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About the author: Deliang Bao is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy under the direction of Dr. Sokrates T. Pantelides.  In recently published work, by employing density-functional-theory calculations, he demonstrated a non-collinear magnetism, namely spin spiral, in the monolayer FeOCl, which features tunability… Read More

Download your VINSE 2023 Calendar, featuring the some of the winners in the VINSE image competition. The VINSE team looks forward to supporting your impactful research discoveries in the year ahead!  … Read More

VINSE graduate students Jeremy Espano and Alyssa Nelson taught a class in nanoscience and nanotechnology to a group of 8th and 9th graders as part of the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (SAVY) program. Students started the morning learning about nanomaterials, quantum confinement and how it effects materials at… Read More

Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Friday, February 3, 2023 2PM  |  226 ESB VINSE Conference Room… Read More

About the author: Dr. Peifu Cheng is a research engineer in Dr. Piran R. Kidambi’s group in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department. He researches 2D nanomaterials (such as graphene and others) for membrane applications in ionic/molecular separation, desalination, air filtration, dialysis, among others. In the recently published work,… Read More

Vanderbilt University engineering professor and VINSE faculty member Michael R. King has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program recognizes academic inventors who have created or facilitated outstanding inventions that make a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare… Read More

VINSE faculty member Piran Kidambi has been named the 2023 Vice Chair Center for the Center for Nanophase Materials Science User Executive Committee. After he serves his term as the Vice Chair, he will step up as the Chair of the 2024 committee. The Center for Nanophase Materials Science… Read More

Two Vanderbilt faculty who conducted translational research have received the distinction of Best Invention of 2022 from TIME magazine. TIME’s Best Inventions of 2022 Cover “These winning innovations exemplify the transformative potential of university research when it aims to solve society’s most urgent problems, and when universities partner with the broader innovation… Read More

DISSERTATION DEFENSE Madeleine Fort, Interdisciplinary Materials Science *under the direction of Dr. Janet Macdonald “Improving Charge Separation and Transfer in Semiconducting Nanocrystalline Materials” 12.07.22 | 11:30am CST | 5502 Stevenson Center This thesis examines charge transfer from semiconductor nanocrystals. A discussion of charge transfer mechanisms and their importance to… Read More

About the author: Romario Lobban is currently a PhD student advised by Dr. Leon Bellan. His research focuses on new applications of physically-crosslinked thermoresponsive polymer hydrogels. In the featured publication, Romario and co-authors show that physically-crosslinked thermoresponsive polymer hydrogels can be used as temperature dependent carriers that allow… Read More