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The information provided in this page is for perspective students and any professionals/students who are interested in the fields of BioNEMS, Micro/Nano Acoustics, Micro/Nano Fluidics, Molecular Mechanics, Optofluidics, and Plasmonics. You can learn about the basic information and the most updated work from research groups around the world.

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1. Microfluidic Tutorial - Professor Paul Yager @ University of Washington,Seattle
2. Wikibooks - Microtechnology
3. Wikipedia - Microfluidics
4. Wikipedia - Nanofluidics
5. Wikipedia - MEMS
6. Wikipedia - NEMS
7. Wikipedia - Lab on a Chip
8. Free online MEMS books
9. Free online MEMS lecture
10. MEMS Clearing House

1. Review Paper - The origins and the future of microfluidics (Whitesides 2006)
2. Review Paper - MEMS and Fluid Flows (Ho and Tai 1998)
3. Review Paper - Soft Lithography (Xia 1998)
4. Review Paper - Towards Numerical Prototyping of Labs-on-Chip, Modeling for Integrated Microfluidic Devices (Erickson 2006)

1. MEMSpub - Online MEMS/NEMS discussion forum
2. Chinese International NEMS Network
3. Stanford Microfluidics Foundary

1. CFD-online.com
2. ESI-CFD Software Online Support
3. SU-8 Data Sheets
4. Properties of Silicon and silicon wafers
5. University of British Columbia - Nanofab procedures

1. Caltech Micromaching Laboratory
2. Caltech Roukes Group
3. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Center for Micro and Nano Systems
4. Columbia University, Biofluidic Micro Systems Laboratory
5. Cornell University, Bioanalytical Microsystems & Biosensors
6. Cornell University, Craighead Research Group
7. Cornell University, Integrated Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems Lab
8. Cornell University, Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
9. Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of China Academy of Science, Microfluidic Group
10. Duke University, Digital microfluidics
11. ESPCI at France, MMN Laboratory
12. Harvard University, The Whitesides Research Group
13. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, MEMS/NEMS Group
14. Johns Hopkins University, BioMEMS Group
15. MIT Microsystem Laboratories
16. Michigan Tech, MUSES Laboratory
17. Nanyang Technological University, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Laboratory
18. NASA Ames Research Center, Center for Nanotechnology
19. National Cheng Kung University at Taiwan, MEMS Design and Microfabrication Group
20. National Chiao Tung University at Taiwan, Nano TAS Laboratory
21. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Microfluidic Systems Group
22. National Nanotechnology Center of Thailand
23. National Tsinghua University at Taiwan, Institute of Nanoengineering and Microsystems
24. Northwestern University, Nanoscale Biotic-Abiotic Systems Engineering (N-BASE) Laboratory
25. Ohio State University, Laboratory for Biomedical Microsystems
26. Peking University of China, MEMS Research Center
27. Rutgers Zahn Group
28. Stanford University, Center for Integrated Systems
29. Stanford University, Microfluidics Laboratory
30. Stanford University, Micro Structures and Sensors Laboratory
31. Stanford University, Microsystems Lab
32. Stanford University, Trandusers Lab
33. Stanford University, Quake Research Group
34. University of Alberta, Applied Miniaturisation Laboratory
35. University of Arizona, Micro/Nano Fabrication Center
36. University of Arizona, Systematic Bioengineering Laboratory
37. UC Berkeley, BioPOETS Group
38. UC Berkeley, Prof. Liwei Lin's Group
39. UC Berkeley, Mathies Research Group
40. UC Berkeley, Nanoengineering Laboratory
41. UC Davis, MiniSys Laboratory
42. UC Irvine, Biomolecular Microsystems and Nano Transducers
43. UCLA, Microsystems Laboratory
44. UCLA, Micromanufacturing Laboratory
45. UCLA Optoelectronic Biofluidics Laboratory
46. UC San Diago, Lo Research Group
47. University of Cincinnati, Microsystems and BioMEMS Lab
48. UIUC Laboratory of Integrated Bio Medical Micro/Nanotechnology & Application
49. University of Michigan, Burns Research Group
50. University of Michigan, Micro Nano Molecular Biotechnology
51. University of Minnesota, MEMS Program
52. University of Pittburgh, Micro/Bio Systems Laboratory
53. USC Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory
54. USC Hsiai Group
55. University of Texas at Austin, Laser Nanoengineering Laboratory
56. University of Toronto, Wheeler Microfluidics Laboratory
57. University of Twente, BIOS Lab-on-a-Chip group
58. University of Washington, Yager Laboratory
59. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Microtechnology Medicine Biology Lab
60. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Micro-Nano Sensors and Actuators Lab
61. Vanderbilt University, Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Group
62. Virginia Tech BioNEMS Group
63. Zhejiang University of China, Institute of Microanalytical Systems (IMAS)

