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                                              |  | Nanoscale Energy Transport
 Investisgating how thermal and electrical transport is affected by nanoscale dimensions in materials (e.g. nanowires, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Nanotechnology Educ.
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                                              |  | Biomaterials with Defined Nanoscale Properties to Control Cell Behavior  
 Developing novel biomaterial systems that can present structural and biologically active signals to cells on the ... More 
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                                              |  | Polymer Nanolayers and Microlayers by Forced-Assembly 
Layer-multiplying coextrusion uses forced assembly to create thousands of alternating layers of two polymers. The thickness ... More 
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                                              |  | • Characterization• Photonics
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                                                    | Eric Baer   Leonard Case Professor 
                                                          Macromolecular Science and Engineering
 | Phone: (216) 368-4203Fax: (216) 368-6329
 Email: exb6@case.edu
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                                              |  | Intraoperative Molecular Engineering  Inventigating real time administration and activation of GBM specific NIRf probes to identify invasive cancer cells during brain surgery... More 
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                                              |  | Nanoscale Orthopedic Biomaterials  Fabricating nanophase collagen/mineral materials intended to mimic bone structure at the submicron scale. These materials are designed to interact ... More 
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                                              |  | . Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine
 • Characterization
 • Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | DNA nanoparticles for gene therapy   Developing DNA nanoparticles for gene therapy. Primary target is the lung in cystic fibrosis with delivery of the CF gene, but secondary targets include ... More 
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                                                    | Pamela B. Davis  Research ProfessorPediatrics, Medicine,
 Physiology & Biophysics, and
 Molecular Biology & Microbiology
 | Phone: (216) 368-4370Fax: (216) 368-4223
 Email: pamela.davis@case.edu
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                                              |  | Cell Fission in Bacteria   Identify and study the proteins that make up and regulate the cell division apparatus in bacteria... More 
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                                              |  | Nanostructured oxide thin films and mesoporous materials  Synthesis of oxide films (SnO2, TiO2, ZrO2, CeO2,In2O3) and mesoporous powders (V2O5-TiO2) from aqueous media ... More 
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                                              |  | • Nanomaterials •  Medicine
 • Catalysis
 • Environment
 • Energy
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                                                    | Mark DeGuire   Associate Professor Materials Science and Engineering
 |  Phone: (216) 368-4203Fax: (216) 368-6329
 Email: exb6@case.edu
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                                              |  | DNA nanoparticles for gene therapy   Investigation of new MR methods and technologies to permit MR image guided assessment and treatment of cardio- and cerebrovascular disease ... More 
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                                              |  | • Micro/Nano-fabrication• Medicine
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                                              |  | Nanoscale Orthopedic Biomaterials  Fabricating nanophase collagen/mineral materials intended to mimic bone structure at the submicron scale. These materials are designed to   ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine
 • Characterization
 • Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Structure, Defects, & Composition of Nanoparticles   Experimental determination of nanoparticle structures down to the atomistic length scale, characterization of structural ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Catalysis
 • Characterization
 • Energy
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                                              |  | Development of Injectable, Ultra-sound Modulated Drug Depot   Solvent-based local drug chemotherapy system is injected into tissue and creates a storage depot for drug-loaded, tumor-targeted nanoparticles...More 
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                                              |  | .  Nanomaterials• Electronics and Communication
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                                              |  | Manipulation of Nanoparticle using Acoustics  Investigates the use of resonant ultrasonic fields to position nanoparticles within liquids. This approach enables advanced materials fabrications, such as the formation ... More 
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                                              |  | . Fundamental Nanoscience. Computation and Simulation
 . Characterization
 . Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Targeted Nanoparticles for Molecular Imaging of Cancer   Developing novel semiconductor nanocrystal probes as a platform technology for molecular   ... More 
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                                              |  | .  Nanomaterials•  Medicine
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                                              |  | Paraequilibrium Carburization of Stainless Steels Low temperature paraequilibrium carburization is being used to surface harden a variety of stainless steels. Hardened cases, 25-20 µm deep ... More 
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                                              |  | • Characterization• Environment
 • Energy
 • Structural Applications
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                                                    | Arthur Heuer  University Professor Materials Science and Engineering
 | Phone: (216) 368-3868Fax: (216) 368-8932
 Email: heuer@case.edu
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                                              |  | Polymer Nanodroplets   Dispersions of polymer nanodroplets created by interfacially-driven nanolayer breakup are used to study homogeneous nucleation and    ... More  | FIELDS |  
                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Micro/Nanofabrication
 • Characterization
 • Nanomaterials
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                                                    | Anne Hiltner Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering
 Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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                                                      (216) 368-4186Fax: (216) 368-6329
 Email: ahiltner@case.edu
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                                              |  | Rheology of metallosupramolecular polymers  Investigating the sol-gel behavior of polymeric structures derived via self-assembly of ditopic ligands using ... More 
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                                              |  | . Nanomaterials . Photonics
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                                              |  | RNA Protein Assemblies  Understand the principles that underlie the design and function of complexes that contain RNA and proteins. Specific focus: function of RNA helicases  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience•  Medicine
 •  Characterization
 •  Photonics
 •  Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Nano-microscale Fluid Dynamics in Biological Systems  Biological tissues have the capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions throughout life. Pericellular fluid  ... More  | FIELDS |  
                                              | • Micro/Nanofabrication• Medicine
 • NEMS/MEMS
 • Photonics
 • Computation and Simulation
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                                                    | Melissa Knothe Tate Assistant Professor Biochemistry Center for RNA Molecular Biology
 Biomedical Engineering]
 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
 | Phone: (216) 368-5884Fax: (216) 368-4979
 Email: knothetate@case.edu
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                                              |  | Cancer Nanomedicine  Investigating nanocarriers for cancer-targeted delivery of chemotheray agents; Controlled and localized release of co-delivered chemotherapy agents ... More 
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                                              | • Characterization• Medicine
 • Micro/Nano-fabrication
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                                              |  | Effects of Nanoscale Structure on Atomic Scale Structure and Properties  Molecular dynamics simulations are used to show that nanoscale structure can alter the nature of the atomic-level bonding ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Spintronics   Spintronics is spin-dependent electronics. Electronic structure calculations are used to study atomic scale spin-dependent phenomena and materials ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Electronics and Communications
 • Computation and Simulation
 • Photonics
 • Nanomaterials
 • Energy
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                                              |  | Nanoscale imaging of plasma membrane lipid rafts  This project creates a new interdisciplinary collaboration among scientists in immunology, physics in the field of biophotonics, chemistry  ... More 
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                                              | • Structural Applications • Medicine
 
