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SIGN-UP for VINSE High School Field Trip Program for Spring 2015
Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is pleased to be able to invite groups of high school students, group size 20 or smaller, to visit our facilities, perform an experiment, utilize our electron microscope, and learn about nanotechnology and energy during a day visit. Our field trip program… Read MoreAug. 16, 2014
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Professor touts faster, cheaper way to test for explosives
A Vanderbilt University professor has come up with a faster and less expensive way to test for explosives residue on surfaces. Prof. Sharon Weiss has modified white gold leaf paper so that its surface provides signal amplification of 100 million times – so that a laser and detector… Read MoreJul. 28, 2014
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2014 Summer Nanoseminar Series
Organized by: J. Scott Niezgoda WHAT IS VINSE SUMMER “NANOSEMINAR”? A seminar series in VINSE, 9 amazingly interesting seminars have been scheduled for this summer. During each seminar, two students/post-docs from different research groups will talk about their projects dealing with nanofabrication and science/technology… Read MoreMay. 30, 2014
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Liberating devices from their power cords
Imagine a future in which our electrical gadgets are no longer limited by plugs and external power sources. This intriguing prospect is one of the reasons for the current interest in building the capacity to store electrical energy directly into a wide range of products, such as a laptop whose… Read MoreMay. 19, 2014
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VINSE High School Field Trip program Fall 2013 & Spring 2014
Small groups of students from across middle Tennessee high schools learned how to squeeze electricity from a blackberry. The students mashed blackberries, extracted their juice, soaked an electrode in the juice, coated another electrode with graphite and clipped them together to make a solar cell. After… Read MoreMay. 15, 2014
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David Wright named Stevenson Chair of Chemistry
VINSE Faculty David Wright named Stevenson Chair of Chemistry. KEEP READING>… Read MoreMay. 7, 2014
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How to create nanowires only three atoms wide with an electron beam
Junhao Lin, a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. student and visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has found a way to use a finely focused beam of electrons to create some of the smallest wires ever made. The flexible metallic wires are only three atoms wide: One thousandth the… Read MoreApr. 28, 2014
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Construction of new VINSE facilities in new Engineering and Science Building set to begin May 2014
Vanderbilt’s Board of Trust has approved construction of a seven-story engineering and science building designed to foster project teamwork and offer programs, instrumentation areas and core research space that will promote interdisciplinary work. A clean room and advanced imaging facilities will provide capabilities to advance discoveries in… Read MoreApr. 28, 2014
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VINSE Director Sandra Rosenthal named winner of 2014 SEC faculty achievement award
Sandra Rosenthal, Jack and Pamela Egan Professor of Chemistry at Vanderbilt, is a recipient of the 2014 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. These annual awards recognize a faculty member from every Southeastern Conference university who demonstrates outstanding records of teaching, research and scholarship. KEEP READING>… Read MoreApr. 9, 2014
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IMS graduate student Alice Leach travels to Jerusalem to visit the Banin laboratory
Janet Macdonald wins the Bergmann Memorial Award for young scientists Assistant Professor Janet Macdonald recently travelled to the Israeli Embassy in Washington to accept the Bergmann Memorial Award from the United States-Israel Binational Foundation. The award adds $5,000 to a $75,000 research grant to conduct collaborative research on hybrid nanoparticles… Read MoreMar. 26, 2014