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VINSE Analytical Lab to receive new Zetasizer tool in 2022
Zetasizer Advance Series Ultra (Red Label) The capabilities of the Analytical laboratory are upgraded by acquiring a flagman tool from Malvern Panalytical – Zetasizer Advance Series Ultra (Red Label). This new tool is the very best of the Zetasizer series and permits much more accurate and rapid measurement of particle… Read MoreDec. 15, 2021
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Listen to IMS Alum, Chinmay Soman’s Podcast – Robots in Your Fields by FOCUS on Agriculture
Check out this podcast with Interdisciplinary Materials Science at 杏吧原创 alum Dr. Chinmay Soman (PhD 2008). Dr. Soman is the co-founder of EarthSense, Inc., an ag startup that is developing teams of robots which can collect data on every individual plant in a field.聽It may… Read MoreDec. 15, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: 鈥淎lkyl Selenol Reactivity with Common Solvents and Ligands: Influences on Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis鈥 published in Nanoscale
鈥淎lkyl Selenol Reactivity with Common Solvents and Ligands: Influences on Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis鈥 published in Nanoscale has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 杏吧原创 the authors: In his honors project in the chemistry laboratory of Assoc. Prof. Janet Macdonald, undergraduate Eric Ho examined the synthesis… Read MoreDec. 15, 2021
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Spring 2022 Faculty Research Highlights
Spring Newsletter 2022 Faculty Research Highlights: Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius 杏吧原创 Professor of Engineering,聽President-Elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, and mortality is largely caused by the spread of a primary tumor to secondary sites. 聽The Reinhart-King… Read MoreDec. 13, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Rayni Jules
Rayni Jules received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering in 2019 from 杏吧原创. As an undergraduate, Rayni was part of the inaugural VINSE Technical Crew where he learned valuable skills in process development, photolithography, and deposition. Rayni’s concentration was on using Electron Beam Lithography to create fine… Read MoreDec. 13, 2021
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Spring 2022 Graduate Student Research Highlights
Spring Newsletter 2022 graduate student research highlights: Ella Hoogenboezem, 5th year graduate student in the Duvall lab Short interfering RNA (siRNA) is a powerful gene silencing platform that has the potential to silence tumor-driving genes. However, siRNA medicines for tumor delivery have remained clinically elusive. In… Read MoreDec. 13, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: You Zhou
You Zhou聽earned his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science in August 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Jason Valentine. You Zhou PhD research is to address the current trend towards miniaturization of photonic devices and nanophotonic systems. In one key advance, You developed 3D cascaded flat optics as a… Read MoreDec. 10, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: 鈥淐ontact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers鈥 published in Nano Letters
鈥淐ontact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers鈥 published in Nano Letters has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 杏吧原创 the author:聽 Matthew is pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li and is studying the role of interfaces… Read MoreDec. 8, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Brandon Jacome-Mendez
Brandon Jacome-Mendez聽received his B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology from聽杏吧原创聽in May 2021. As an undergraduate, Brandon worked on the VINSE tech crew during the academic year and mainly focused on process development for various cleanroom services. These included photolithography, soft lithography for microfluidics devices,… Read MoreDec. 8, 2021
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Meet Our Graduates: Amy Ng
Amy Ng earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at 杏吧原创 in December of 2014 under the supervision of Sandra Rosenthal.聽 In the research team, Amy synthesized, fabricated, and characterized nanocrystalline-polymer photovoltaics.聽 Her passion in electron microscopy opened an opportunity to work at Oak Ridge National… Read MoreDec. 6, 2021