Nanoscale origami: Smallest-ever, atomically precise structures set stage for quantum breakthroughs
Sep. 11, 2019—If you think learning traditional paper origami is a difficult practice, try wrapping your head around origami on the atomic scale. In “Atomically-Precise, Custom-Design Origami Graphene Nanostructures,” published today in the journal Science, an international team of researchers have accomplished just that, using sophisticated and precise control of atoms to experiment with new structures and set...
2019 NanoDay! Poster Competition
Aug. 27, 2019—$500 1st place (1 award) $250 2nd place (2 awards) $100 3rd place (3 awards) The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Materials Science are pleased to co-host the 20th Annual Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Forum. This forum brings together Vanderbilt scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology for...
VINSE Pilot/Feasibility Studies – Funding Available
Aug. 23, 2019—Funding is being made available by VINSE on a competitive basis to provide Vanderbilt investigators the opportunity to utilize VINSE tools to obtain preliminary results for new research initiatives prior to submitting grant applications. Applications from new users interested in demonstrating the feasibility of a new process or measurement are encouraged, and all necessary staff...
Weiss wins Chancellor’s Award for Research
Aug. 23, 2019—Sharon Weiss was one of seven Vanderbilt professors who won a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the Fall Faculty Assembly Aug. 22. This award recognizes excellence in works published or presented in the last three calendar years. Honorees each receive $2,000 and an engraved julep cup. Weiss, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Electrical Engineering, received the award for...
VINSE Tool Image Competition
Aug. 21, 2019—The Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) is holding a competition seeking images to be displayed in the VINSE Facilities. If you have materials or devices that have been fabricated, characterized, or imaged using VINSE equipment, submit them to vinse@vanderbilt.edu for consideration. The winners of this competition will receive a $50 Prize! Image...
2019 NanoDay! T-shirt Design Competition
Aug. 21, 2019—Goal: Create an attractive T-shirt design representing NANODAY! & the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Winning design will receive a cash prize of $300.00 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...
Cancelled – VINSE Colloquium Series: “Fuel from the Sun: Where is that Pot of Gold?” Dr. Krishnan Rajeshwar, University of Texas at Arlington 04/08/20
Aug. 15, 2019—Please note this seminar has been cancelled due to Vanderbilt COVID-19 restrictions. We are working to reschedule. April 8, 2020 Krishnan Rajeshwar Distinguished University Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry Department University of Texas at Arlington "Fuel from the Sun: Where is that Pot of Gold?" 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:45 Abstract Even...
Cancelled – VINSE Colloquium Series: “Photonics at the Intersection of Materials and Devices” Dr. Nathaniel Kinsey, Virginia Commonwealth University 03/11/20
Aug. 15, 2019—Please note this seminar has been cancelled due to Vanderbilt COVID-19 restrictions. We are working to reschedule. March 11, 2020 Nathaniel Kinsey Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Virginia Commonwealth University “Photonics at the Intersection of Materials and Devices” 4:10 PM, 5326 Stevenson Center Refreshments served at 3:45
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Nonlinear Phonon Polariton Spectroscopy” Dr. Alexander Paarmann, Fritz Harber Institute 10/23/19
Aug. 14, 2019—October 23, 2019 Alexander Paarmann Lattice Dynamics Group Department of Physical Chemistry Fritz Haber Institute Berlin "Nonlinear Phonon Polariton Spectroscopy" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45
VINSE Colloquium Series: “Epitaxial growth of 2D materials: Challenges and New Approaches” Dr. Joan Redwing, Penn State 10/16/2019
Aug. 14, 2019—October 16, 2019 Joan Redwing Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Penn State University "Epitaxial growth of 2D materials: Challenges and New Approaches" 4:10 PM, 134 Featheringill Hall Refreshments served at 3:45