Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory
Our research focuses on three important areas of nanoscale chemistry:
• The design and synthesis of novel nanomaterials by abstracting the efficient designs from nature
• The study of biological macromolecules at the nanoscale using methods of nanotechnology
• The development of new analytical devices via biomimetical approach with nanomaterials
Our research commitments are to advance the fundamental understanding of the self-assembly processes in nature and to exploit these processes to design and synthesize hierarchical nanostructures with novel physical and chemical properties. Our highly interdisciplinary research is supported by the excellent facilities and collaborative environment of the University of Nebraska system.
Professor Barry Chin Li Cheung, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. E-mail: ccheung2@unl.edu
2008
6:1 aspect ratio silicon pillar based thermal neutron detector filled with 10B, R. J. Nikolic, A. M. Conway, C. E. Reinhart, R. T. Graff, T. F. Wang, N. Deo, and Barry Chin Li Cheung
2007
Searching for Smart Durable Coatings to Promote Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Growth While Preventing Biofilm Formation, Fereydoon Namavar, John D. Jackson, J. Graham Sharp, Ethan E. Mann, Kenneth E. Bayles, Chin Li Cheung, Connie A. Feschuk, Shailaja Varma, Hani Haider, and Kevin L. Garvin
Thermal stability of nanostructurally stabilized zirconium oxide, Fereydoon Namavar, Gonghua Wang, Chin Li Cheung, Renat F. Sabirianov, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Wai Ning Mei, Jaeil Bai, Joseph R. Brewer, Hani Haider, and Kevin L. Garvin
Fabrication of Pillar-Structured Thermal Neutron Detectors, Rebecca J. Nikolić, Adam M. Conway, Catherine E. Reinhardt, Robert T. Graff, Tzu Fang Wang, Nirmalendu Deo, and Chin Li Cheung
2006
Fabrication of nanopillars by nanosphere lithography, Chin Li Cheung, R. J. Nikolic, C. E. Reinhardt, and T. F. Wang
Future of Semiconductor Based Thermal Neutron Detectors, R. J. Nikolić, Chin Li Cheung, C. E. Reinhardt, and T. F. Wang
2005
Atomic force microscopy investigation of virus aggregation and assembly at chemical templates formed by scanned probe nanolithography, Chin Li Cheung, S. -W. Chung, J. J. De Yoreo, A. Chatterji, T. Lin, and J. E. Johnson
Roadmap for High Efficiency Solid-State Neutron Detectors, R. J. Nikolic, Chin Li Cheung, C. E. Reinhardt, and T. F. Wang
2004
The creation of organic and biological nanostructures at surfaces using scanning probe nanolithography, B. L. Weeks, Chin Li Cheung, and J. J. De Yoreo
2002
Direct haplotyping of kilobase-size DNA using carbon nanotube probes, Adam T. Woolley, Chantal Guillemette, Chin Li Cheung, David E. Housman, and Charles M. Lieber
2001
Structural and functional imaging with carbon nanotube AFM probes, J. H. Hafner, Chin Li Cheung, A. T. Woolley, and C. M. Lieber
Energy Gaps in “Metallic” Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Min Ouyang, Jin-Lin Huang, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles Lieber
Atomically Resolved Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Intramolecular Junctions, Min Ouyang, Jin-Lin Huang, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber
Direct Imaging of Human SWI/SNF-Remodeled Mono- and Polynucleosomes by Atomic Force Microscopy Employing Carbon Nanotube Tips, Gavin R. Schnitzler, Chin Li Cheung, Jason H. Hafner, Andrew J. Saurin, Robert E. Kingston, and Charles M. Lieber
2000
Carbon nanotube atomic force microscopy tips: Direct growth by chemical vapor deposition and application to high-resolution imaging, Chin Li Cheung, Jason H. Hafner, and Charles M. Lieber
Growth and fabrication with single-walled carbon nanotube probe microscopy tips, Chin Li Cheung, Jason H. Hafner, Teri W. Odom, Kyoungha Kim, and Charles M. Lieber
Magnetic Clusters on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: The Kondo Effect in a One-Dimensional Host, Teri W. Odom, Jin-Lin Huang, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber
Carbon Nanotube-Based Nonvolatile Random Access Memory for Molecular Computing, Thomas Rueckes, Kyoungha Kim, Ernesto Joselevich, Greg Y. Tseng, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber
Structural biology with carbon nanotube AFM probes, Adam T. Woolley, Chin Li Cheung, Jason H. Hafner, and Charles M. Lieber
1999
Growth of nanotubes for probe microscopy tips, Jason H. Hafner, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber
1998
Covalently Functionalized Nanotubes as Nanometer-Sized Probes in Chemistry and Biology, Stanislaus S. Wong, Ernesto Joselevich, Adam T. Woolley, Chin Li Cheung, and Charles M. Lieber