Materials Science
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Dr. Alice Leach Receives Grant from VentureWell
We’re proud to announce that Dr. Alice Leach recently received a VentureWell Faculty Grant in recognition of their commitment to inclusive support of students who are creating innovations for positive social and environmental impact! This funding will support a new course providing entrepreneurial students with conceptual and experiential learning opportunities… Read MoreFeb. 25, 2021
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 31: Yuanzhe Liang– membranes with tiny pores which can be used to separate molecules or ions
Episode 31 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Yuanzhe Liang tells Alice Leach about membranes with tiny pores which can be used to separate molecules or ions. Yuanzhe’s paper “Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with highly uniform sub-nanometre pores for sub-1 Å precision separation” was published in Nature Communications. Yuanzhe graduated… Read MoreDec. 15, 2020
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Spotlight Podcast Episode 23: Nicole Moehring – crystal structure, how we characterize it and its impact on the physical properties of a material
Episode 23 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Nicole Moehring tells Alice Leach about crystal structure, how we characterize it and its impact on the physical properties of a material. Nicole’s paper “In situ observations of thermally induced phase transformations in iron sulfide nanoparticles” was published in Materials Today… Read MoreOct. 6, 2020
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Class project leads to a paper in peer reviewed international journal
When a research idea is offered to a multidisciplinary class and it results in a journal paper that advances science and creates new scholars, that’s a terrific success. “And, it’s about as collaborative as you can get when graduate and undergraduate students in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and chemistry take… Read MoreMar. 10, 2020
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New method to fashion cheap, small carbon nanotubes ‘could change the world,’ Pint says
Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash. That’s essentially what Vanderbilt University researchers produced after discovering the blueprint for turning the carbon dioxide into the most valuable material ever sold – carbon nanotubes with small diameters. Read MoreMay. 24, 2018
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NanoDay! T-shirt Winner – Tengfei Cao
Congratulations to Tengfei Cao, winner of the 2017 NanoDay! t-shirt design. The winning designer receives a $300 cash prize. Prior winners are: 2016 – Casey Brock 2015 – John Lonai 2014 – Kelsey Beavers 2013 – Ryan Nicholl 2012 –… Read MoreOct. 25, 2017
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IMS graduate student Anna Douglas selected for prestigious entrepreneurship program
An interdisciplinary materials science graduate student has been selected for a prestigious entrepreneurship program to scale and commercialize a revolutionary method of carbon nanotube production. Anna Douglas is one of five entrepreneurs selected for the inaugural cohort of the Department of Energy Innovation Crossroads program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory… Read MoreJun. 7, 2017
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Alice Leach (IMS graduate student) part of team MERLIN: Winners of the 2016 TechVenture Challenge
Wednesday saw the completion of yet another successful TechVenture Challenge. After six years, we are still encouraged that each year the presentations continue to improve and be of higher quality. This can be attributed not only to the student teams and their hard work, but also to the student organizers… Read MoreApr. 1, 2016
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IMS graduate student Alice Leach (Macdonald Lab) wins People’s Choice at 4th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition
Topics ranged from giving nanoparticles the aquatic skills of an Olympic swimmer so they can deliver anti-cancer drugs more effectively…to using game theory to help Sri Lankan farmers decide what crops to plant…to developing an ultrasonic Trojan horse to destroy tumors…to using blue light as an alternative to antibiotics in… Read MoreMar. 1, 2016
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Quantum dots made from fool’s gold boost battery performance
If you add quantum dots – nanocrystals 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair – to a smartphone battery it will charge in 30 seconds, but the effect only lasts for a few recharge cycles. However, a group of researchers at Vanderbilt University … Read MoreNov. 11, 2015