Zou J. – TechConnect Briefs

Functional Polylactide-based Systems for Delivery of Cancer Therapeutics

Cheng C., Sun H., Yu Y., Chen C-K, Cheng C., Zou J., University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, US

As an important class of biodegradable polymers, polylactides (PLAs) have been approved by FDA for clinical applications. However, conventional PLAs are lack of functionalities, and this significantly limits their applications. Therefore, in recent years we [...]

A Novel Integrated Optomechanical Transducer and Its Application in Atomic Force Microscopy

Zou J., Miao H., Michels T., Aksyuk V., National Institute of Standards and Technology, US

Cavity optomechanics studies the coupling of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom in an optical cavity. It has made great progress in recent years and enabled quantum-limited measurement of mechanical motion. One important application is [...]

Nonlinear Optical Property of Gold nanoparticles/Polymer Hybrid Materials

Dai Q., Zou J., Huo Q., Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, US

The ability to control the assembly of nanoparticle building blocks is very important in the development of new nanostructured materials and devices. It is well known that the properties of nanostructured materials are not only [...]

Direct Laser Writing of Microtunnels and Reservoirs on Nanocomposite Materials

Chen H., Liu X., Muthuraman H., Zou J., Wang J., Dai Q., Huo Q., University of Central Florida, US

Using the efficient photon—thermal energy conversion property of gold nanoparticles, a direct laser writing method has been developed for the fabrication of microstructures including microtunnels (see figure), holes, and reservoirs on nanoparticle/polymer composite thin films. [...]

Development of a MEMS Vertical Planar Coil Inductor

Chen J., Zou J., Liu C., Kang S-M, Agere Systems, US

This paper presents the results of the development of a vertical planar coil inductor. The planar coil inductor is first fabricated on silicon substrate and then assembled to the vertical position by using a novel [...]

Statistical Theory for Protein Combinatorial Libraries

Kono H., Zou J., Saven J.G., University of Pennsylvania, US

Combinatorial experiments provide new ways to probe the determinants of protein folding and to identify novel folding amino acid sequences. These types of experiments, however, are complicated by both enormous conformational complexity and by large [...]

Electromechanical and Microwave S-parameter Properties of a Wide Tuning Range MEMS Tunable Capacitor

Chen J., Zou J., Liu C., Kang S-M, University of Illinois, CN

We present the electromechanical and microwave properties of a novel micromachined parallel-plate tunable capacitor with a wide tuning range. Different from conventional two-parallel-plate tunable capacitors, this novel tunable capacitor consists of one suspended top plate [...]