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                                                |  | (1) Fabrication of micro and nano devices, focusing on chemical and biological sensors and energy storage systems (2) Development of nano-scale electrochemical instrumets including potentiostat and rotating ring-disl electrodes using electron beam lithographic techniques,
                                                  
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                                                | • NEMS/MEMS
                                                  • Environment• Computation and Simulation
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                                                  • Sensors
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                                                  • Energy • Medicine
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                                                      | Chung-Chiun Liu  Wallace R. Persons Professor of 
                                                            Sensor Technology and Control Director, Electronics Design Center
 | Phone: (216) 368-2935Fax: (216) 368-8738
 Email: CXL9@case.edu
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                                              |  | Dispersion of nanometer-scale particle systems  Investigate the use of secondary species to control the cohesivity and dispersion behavior for particle assemblies with  ... More 
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                                              | •  Characterization •  Computation and Simulation
 •  Micro/Nano-fabrication
 •  Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Surface and Colloid Physical Chemistry: Intefacial Transport   Mass, momentum, and energy transport are fundamental to understanding the dynamics of diverse interfacial systems  ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience • Characterization
 • Computation and Simulation
 • Catalysis
 • Nanotechnology Education
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                                                    | J. Adin Mann   Professor Chemical Engineering
 Macromolecular Science and Engineering
 | Phone: (216) 368-4122 Fax: (216) 368-3016
 Email: j.mann@case.edu
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                                              |  | Diamond Nanoelectrodes in Neuroscience  Developing diamond electrodes for biomedical and electrochemical applications. These include implantable electrodes for in vivo sensing and neural/muscle ... More 
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                                              |  | • Micro/Nanofabrication• Medicine
 • Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | POSS-based Nanocomposites   Design, synthesis, and characterization of polymers incorporating the nanoscale inorganic-organic polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane (POSS) ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine
 • Nanomaterials
 • Structural Applications
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                                              |  | In Vivo and In Vitro Nanoscale Transport of Macromolecular Assemblies  Investigating transport of organelles and protein complexes to specific intracellular destinations. This transport occurs ... More 
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                                              |  | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine
 • Micro/Nanofabrication
 • Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Mechanism of Photosensitization  Investigating the mechanism of cellular responses to photosensitizers and light (photodynamic therapy, PDT), focusing on Pc 4, a phthalocyanine photosensitizer developed by our group  ... More 
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                                              | •  Characterization • Medicine
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                                                    | Nancy Oleinick ProfessorRadiation Oncology
 Biochemistry, Environmental Health Sciences, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
 | Phone: (216) 
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      368-1117 Fax: 
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      (216) 368-1142
 Email: nancy.oleinick@case.edu
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                                              |  | "New MRI methods to Assess Tumor Angiogenesis   Developing new nano-scale MRI probes and MR imaging methods to more accurately assess tumor vascular ... More 
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                                              | • Sensors • Medicine
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                                                    | Marty Pagel Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering
                                                          
