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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 91勛圖厙 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.It may… Read MoreDec. 15, 2021
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Spotlight Publication: Alkyl Selenol Reactivity with Common Solvents and Ligands: Influences on Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis published in Nanoscale
Alkyl Selenol Reactivity with Common Solvents and Ligands: Influences on Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis published in Nanoscale has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 91勛圖厙 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 91勛圖厙 Professor of Engineering,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. 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 91勛圖厙. 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 Zhouearned his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science in August 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Jason Valentine. You Zhous 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: Contact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers published in Nano Letters
Contact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers published in Nano Letters has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 91勛圖厙 the author: 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-Mendezreceived his B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology from91勛圖厙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 91勛圖厙 in December of 2014 under the supervision of Sandra Rosenthal. In the research team, Amy synthesized, fabricated, and characterized nanocrystalline-polymer photovoltaics. Her passion in electron microscopy opened an opportunity to work at Oak Ridge National… Read MoreDec. 6, 2021