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VINSE Director’s Coffee Hour
Oct. 13, 2023—Join VINSE Director, Sharon Weiss to discuss new initiatives, pilot funding, tech crew, and other ways VINSE can help support your research. Friday, December 1, 2023 9:30-10:30AM | 226 ESB VINSE Conference Room
VINSE Congratulates Bawendi, Brus and Ekimov on Quantum Dot Nobel Prize
Oct. 4, 2023—The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”. These tiny particles can emit very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging. Quantum dots are nanometer size semiconductors whose optical properties can be...
23rd Annual NanoDay! Poster Competition win up to $500
Sep. 29, 2023—$500 1st place (1 award) | $250 2nd place (2 awards) | $100 3rd place (3 awards) The 23rd Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum will be held on December 8, 2023. This forum brings together Vanderbilt scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology for presentations and discussions. The broader VINSE research program is represented in the poster...
23rd Annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum, NanoDay! 12/8/23
Sep. 29, 2023—A yearly forum for members of the VINSE community engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. Registration closed Schedule Student Life Center 11:30 LUNCH begins 12:00 POSTER SESSION 2:00 Opening Remarks Dr. Sharon M. Weiss 2:20 Modeling the irradiated breast microenvironment to evaluate tumor and immune cell interactions Dr. Marjan Rafat 2:40 Wireless Miniature Robots for Minimally Invasive Medical Operations Dr. Xiaoguang Dong 3:00 GaN...
Winners of the 2023 VINSE Summer Image Competition
Sep. 15, 2023—VINSE is excited to unveil the twelve winning images from our 2023 summer image competition. Since 2017, VINSE celebrates the work of our researchers, seeking images of materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized or imaged using VINSE equipment with an annual image competition. Congratulations to this year’s winners. Each will receive a $250 cash prize and...
Episode 7 | Meet our Faculty | Greg Walker
Sep. 12, 2023—Learn more about Dr. Greg Walker and his group. The Walker group uses advanced physical models to understand the behavior of nanostructured materials from atoms to devices for tuning and optimizing the performance of energy and sustainability technologies. Watch on YouTube | Hear more from Greg Walker
Did you know? VINSE Helios G3X FIB-SEM
Sep. 9, 2023—Did you know that the VINSE Helios FIB-SEM can create a nanosized sample from nearly any bulk material? Guided by the SEM, the focused ion beam can mill micron to nanoscale sections of glass, ceramics, semiconductors, metals and even vitrified cells and bacteria. Use these sections to gain sub-nm structural information with VINSE’s Osiris TEM-STEM....
Sign-up now for the VINSE High School Field Trip Program
Sep. 7, 2023—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, and learn about nanotechnology during a day visit. Our field trip program has hosted over 3,300 high school students from 68 middle Tennessee high...
Episode 6 | Meet our Faculty | Kane Jennings
Sep. 1, 2023—Learn more about Dr. Kane Jennings and his group. The Jennings group uses molecular engineering principles to design thin films and surfaces to impact energy and sustainability, from membrane separations to biohybrid solar energy conversion. Watch on YouTube | Hear more from Kane Jennings Jennings Lab
NanoDay! T-Shirt Design Competition
Aug. 30, 2023—Goal: Create an attractive t-shirt design representing NanoDay! and VINSE. The winning design will receive a $300 cash prize. The design must be exclusively your own and cannot include logos and trademark images You can use any t-shirt color in your design JPEG format (at least 300 dpi) No limits to number of colors in...