Alisha McCord

Goal: Create an attractive T-shirt design representing NANODAY! & the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Winning design will receive a cash prize of $300.00 The design must be exclusively your own and cannot include : logos and trademark images You can use any t-shirt color in your design… Read More

February 21, 2018 Zhiqiang Mao Tulane University Professor of Physics Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Science and Engineering Department of Physics and Engineering Physics "Low-dimensional ternary transition metal chalcogenides"  4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Individual atomically-thin layer of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) such as MoS2… Read More

January 31, 2018 Natalia B. Shustova University of South Carolina Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry "Mimicking Nature by Metal-Organic Frameworks: Perspective and Applications" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract The study of energy transfer (ET) processes is a cornerstone of modern physical and… Read More

April 11, 2018 George Christou Department of Chemistry Drago and Distinguished Professor University of Florida 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 “The Power of Molecular Chemistry in Nanoscale Materials Science” Abstract Molecular chemistry can bring many powerful advantages to the study of nanoscale materials… Read More

April 17, 2018 4th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Series Michael Strano Department of Chemical Engineering Carbon P. Dubbs Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology "New Functional Materials Enabled by 1D and 2D Nanomaterials" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Our laboratory has been interested in how… Read More

March 28, 2018 4th Annual VINSE Student Selected Seminar Series George Whitesides Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor Harvard University “Quantum Tunneling in Organic Matter and Molecular Electronics” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract. Read More

March 21, 2018 Mark Wiesner Duke University James B. Duke Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering “Progress in modeling nanoparticle transit in complex ecosystems” 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45… Read More

February 28, 2018 Andrea Alù The University of Texas at Austin Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering "New Frontiers for Optical Wavefront Manipulation Using Metamaterials" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Metamaterials are artificial materials with properties well beyond what offered by nature, providing unprecedented opportunities… Read More

January 17, 2018 Nick Kotov University of Michigan Professor of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering "Self-Organization of Nanoparticles" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45… Read More

December 6, 2017 Arumugam Manthiram The University of Texas at Austin Materials Science and Engineering Program Texas Materials Institute Professor of Mechanical Engineering "Materials Innovation for Next Generation Battery Technologies" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Rapid increase in global energy use and growing environmental concerns… Read More