Sarah Ross
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 6: Nathan Spear – Exotic optical properties of nanoparticles
This week in episode 6 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Alice Leach talks with Nathan Spear about exotic optical properties. Nathan’s paper “Enhanced Broadband and Harmonic Upconversion from Coupled Semiconductor and Metal Nanoparticle Films” was published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. Nathan is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in… Read MoreJun. 9, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 4: Andrew Summers – How computers accelerate scientific research
In the VINSE spotlight podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their research fits into the bigger picture. New episodes are posted on Tuesdays. This week in episode 4 of the VINSE… Read MoreMay. 26, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 3: Chris Haycook – Nanoparticles for the treatment of autoimmune diseases
In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to Chris Haycook (from the lab of Todd Giorgio) about… Read MoreMay. 19, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 2: Kody Wolfe – Plants for solar energy capture
In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to Kody Wolfe (from the labs of David Cliffel and Kane… Read MoreMay. 12, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 1: You Zhou – Photonics: the manipulation of light
VINSE introduces the new VINSE Spotlight Podcast. In the podcast, we interview the author of a VINSE Spotlight publication. We find out what their paper is about, the science behind it and how their nano research fits into the bigger picture. This week Alice Leach talks to You… Read MoreMay. 5, 2020
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Caldwell & Hatzell are inaugural Flowers Family Faculty Fellows in Engineering
Mechanical engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Kelsey Hatzell are inaugural recipients of Flowers Family faculty awards. Caldwell is the Flowers Family Chancellor Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Hatzell is the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering. The awards target professors who have shown a strong evidence of scientific accomplishment early… Read MoreApr. 29, 2020
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VINSE deputy director featured in Nature Photonics
A research team of Vanderbilt engineers that includes a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has demonstrated a new ultrathin filter, based on metamaterials, that allows for analog optical image processing. Their work, Flat Optics for Image Differentiation, appears today in the scientific journal, Nature Photonics. While digital image processing… Read MoreApr. 29, 2020
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Ask a VINSE Expert
While VINSE facilities are currently closed for in-person access, we want to continue to engage our users with free consultation and access to our technical staff to help resolve any problems, questions or discuss new ideas for your research. Click here… Read MoreApr. 23, 2020
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VINSE offering short courses in Microfluidics & TEM
VINSE short courses on Microfluidics and TEM have been postponed from early June to late August. Please check out the descriptions of the short courses on page 3 and send an email to vinse@vanderbilt.edu if you are interested in participating. Microfluidic Device Fabrication Microfluidic devices can enable “labs… Read MoreApr. 21, 2020
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Rosenthal’s work featured in Scilight “Shell properties play an important role in the stability of green quantum dots”
Stable green light-emitting quantum dots (QDs) are necessary for applications ranging from display technologies to bioimaging. Random, temporary fluctuations in emission known as “blinking,” and the complete lack of emission known as “photobleaching,” are some of the undesirable instabilities researchers looking to eliminate. Read MoreApr. 2, 2020