Atomic & Molecular BioNanotechnology G.Ali Mansoori, Bio & Chem Eng Dept.s

1. Atomic & Molecular BioNanotechnology G.Ali Mansoori, Bio & Chem Eng Dept.s Prime Grant Support:ARO, KU, UMSL, ANL Problem Statement and Motivation • Diamondoids and Gold Nanoparticle - based nanobiotechnology - Applications for Drug Delivery. • Quantum and statistical mechanics of small systems - Development of ab initio models and equations of state of nanosystems. Phase transitions, fragmentations. • Molecular dynamics simulation of nano systems - Non-extensivity and internal pressure anomaly. • DNA-Dendrimers nano-cluster formation. <Insert some type of visual picture/diagram, etc.> Related Publications Technical Approaches • DNA-Dendrimer Nano-Cluster Electrostatics (CTNS, 2005) • Nonextensivity and Nonintensivity in Nanosystems - A Molecular Dynamics Sumulation J Comput & Theort Nanoscience (CTNS,2005) • Principles of Nanotechnology (Book) World Scientific Pub. Co (2005) • Statistical Mechanical Modeling and its Application to Nanosystems Handbook of Theor & Comput Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2005) • Phase-Transition and Fragmentation in Nano-Confined Fluids J Comput & Theort Nanoscience (2005). • Interatomic Potential Models for Nanostructures" Encycl Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (2004). • Nanoparticles-Protein Attachmrnt • Nano-Imaging (AFM & STM), Microelectrophoresis • Ab Initio computations (Applications of Gaussian 98) • Nano-Systems Simulations (Molecular Dynamics) • Nano-Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics