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Biophysics
o Single
bacterium-level measurements
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single degree-of-freedom bacterial evolution
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bionanowires/bionanoelectronics
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etc.
o Physics
of Life (generalized biology/complex systems/non-equilibrium
thermodynamics/information)
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Scanning Probe Microscopy
o Nonlinear
cantilever dynamics
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meaning of harmonics
&bull
alternate avenues to tip-sample interaction
potentials
o New
measurements
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measure everything in-fluid that can be measured
ex-fluid
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multi-probe experiments
(material properties, manipulation, etc.)
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nanoprobe chemistry
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Alternative Energy: Microbial Fuel Cells
Selected Publications
Effect of Electron Mediators on Current Generation
and Cellulose Fermentation in a Microbial Fuel Cell, C. Sund, S. McMasters, S. Crittenden, L.
Harrell, J. Sumner, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, in press.
Mediating Electron Transfer from Bacteria to a Gold
Electrode via a Self-Assembled Monolayer, S. Crittenden, C. Sund, J. Sumner, Lanqmuir
22(2006), 9473
Probing Attractive Forces at the Nanoscale Using
Higher Harmonic Dynamic Force Microscopy, S. Crittenden, A. Rman, and R. Reifenberger, Phys.
Rev. B 72(2005), 235422
Soft Lithography Based Micron-scale Electrophoretic
Patterning of Purple Membrane, S. Crittenden, J. Hillebrecht, D. Inerowicz, F. regnier, R. Birge,
and R. Reifenberger, J. Micromech. Microeng. 15(2005),1494-1497