‘VINSE General News’
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
New Short Course in Microelectronics
Oct. 13, 2023—Microelectronic devices are found in an ever-growing number of everyday items such as phones, cars, clothing, and medical products, and ongoing development efforts are aimed to reduce size, increase performance, improve energy efficiency, and integrate into new application areas. The goal of the course is to provide understanding of the fundamental processes used for fabrication...
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...
2nd Annual Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Vanderbilt University Collaborative Workshop
Sep. 22, 2023—The 2nd Annual Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Vanderbilt University Collaborative Workshop, held on September 18 and 19 at ORNL, concluded with notable achievements and a renewed commitment to advancing scientific collaboration. This workshop convened experts from ORNL and Vanderbilt University, fostering interdisciplinary partnerships and exploring research opportunities. VINSE faculty delivered informative presentations, followed by...
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....
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...
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Joan Redwing, 11/15/23
Jul. 28, 2023—Dr. Joan Redwing Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering; Director of NSF 2D Crystal Consortium “Ultra-thin 2D Semiconductors for Next Generation Devices“ 11.15.23 | 4:10PM The field of two-dimensional (2D) materials began with the advent of graphene but has expanded to a wide class of materials that occur naturally as layered crystals....
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Chunsheng Wang, 10/18/23
Jul. 28, 2023— Dr. Chunsheng Wang University of Maryland, College Park “Electrolyte Design for Li-ion and Li Metal Batteries” 10.18.23 | 4:10PM The energy density, safety, and cycle life of batteries are critical for electric vehicles (EV), electric aviation, and renewable energy storage. However, current Li-ion batteries still cannot simultaneously meet all the requirements for these applications. We...
VINSE Colloquium Series: Dr. Marc Miskin, 09/13/23
Jul. 28, 2023—Dr. Marc Miskin Assistant Professor Electrical and Systems Engineering University of Pennsylvania “Tiny Robots” 09.13.23 | 4:10PM | 134 Featheringill Hall Nature routinely makes smart, complex, microscopically tiny machines. But how can humans do it? And can we do it in a way that is easy to design and understand? This talk is about building...
Did you know? VINSE DISCO Dicing Saw
Jul. 28, 2023—Did you know that the DISCO DAD3220 dicing saw can section blank and patterned substrates such as silicon, glass slides, sapphire, and more? You can fabricate multiple devices on one wafer and dice afterwards to save time and resources. The patterned devices can be coated with a layer of thin photoresist during the cutting for...