern Processing for Advanced MEMS Design." TexMEMS3 Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 7, 2001.

Matthew Ellis, George D. Skidmore, and Neil Sarkar, "Finite Element Analysis and Vacuum Testing of Thermal Bimorph Actuators." TexMEMS3 Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 7, 2001.

George D. Skidmore, "Exponential Assembly Using Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems." NIST ATP National Meeting, June 3-5, 2001, Baltimore, Maryland.

George D. Skidmore, Eric Parker, Mathew Ellis, Neil Sarkar, and Ralph Merkle, "Exponential Assembly." Eighth Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology, Bethesda, Maryland, Nov. 3-5, 2000.

George Skidmore, "Micro-scale Assembly for Top-down Nanotechnology." MHS 2000, October 22-25, 2000. Nagoya, Japan.

Min-Feng Yu, Mark J. Dyer, Jian Chen, and Ken Bray. "Multiprobe Nanomanipulation and Functional Assembly of Nanomaterials Inside a Scanning Electron Microscope." Invited, IEEE-NANO2001, Maui, Oct. 28-30 (2001).

W.A. Weimer and M.J. Dyer, "Tunable SERS Substrates." Invited, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Detroit, Michigan, 10/9/01.

George D. Skidmore, Eric Parker, Mathew Ellis, Neil Sarkar, and Ralph Merkle, "Exponential Assembly." Nanotechnology Vol. 12 (2001) pp. 316-321.

George D. Skidmore, Mathew Ellis, Eric Parker, Neil Sarkar, and Ralph Merkle, "Micro-Assembly for Top-Down Nanotechnology." Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science. ISBN: 0-7803-6498-8.

Min-Feng Yu, Mark J. Dyer and Rodney S. Ruoff, "Structure and mechanical flexibility of carbon nanotube ribbons: an atomic force microscopy study." J. Appl. Phys. (2001), 89, 4554.

Jian Chen, Mark J. Dyer, Min-Feng Yu, "Cyclodextrin-Mediated Soft Cutting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2001), 123(25), 6201-6202.

Min-Feng Yu, Mark J. Dyer, Jian Chen, Dong Qian, Wing Kam Liu, and Rodney S. Ruoff, " Locked twist in multiwalled carbon nanotube ribbons." Physical Review B, Vol. 64 (2001) 116-119. Copyright 2001 The American Physical Society.

Min-Feng Yu, Oleg Lourie, Mark J. Dyer, Katerina Moloni, Thomas F. Kelly, and Rodney S. Ruoff, "Strength and breaking mechanism of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under tensile load." Science 287, 637 (2000).

George D. Skidmore, Matthew Ellis, and Jim Von Ehr, "Free Space Construction with Carbon Nanotubes." Science and Application of Nanotubes pp.365-377, edited by Tomanek and Enbody, Kluwer Academic Press 2000.

MinFeng Yu, Mark J Dyer, George D Skidmore, Henry W Rohrs, XueKun Lu, Kevin D Ausman, James R Von Ehr and Rodney S Ruoff, "Three-Dimensional Manipulation of Carbon Nanotubes Under a Scanning Electron Microscope." Nanotechnology 10(3), Sept.1999 pp.244-252.

Wayne A. Weimer and Mark J. Dyer, "Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance Silver Films." Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3164 (2001).

Ralph C. Merkle, "Molecular Building Blocks and Development Strategies for Molecular Nanotechnology." Seventh Foresight Conference on Nanotechnology. Nanotechnology 11(2), 315-322. Copyright 1999 IOP Publishing Limited.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "Say Ah!"Reprinted with permission from The Sciences 40, 26-31. Copyright 2000 New York Academy of Sciences.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "Respirocytes." Reprinted with permission from Nanotechnologies Industries Newsletter II, pg. 2-11. Copyright 2000 Nanotechnology Industries.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 18: Nanomedicine. Clottocytes: Artificial Mechanical Platelets." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 20: Nanomedicine. Will Serum Proteins Stick to Nanorobot Surfaces?" Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 22: Nanomedicine. Nanopyrexia." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 25: Nanomedicine. Microbivores: Artificial Mechanical Phagocytes." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 28: Nanomedicine. How Nanorobots Can Avoid Phagocytosis by White Cells, Part I." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 28: Nanomedicine. How Nanorobots Can Avoid Phagocytosis by White Cells, Part II." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "IMM Report Number 29: Nanomedicine. Volumetric Cellular Intrusiveness of Medical Nanorobots." Copyright 2001 Robert A. Freitas Jr. Reprinted with permission.

Robert A. Freitas Jr., "Nanodentistry." Journal of the American Dental Association 131, 1559-1566. Copyright 2000 American Dental Association. Reprinted with permission of ADA Publishing, a division of ADA Business Enterprises, Inc.

Rocky Angelucci, "A Beginner's Guide to Nanotechnology." Dallas Business Journal, September 10, 2001.

Rocky Angelucci, "Science Fact or Science Fiction." Dallas Business Journal, September 10, 2001.

Ralph C. Merkle, "Nanotechnology is Coming." Published on internet, German translation published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Mathew D. Halls and H. Bernhard Schlegel, " Ab Initio Study of Chemistry Inside Carbon Nanotubes: Enhancement of the Menshutkin SN2 Reaction." Foresight 2001 poster.

John M. Michelsen, Mark J. Dyer, and Jim Von Ehr, "Assembler Construction by Proximal Probe." Presented at the Fifth Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology in 1997.

 

Last update: January 2, 2003