The recent ability to manipulate and visualize single atoms at atomic level has given rise to modern bottom-up nanotechnology. Similar exquisite degree of control at the individual polymeric chain level for producing functional soft nanoentities is expected to become a reality in the next few years through the full development of so-called "single chain technology". Ultra-small unimolecular sof...

We report an ultra-sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based detection system for 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) using nano-dumbbell structures formed by the electrostatic interaction between positively and negatively charged gold nanoparticles. First, Meisenheimer complexes were produced between TNT and l-cysteine on gold substrates, and 4-mercaptopyridine (4-MPY) labeled gold nano...

nanotechnology is a favorite research area that revolutionized mechanical and chemical properties of materials. recently, focusing on concrete as a porous material with micro-scale and nano-scale pores enthusiastic researchers developed their investigations to find out microstructure and mechanical properties of concrete. the aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of nano-silica as an a...

A new proposal is given to design a spin half-adder in nano-junction. It well known that at finite voltage net circulating current (known as circular current) appears within mesoscopic ring under asymmetric ring-to-electrode interface configuration. This induces magnetic field the center of ring. We utilize this phenomenon construct half adder. The induced used regulate alignments local free sp...

Abstract In the present work, nano-Aluminum oxide (Al2O3), nano-Silicon Carbide (SiC), or a hybrid of them were infused into epoxy resin with an ultrasonic system various weight percentage ratios nanoparticles. Small punch testing (SPT) and indirect tension adopted to measure tensile properties nanocomposites. Pin-on-ring wear was also performed examine performance Al2O3 SiC The Finite Element ...

In this paper, we report our experimental study on directly coupling a micro/nano fiber (MNOF) ring with a side-polished fiber(SPF). As a result of the study, the behavior of an add-drop filter was observed. The demonstrated add-drop filter explored the wavelength dependence of light coupling between a MNOF ring and a SPF. The characteristics of the filter and its performance dependence on the ...

A dual-disk ring (DDR) structure with broken symmetry and weakly dissipating material, silver, is proposed to achieve Fano resonance in visible wavelength range. Symmetry breaking of a metallic ring is realized by placing two disks inside the ring. The excitation of the Fano resonance is interpreted in terms of coupling of the ring and the dual-disk plasmonic modes. The potential of using an ar...

We present the design, fabrication and characterization of athermal nano-photonic silicon ring modulators. The athermalization method employs compensation of the silicon core thermo-optic contribution with that from the amorphous titanium dioxide (a-TiO(2)) overcladding with a negative thermo-optic coefficient. We developed a new CMOS-compatible fabrication process involving low temperature RF ...