Spotlight Publications Category
“Hybrid Optical and Diffusiophoretic Nanomanipulation Using All-Dielectric Anapole-Enhanced Thermonanophotonics” published in ACS Photonics, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
May. 28, 2024—Congratulations to Ikjun Hong! Ikjun’s article “Hybrid Optical and Diffusiophoretic Nanomanipulation Using All-Dielectric Anapole-Enhanced Thermonanophotonics” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Ikjun Hong is a third-year graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering under the guidance of Dr. Justus Ndukaife. Dr. Ndukaife’s research group specializes in multidisciplinary investigations, encompassing plasmonic...
“Guided Polaritons along the Forbidden Direction in MoO3 with Geometrical Confinement” published in Nano Letters, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
May. 27, 2024—Congratulations to Mingze He and Levi Hoogendoorn! Their article “Guided Polaritons along the Forbidden Direction in MoO3 with Geometrical Confinement” has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. Mingze He is a 2023 Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Joshua D. Caldwell. He is currently a postdoctoral scholar...
“Generalized Strategy for Engineering Mammalian Cell-Compatible RNA-Based Biosensors from Random Sequence Libraries” published in ACS Sensors, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
May. 23, 2024—Congratulations to Everett Allchin! Everett’s paper “Generalized Strategy for Engineering Mammalian Cell-Compatible RNA-Based Biosensors from Random Sequence Libraries” has been selected as a VINSE Spotlight Publication. This work by Allchin et al. from the Lippmann lab designed a framework for producing mammalian cell-compatible biosensors using aptamers selected from a large random library by Capture-SELEX. As...
“Determining the impact of gold nanoparticles on amyloid aggregation with 2D IR spectroscopy” published in Journal of Chemical Physics, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
May. 20, 2024—Congratulations to Krysta Waldrop! Krysta’s article “Determining the impact of gold nanoparticles on amyloid aggregation with 2D IR spectroscopy” has been selected as a VINSE Spotlight Publication. Krysta Waldrop is a 2021 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering under the direction of Dr. Peter Pintauro. Her research at Vanderbilt was focused...
“Graphene-based microfluidic perforated microelectrode arrays for retinal electrophysiological studies” published in Lab on a Chip, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
May. 6, 2024—Alberto Esteban Linares received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2023, under the supervision of Prof. Deyu Li, with a focus on creating microfluidic devices for retina electrophysiology studies. Currently, he is a post-doctoral scholar in the Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory, University of Southern California, where he develops flexible implantable microelectrodes for...
“Phase Control in the Synthesis of Iron Sulfides” published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Apr. 29, 2024—About the author: Jeremy Espano, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Materials Science under the supervision of Prof. Janet Macdonald in the Department of Chemistry. In their recent work published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, the Macdonald lab used a library of thioureas to study the effect of decomposition kinetics on phase determination,...
Spotlight Publication: “Non-Viral In Vivo Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 using Protein-Agnostic, High-Loading Porous Silicon and Polymer Nanoparticles” published in ACS Nano
Apr. 19, 2024—“Non-Viral In Vivo Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 using Protein-Agnostic, High-Loading Porous Silicon and Polymer Nanoparticles” published in ACS Nano, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication. This research, led by Biomedical Engineering Prof. Craig Duvall and his 2023 PhD graduate Brock Fletcher, was recently published in ACS Nano. This interdisciplinary project involved several other VINSE labs (Weiss, Brunger,...
“Spin Coating Photoactive Photosystem I−PEDOT:PSS Composite Films” published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, selected as VINSE Spotlight Publication
Feb. 21, 2024—About the author: Marc Nabhan, a 2023 PhD graduate from the Department of Chemical Engineering, successfully defended his dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Kane Jennings. Currently serving as the co-founder and CEO of Optomar Technologies, Marc leads the development of a metabolic rate sensor designed for precise calorie counting in medical ICUs. During his...
Spotlight Publication: “Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined impingement jet mixing” published in Nanoscale
Feb. 15, 2024—Co-first author Hayden Pagendarm is a 4th year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering program advised by Dr. John T. Wilson. His research is focused on the development of novel technologies to induce antigen-specific immune tolerance, with a focus on engineered proteins and extracellular vesicles. Co-first author Payton Stone is a 4th year PhD student in...
“First principles insights into stability of defected MXenes in water” published in Nanoscale, selected as VINSE spotlight publication
Feb. 9, 2024—Haohong Song is a third year Ph.D. student from Interdisciplinary Materials Science program. His PI is Prof. De-en Jiang. They report on the interfacial chemistry between water and defected Ti3C2O2 MXene at room temperature using first principles molecular dynamics simulations. They investigate how defects such as O vacancy, Ti vacancy, F terminal groups, and Ti–O...