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Pentacene imaged with AFM
A number of news agencies are reporting that IBM scientists have successfully imaged a single molecule of pentacene using an atomic force microscope.
This is of course a major breakthrough. What I find far more interesting is that some of the news agencies are also saying that this molecule was imaged at -286C. That is the real breakthrough... didn't know we had it in us to break the absolute zero barrier at -273C.
A little digging around revealed that ...
Chinese Audio Programs
Virginia Kuo graciously provided audio files that contain instruction on basic Chinese. They are .aiff files and can be played in iTunes. Clicking on it directly plays it in my browser (Firefox).
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RA Position Available
A position is open, available immediately, in the Bhalerao Lab for a quarter time MS student who would like to work on synthetic biology, in the general area of biofuels and metabolic engineering. Interested candidates should be familiar with basic molecular biology techniques such as PCR, gel electrophoresis and DNA manipulation. Contact Dr. Bhalerao for more information.
Sun Min's first post
This is fun!
Lecture 1
Agenda for today's lecture:
- Introductions
- Overview of the class
- Basic definitions
- What is electricity?
- What is a voltage / current / resistance?
- What are DAQs?
- Role of math in electronics
- Electronics as a hobby
- Semester project
- Programming Please feel free to chime in with your comments in the section below.
The TSM435 Subblog
Hello everyone. This Fall, we will be trying a new experiment. I will be using this blog as a teaching tool for TSM 435. We will be using this space to discuss topics related to all aspects of the course, including theory, components, homework etc. Students will be able to join the discussion using the comments section for each post so that everyone is on the same page.