                                                          Radiology
 Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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                                                      (216) 368-8519Fax: (216) 368-5040
 Email: mpagel@case.edu
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                                              |  | Nanoscopic localization using light  Detection many fluorescent photons from a single isolated particle, or of a particle near an optically active colloid allows nanoscopic localization. I am doing theory to extend such localization experiments  ... More 
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                                              | •  Fundamental Nanoscience •  Computation and Simulation
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                                              |  | Inorganic and Main Group Conjugated Polymers   We are developing novel conjugated materials that incorporate multiply bonded low coordinate inorganic atoms  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Computation and Simulation
 • Characterization
 • Electronics and Communications
 • Nanomaterials • Catalysis
 • Photonics                                                • Environment
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                                                    | John Protasiewicz Professor Department of Chemistry
 
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                                                      (216) 368-5060Fax: (216) 368-3006
 Email: protasiewicz@case.edu
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                                              |  | Nanocontrol of Liquid Crystals  An atomic force microscope is used to pattern substrates on micrometer and nanometer length scales to control liquid crystal orientation  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Nanomaterials                                                                                                • Catalysis
 • Characterization
 • Micro/Nanofabrication
 • Photonics • Energy
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                                              |  | Surface Self-assembly of Nano-Scaffolds   Investigating how non-covalent interactions can be used to self-assemble controlled nano-structures on a surfacel  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine
 • Nanomaterials
 • Photonics
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                                                    | Stuart Rowan Associate Professor Macromolecular Science and Engineering
 Department of 
                                                          Chemistry
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                                                      (216) 368-4242Fax: (216) 368-4202
 Email: stuart.rowan@case.edu
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                                              |  | Continuous flow microplasma reactor synthesis of nanoparticles  Development of a new synthesis methodology capabling of producing nanometer sized metal and  ... More 
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                                              | •  Fundamental Nanoscience •  Medicine
 •  Characterization
 •  Sensors
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                                              |  | Nonlinear Optics   Investigating the nonlinear optical properties of organic materials, including polymeric one- and two-dimensional photonic crystals, photorefractive  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Medicine • Photonics
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                                              |  | Nanoelectronics  Developing non-volatile memory devices based on physical generation and recombination of neutral metallic atoms and clusters in solid electrolytes  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience •  Medicine•  Characterization
 •  Electronics and Communications
 •  Micro/Nanofabrication
                                                • Environment
 •  Aerospace•  NEMS/MEMS
                                                • Sensors
 •  Nanotechnology Education
 •  Nanomaterials
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                                              |  | Chronic Intracortical Recording of Neural Firing Patterns for Control of Neuroprosthetic Devices We are implanting microelectrodes in the areas of cortex responsible for  ... More
 
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                                              | •  NEMS/MEMS •  Medicine
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                                                    | Dawn M. Taylor Assistant Professor
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          Biomedical Engineering Dept of Neuroscience in the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.
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                                                      (216) 368-2476Fax:
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      (216) 778-4259
 Email: dxt42@case.edu
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                                              |  | Nanoscale Structure in Ionomers  We investigate the nanoscale structure of hydrated ionomer membranes with the goal of enabling the development of new and more useful materials for use in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells  ... More 
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                                              | •  Computation and Simulation •  Environment
 •  Nanomaterials
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                                                    | Peter Taylor Professor Department of PhysicsMacromolecular Science and Engineering
 | Phone: (216) 368-4044Fax: (216) 368-4671
 Email: taylor@case.edu
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                                              |  | Design of Catalytic Macromolecules  Using biological macromolecules as a starting point, we use various structural remodeling techniques to obtain molecules showing a desired activity  ... More 
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                                              | • Characterization• Medicine
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                                              |  | Functional Molecules in Nanostructured Hosts   Stimuli-responsive (macro)molecules are integrated in structures host materials (e.g. porous alumina, multilayer  ... More 
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                                              | • Fundamental Nanoscience• Electronics and Communications
 • Characterization
 • Photonics
 • Nanomaterials
 • Structural Applications
 • Sensors
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                                              |  | Fundamental Micro/Nano-systems Materials Research  Development and characterization of emerging materials and requisite processing techniques for micro/nanosystems ... More 
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                                              | • Characterization• Medicine
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