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Our collaborative work with Univ. Minnesota and EPFL was just published!

Feb. 13, 2018—Our work demonstrating Surface-enhanced infrared absorption of Silk using coaxial zero-mode resonators was just published in Nano Letters! This is Joseph’s first publication within our group! Check it out: D. Yoo, D.A. Mohr, F. Vidal-Codina, A. John-Herpin, M. Jo, S. Kim, J.R. Matson, J.D. Caldwell, H. Jeon, N.C. Nguyen, L. Martin-Moreno, J. Peraire, H. Altug,...

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See our work highlighted on the cover of the January 2018 edition of Nature Photonics!

Jan. 5, 2018—So excited to see our work highlighted on the cover of the January 2018 edition of Nature Photonics!

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Congrats to Adam Dunkelberger and Chase Ellis on getting our paper accepted in Nature Photonics!

Dec. 18, 2017—Check out our paper demonstrating ultrafast tuning of phonon polariton resonances within silicon carbide and indium phosphide nanostructures using carrier injection. Active tuning of surface phonon polariton resonances via carrier photoinjection

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December, 2018 – Congrats to Tom Folland, who officially received his Ph.D.

Dec. 15, 2017—Congrats TOM, it is an honor to have you onboard!

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Our work on isotopically enriched hBN was highlighted in the press!

Dec. 12, 2017—Here is a link to the press release.

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Congrats to Alex Giles on his Nature Materials paper!

Dec. 11, 2017—Our work on the use of isotopic enrichment to enhance phonon polariton propagation was published in Nature Materials and will appear in print in the February Edition! Ultralow-loss polaritons in isotopically pure boron nitride

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Joseph Matson wins Best Poster from a 1st Year Grad Student at VINSE NanoDay!

Oct. 25, 2017—Joseph earned top honors for a 1st year student with his poster on photothermal induced resonance (PTIR) studies of hyperbolic phonon polaritons within hexagonal boron nitride! He won best presentation by a first year student at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) NanoDay presentation!

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Sept. 2017 – Prof. Caldwell begins teaching his first class at Vanderbilt

Aug. 24, 2017—Prof. Caldwell began his first semester at Vanderbilt teaching Thermodynamics (ME 2220) to Engineering students.  He has a class of 17 and it looks like it will be a wonderful semester!

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Welcome to Ryan Nolen and Joseph Matson who have officially joined the group!

Aug. 4, 2017—Joseph is a 1st year IMS student who comes to us from Hendrix College.                           Ryan comes to us from Lipscomb College and is entering his 2nd year as a student in the Interdisciplinary Materials Science (IMS) program.  

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Prof. Caldwell gives 2-part lecture on Semiconductor Nanophotonics at Erice Summer school

Jul. 29, 2017—Caldwell-Erice-July2017-Lecture 1a Caldwell-Erice-July2017-Lecture 1b Caldwell-Erice-July2017-Lecture 2 You can access the lectures above.  Excellent Summer School to attend for students of all levels (even Professors!) – Check out some of beautiful views as well!

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