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Publications Details for Grant Number R829623

A Nanocontact Sensor for Heavy Metal Ion Detection

RFA: Exploratory Research: Nanotechnology (2001)

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Journal Article Boussaad S, Tao NJ, Nagahara L, Zhang R, Tsui R. Detection of protein adsorption with single wall carbon Nanotube device. Chemical Communications 2003; (13): 1052-1503. R829623 (2002)
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Journal Article Boussaad S, Xu BQ, Nagahara LA, Amlani I, Schmickler W, Tsui R, Tao NJ. Discrete tunneling current fluctuations in metal-water-metal tunnel junctions. Journal of Chemical Physics 2003;118(19):8891-8897. R829623 (2002)
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Journal Article Boussaad S, Tao NJ. Polymer wire chemical sensor using a microfabricated tuning fork. Nano Letters 2003;3(8):1173-1176. R829623 (2003)
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Journal Article Boussaad S, Tao NJ, Zhang R, Hopson T, Nagahara LA. In situ detection of cytochrome c adsorption with single walled carbon nanotube device. Chemical Communications 2003;(13):1502-1503. R829623 (Final)
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Journal Article Forzani ES, Zhang HQ, Nagahara LA, Amlani I, Tsui R, Tao NJ. A conducting polymer nanojunction sensor for glucose detection. NanoLetters 2004;4(9):1785-1788. R829623 (Final)
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Journal Article Forzani ES, Zhang HQ, Chen W, Tao NJ. Detection of heavy metal ions in drinking water using a high-resolution differential surface plasmon resonance sensor. Environmental Science & Technology 2005;39(5):1257-1262. R829623 (Final)
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Journal Article He HX, Tao NJ, Nagahara LA, Amlani I, Tsui R. Discrete conductance switching in conducting polymer wires. Physical Review 2003;B68(4):045302. R829623 (2003)
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Journal Article Li XL, He HX, Xu BQ, Xiao XY, Nagahara LA, Amlani I, Tsui R, Tao NJ. Measurement of electron transport properties of molecular junctions fabricated by electrochemical and mechanical methods. Surface Science 2004;573(1):1-10. R829623 (2003)
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Journal Article Ren MH, Forzani ES, Tao NJ. A chemical sensor based on microfabricated wristwatch tuning forks. Analytical Chemistry 2005;77(9):2700-2707. R829623 (Final)
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Journal Article Xiao XY, Xu BQ, Tao NJ. Changes in the conductance of single peptide molecules upon metal-ion binding. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004;43(45):6148-6152. R829623 (Final)
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Journal Article Xu BQ, Tao NJJ. Measurement of single-molecule resistance by repeated formation of molecular junctions. Science 2003;301(5637):1221-1223. R829623 (2003)
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Journal Article Zhang HQ, Boussaad S, Tao NJ. A high-performance differential surface plasmon resonance sensor using quadrant cell photodetector. Review of Scientific Instruments 2003;74(1):150-153. R829623 (2002)
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Journal Article Zhang HQ, Boussaad S, Ly N, Tao NJJ. Magnetic-field-assisted assembly of metal/polymer/metal junction sensors. Applied Physics Letters 2004;84(1):133-135. R829623 (2003)
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Patent/Patent Application Tao NJ. System and method of measuring conductivity on molecular level. U.S. Patent, Pending, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Tao NJ. Polymer wire tuning fork chemical and biosensors. U.S. Patent, Pending, 2005.

