National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is the primary laboratory of the United States for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development (R&D). |
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Links on this page suggest further interesting readings. |
Principles of Semiconductor Devices This online version of Bart Van Zeghbroeck‘s book provides semiconductor basics as well as an introduction into device analysis. |
The Nano research group at the University of Southampton focuses on the fabrication and engineering at the nanometer-length scale. The scope of research covers Nanophotonics, Biomimetics, Quantum Information Theory and Nanoelectronics. |
An introduction to the field by Michael Frame, Benoit Mandelbrot and Nial Neger, Yale University. Many concepts are visually exemplified . |
Micro Nano Devices & Systems Laboratory (MiNDS) The group, as part of the Texas University at Dallas in Richardson, develops a variety of multifunctional devices on the micro- and submicron scale. Applications comprise biomedical, photonic and RF/microwave systems. |
Colorful examples of surface plasmon effects. |
Dr. Michael LublowHZB |
Renewable Energy |
NEMS and MEMS |
Semiconductors |
Fractals |
Plasmonics |
Look-up tables of the properties of many important semiconductors. The data were collected by the Ioffe Physical Technical Institute. |
Helmholtz Zentrum für Materialien und Energie(HZB) Located in Berlin, Germany, the HZB is affiliated with the Helmholtz-Association. The research focuses on solar energy and material science. |
To be held in October 2009, the conference is devoted to nanomaterials for novel engineering solutions. The conference is organized in a collaboration of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). |
216th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society The conference will be held in Vienna, Austria, October 2009. A broad range of fundamental research and applications in the field of electrochemistry will be covered. |
Conferences |
Helmholtz Gemeinschaft (Helmholtz Association) Germany’s largest scientific organization focusing on the six major areas Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Key Technologies, Structure of Matter, Transport and Space. |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) Independent German research funding organization promoting research at universities and other publicly financed research institutions in Germany. |
Scientific Organizations |
Independent federal agency of the United States supporting all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. |
Excellent online tutorials about almost all aspects of surface chemistry, physics and analysis. |
Surface Analysis |
Dynamique de Plasmons de surface Basic information about localized surface plasmons from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Strasbourg. (page in French) |