Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

We are developing a variety of molecular self-assembly techniques aimed at the nano-scale fabrication of electronic circuits and devices with neuromimetic architectures. Starting from neuron-like and brain-like structures and strategies, we employ engineered molecular recognition to assemble sensor banks and nanoelectronics hardware displaying complex and programmable behaviors.

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Biochemistry, 1993

B.S., Honors College, Michigan State University, Biochemistry, 1985

U. Coskun, H. Mebrahtu, P. Huang, J. Huang, A. Biasco, A. Makarovski, A. Lazarides, T. LaBean and G. Finkelstein (2008). Single-Electron Transistors made by chemical patterning of silicon dioxide substrates and selective deposition of gold nanoparticles, Applied Physics Letters 93, 123101.

Yin, R. Hariadi, S. Sahu, H. M. T. Choi, S- H. Park, T. H. LaBean, and J. H. Reif (2008) Programming Molecular Tube Circumferences, Science 321, 824-826.

Thom LaBean & Hanying Li (2007) Using DNA for Construction of Novel Materials, Nano Today, 2, 26-35.