University of Tennessee – TechConnect Briefs

Microfluidic platform for studies of self-organizing processes in a bacterial cell

Yang D., Jennings A., Männik J., University of Tennessee, US

Cells maintain their structure and reproduce through numerous self-organizing processes. The common approach to understand how cellular organization is maintained is to perturb this organization and then observe a response from the cell. Essentially all [...]

Engineering nanoinks and photonic manufacturing for printable electronics

Hu A., University of Tennessee, US

We have developed various nanoinks, including silver nanowires, silver nanoplates, Cu-Ag core-shell nanoparticles, graphene oxide and graphene. Gram level nanoplates are successfully synthesized through a polymer controlled hydrothermal growth. Core-shell structures are synthesized through a [...]

Phage reporter biosensing of pathogenic agents

Ripp S., University of Tennessee, US

Considered the most abundant organism on Earth, at a population approaching 1031, bacteriophage mediate interactions with myriad bacterial hosts that has for decades been exploited in phage typing schemes for signature identification of clinical, foodborne, [...]

Low Voltage Electron Beam Lithography in PMMA

Bolorizadeh M., Joy D.C., University of Tennessee, US

To examine the practical limits and problems of low voltage operation, we have studied electron beam lithography (EBL) in the low (few keV) to ultra-low (E < 100eV) energy range, employing commonly used resists such [...]