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Patent/Patent Application Tao N, Boussaad S. APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING ARRAYS OF ATOMIC-SCALE CONTACTS AND GAPS BETWEEN ELECTRODES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF. 2004;(Patent appl. no. 20040067646) R829623 (Final)
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Patent/Patent Application Tao N, Nagahara LA, Amlani IS, Aguilar AD, Forzani ES, Li X. Conducting polymer nanosensor. 2007;(Patent appl. no. 20070235348) R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Molecular junctions:properties and sensor applications. Presented at the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA, April 1, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electron transport of properties of single molecule junctions. Presented at the Material Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Nanojunction sensors. Presented at the 3rd Micro Sensor Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, April 21, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Molecular junctions:properties and sensor applications. Seminar presented at the CSSER, April 23, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Molecules:building blocks for future nanoelectronics. Presented at the 5th International Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Summer School, Wittenberg, Germany, August 10, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electron transport properties of redox molecules. Seminar presented at the Julich Research Institute, Julich, Germany, August 13, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Nanotechnology:applications to environmental problems. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, August 18, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Chem/biosensors:opportunities and challenges. Presented at the 12th International Colloquium on Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Atagawa, Japan, December 10, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Chem/biosensors: opportunities and challenges. Presented at Fudan University, Shanghai, China, December 13, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Chem/biosensors: opportunities and challenges. Presented at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, December 13, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electrochemical gate controlled electron transport in single molecules. Presented to Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, December 20, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electrically wired molecules. Presented at Zhongnan University, December 27, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Reading chemical properties of single molecules. Seminar presented at Southern Illinois University, December, 3, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Wiring molecules up. Presented at the 9th ENSEF, Aracaju, Brazil, July 16, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Reading chemical information of single molecules electronically. Presented at the Workshop on Molecular Conduction, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, July 9, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electron transport properties of single molecules covalently bonded to two electrodes. Presented at the Joint Devise Research Conference/Electronic Materials Conference Invited Session, Notre Dame, IN, June 24, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Nanojunction and surface plasmon resonance sensors. Seminar presented to Applied Biosystems, June 9, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Chemical sensors with nanojunctions. Presented at the Motorola Lab, Tempe, AZ, June 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Tuning fork arrays for chemical sensors. Presented to FlipChip International, June 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electrical and chemical properties of single molecules. Presented at the University of Guelph and University of Waterloo Joined Seminar, Ontario, Canada, May 18, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Measurement of single molecule electromechanical properties. Presented at the SPM04, Beijing-TEDA, May 26, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Nanojunctions:properties and applications. Seminar presented to Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China, May 29, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Wire single molecules up into electronic circuits. Presented at the University of California at Irvine, ISIS Seminar, Irvine, CA, November 22, 2004. R829623 (Final)
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Presentation Tao N. A nanocontact heavy metal ion sensor. Presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting Symposium of Nanotechnology and Environment, New Orleans, LA, March 2003. R829623 (2002)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Chemical and biological sensor applications using nanojunctions. Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, February 13, 2004. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Conductance of single molecules covalently bonded to electrodes. Presented at the Workshop France-USA: Molecular-Scale Electronics, Paris, France, December 19, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Conducting polymer nanojunctions: basic properties and chemical sensor applications. Presented at the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Meeting-2003, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 19-23, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Detection of heavy metal ions with polymer nanojunctions. Presented at the Nanotechnology and Environment, Interagency (National Science Foundation/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/U.S. Department of Energy/U.S. Department of Defense/U.S. Food and Drug Administration/National Institutes of Health/U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Standards and Technology) Meeting, Washington, DC, September 15-16, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electrochemical fabrication and properties of conducting polymer and semiconductor nanojunctions. Presented at the American Chemical Society 38th Western Regional Meeting, Long Beach, CA, October 15-18, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electrochemical fabrication of nanostructures. Presented at the American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund, Workshop on Nanoscale Physical Chemistry, Pullman, WA, July 29, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electron transport in single molecules. Presented at the 2nd International Society of Electrochemistry at Nano-Scale: Structuring, Characterization and Theories Annual Spring Meeting, Xiamen, China, March 7-10, 2004. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao N. Electron transport through molecules. Presented at the Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, March 18, 2003. R829623 (2002)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Electronic and mechanical properties of a single molecule. Seminar presented at the University of CaliforniaIrvine, Irvine, CA, October 7, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao N. Molecular electronics. Presented at the 10th Annual Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, Bethesda, MD, October 12, 2002. R829623 (2002)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Probing electron transport through molecules. Presented at the 9th International Fischer Symposium, Munich, Germany, July 21, 2003. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao NJ. Single molecule electromechanical properties. Presented at the Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, China, January 4, 2004. R829623 (2003)
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Presentation Tao N. Telegraphic noise in metal-water-metal tunnel junctions. Presented at the American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003. R829623 (2002)
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