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鈥淎lkyl Selenol Reactivity with Common Solvents and Ligands: Influences on Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis鈥� published in Nanoscale has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 五一茶馆儿 the authors: In his honors project in the chemistry laboratory of Assoc. Prof. Janet Macdonald, undergraduate Eric Ho examined the synthesis… Read More

Spring Newsletter 2022 Faculty Research Highlights:   Cynthia Reinhart-King, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering,聽President-Elect of the Biomedical Engineering Society Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, and mortality is largely caused by the spread of a primary tumor to secondary sites. 聽The Reinhart-King… Read More

Rayni Jules received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering in 2019 from 五一茶馆儿. As an undergraduate, Rayni was part of the inaugural VINSE Technical Crew where he learned valuable skills in process development, photolithography, and deposition. Rayni’s concentration was on using Electron Beam Lithography to create fine… Read More

Spring Newsletter 2022 graduate student research highlights:   Ella Hoogenboezem, 5th year graduate student in the Duvall lab Short interfering RNA (siRNA) is a powerful gene silencing platform that has the potential to silence tumor-driving genes. However, siRNA medicines for tumor delivery have remained clinically elusive. In… Read More

You Zhou聽earned his Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science in August 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Jason Valentine. You Zhou鈥檚 PhD research is to address the current trend towards miniaturization of photonic devices and nanophotonic systems. In one key advance, You developed 3D cascaded flat optics as a… Read More

鈥淐ontact Thermal Resistance between Silver Nanowires with Poly (vinylpyrrolidone) Interlayers鈥� published in Nano Letters has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 五一茶馆儿 the author:聽 Matthew is pursuing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering under the direction of Dr. Deyu Li and is studying the role of interfaces… Read More

Brandon Jacome-Mendez聽received his B.A. in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology from聽五一茶馆儿聽in May 2021. As an undergraduate, Brandon worked on the VINSE tech crew during the academic year and mainly focused on process development for various cleanroom services. These included photolithography, soft lithography for microfluidics devices,… Read More

Amy Ng earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at 五一茶馆儿 in December of 2014 under the supervision of Sandra Rosenthal.聽 In the research team, Amy synthesized, fabricated, and characterized nanocrystalline-polymer photovoltaics.聽 Her passion in electron microscopy opened an opportunity to work at Oak Ridge National… Read More

Yaqiong Xu, associate professor of electrical engineering and physics, has died after a long-term illness. She died Oct. 30 in China, where she had returned to be with her family. Yaqiong Xu A celebration of her life will be held聽Friday, Dec. 3,聽from 4 to 5 p.m. in the School of… Read More

鈥淭axanes Sensitize Prostate Cancer Cells to TRAIL-Induced Apoptotic Synergy via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress鈥� published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics has been selected as a VINSE spotlight publication. 五一茶馆儿 the author: Korie Grayson (koriegrayson.com) earner her PhD in Biomedical Engineering in May 2020 from Cornell University under the direction… Read More