1. Wikipedia - Acoustics
2. Wikipedia - Phonon
3. Nondestructive Testing Encyclopedia
4. Wikipedia - Phononic crystal
5. Simulations of wave motion
6. An introduction to phononic crystals
7. Phononic crystals - Acoustic waves trapped inside matter
8. Acoustics.ORG (information service from Acoustical Society of America)
9. Acoustics.COM (Alliance of acoustics)
10. Wikipedia - Therapeutic ultrasound
11. Introduction to ultrasound imaging
12. Introduction to sonoporation

1. Reviews of acoustical patents (2007 version)
2. Reviews of bulk acoustic waves (BAW) in microfluidics

1. Surface acoustic waves (SAW) in microfluidics
2. Ultrasound enhanced drug delivery
3. First full band-structure calculation (BAW) for phononic crystals
4. Plane wave expansion method (PWE) for phononic crystals with general anisotropy
5. Negative refraction makes a perfect lens
6. Focusing without curved lens (Focusing of Sound in a 3D Phononic Crystal)
7. Tunneling of phonons in Phononic crystal
8. Ultrasonic metamaterials with negative modulus

1. [Society] The Acoustical Society of America
2. [Society] International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound
3. [Database] Publications on phononic crystals (1980~present)
4. [Conference] 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)

1. Elastic Constant Converter
2. Water Density Calculator

1. Duke University, Ultrasound Transducer Group
2. Lund University, Nanobiotechnology and Lab on a chip Research Group
3. University of Southern California, MEMS Research Group
4. UC Berkeley, Professor Xiang Zhang's Research Lab
5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bioacoustics Research Group
6. University of Augsburg, Experimentalphysik I (epI) Research Group

1. Beijing Jiaotong University, Institute of Engineering Mechanics
2. Hong Kong Universit of Science and Technology, Department of Physics
3. Nanjing University, Institute of Acoustics
4. National Taiwan University, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Ultrasonics Laboratory
5. National University of Defense Technology, National Key Laboratory of Photonic/Phononic Crystals
6. Polytechnic University of Valencia, Professor José Sánchez-Dehesa's Wave Phenomena Group
7. South China University of Technology, Department of Physics
8. Université de Franche-Comté, Institute of FEMTO-ST, Department of Micro Nano Sciences & Systèmes
9. Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille -Lille 1, Laboratoire central de l'IEMN
10. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nanophotonics/3D nanomanufactoring Research Group

1. Molecular Machines
2. Review Paper: Artificial Molecular-Level Machines: Which Energy To Make Them Work?
3. Review Paper: Biological and Biomimetic Molecular Machines
4. Review Paper: Synthetic Molecular Motors and Mechanical Machines
5. Review Paper: Dream Nanomachines
6. Book: Molecular Devices and Machines – A Journey into the Nano World, Vincenzo Balzani, Margherita Venturi, Alberto Credi

1. California Institute of Technology, Heath Group
2. California Institute of Technology, The Goddard Group
3. ENIBO of Italy, Photochemistry and Suprachemistry Group
4. Hewlett Packard Labs, R. Stanley Williams
5. Indiana University, Amar Flood Group
6. Penn State, The Weiss Group
7. Northwestern University, The Stoddart Group
8. Rice University, James Tour Group
9. Univeristy of California, Los Angles, The Garcia-Garibay Research Group
10. University of Edinburg, David Leigh Group
11. University of Groningen, Feringa Group
12. University of Southern Denmark, Jeppesen Group
13. University of Southern Denmark, Jan Becher Group

1. DARPA Optofluidics Center
2. Optofluidics Introduction - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics|Wikipedia - Optics
3. Open Source Optics Textbook

1. Optofluidics Microscope Invented
2. Variable Optofluidics Aperture
3. Optofluidics News at DARPA

1. Review paper - Tunable Optofluidic Devices (Levy 2008)
2. Review paper - Developing optofluidic technology through the fusion of microfluidics and optics (Psaltis 2006)
3. Integrated Optofluidics

1. Optical Society of America
2. European Optical Society
3. Optical Society of India
4. SPIE

1. Brigham Young University, Microengineering Research Group
2. California Institute of Technology, Biophotonics Laboratory
3. California Institute of Technology, Psaltis Research Group
4. Connell University’s Erickson Lab
5. Harvard University, Whitesides Research Group
6. The Hebrew University, Israel's Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
7. Technical University of Denmark’s Department of Micro and Nanotechnology
8. University of California - Berkeley, BioPOETS Group
9. University of California - Berkley, Integrated Photonics Laboratory
10. UCLA Optoelectronic Biofluidics Laboratory
11. University of California - Santa Cruz, Applied Optics Group
12. University of California - Santa Cruz, Research-Page of Dominik G. Rabus
13. University of California - San Diego, Ultrafast and Nanoscale Optics Group
14. University of Sidney, CUDOS
15. University of Victoria, Microfluidics group
16. University of Wisconsin-Madison, MNSA Lab

1. What is Plasmonics?
2. Scientific American article "The Promise of Plasmonics"
3. Wiki - Surface Plasmon
4. Wiki - Plasmon
5. Review paper - Plasmonics: Merging Photonics and Electronics at Nanoscale Dimensions (Ozbay 2006)
6. Review paper - Plasmonics: Localization and guiding of electromagnetic energy in metal/dielectric structures (Maier et al. 2005)
7. Review paper - Plasmonics: the next chip-scale technology (Zia et al. 2006)
8. Review paper - Light in tiny holes (Genet et al. 2007)
9. Review paper - Review of Some Interesting Surface Plasmon Resonance-enhanced Properties of Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications to Biosystems (Jain et al. 2007)
10. Review paper - Exploitation of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (Hutter et al. 2004)
11. Book - Plasmonics: fundamentals and applications, Stefan A. Maier
12. Book - Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles, Craig F. Bohren, Donald R. Huffman
13. Book - Light Scattering by Small Particles, H. C. Van De Hulst
14. Book - Optical Properties of Metal Clusters, Uwe Kreibig, Michael Vollmer

1. Caltech, Atwater Research Group
2. Duke University, The Research Group of David R. Smith
3. FOM, The Photonic Materials Group
4. Georgia State University, Stockman Group
5. Harvard University, Capasso Group
6. Imperial College, The Maier Group
7. The Institute of Photonic Sciences at Spain, Nano Photonics Group
8. Northwestern University, The Odom Group
9. Northwestern University, The Schatz Research Group
10. Northwestern University, The Van Duyne Group
11. Louis Pasteur University, Nanostructures Laboratory
12. Pennsylvania State University, The Lakhtakia Group
13. Purdue University, The Shalaev Group
14. Rice University, Halas Nanophotonics Group
15. Rice University, Peter Nordlander Group
16. Stanford University, Brongersma Lab
17. UC Berkeley, Liphardt Lab
18. UC Berkeley, Professor Xiang Zhang's Research Lab
19. University of Chicago, The Scherer Group
20. UIUC Nanophotonics Group
21. University of Washington, UWEE Photonics Laboratory
22. University of St. Andrews, Optical Trapping Group
23. Vanderbilt University, The Haglund Group
24. Karl Franzens University Graz, Optical Nanotechnology/Nano-Optics Group
25. Aalborg University, The Bozhevolnyi Group
26. University of Southampton, The Zheludev Group