What's Hot! - Nanotechnology at UT Austin

During the 2008 summer, demolition of ESB will be in full swing. We will provide construction updates as we receive them.

VIBRATION UPDATE - Possible Vibration Until 6/16

Please note that construction will limit access to the NST building - ESB Construction Site Map- Fencing and Pedestrian Access/Walkways

Hot Papers!
	Nanosurgery on a specially designed microchip reveals anesthetics interfere with nerve regeneration process - May 5, 2008 AUSTIN, Texas--A hair strand-thin worm is providing substantial clues on how nerves regenerate, offering insight and hope to finding genes that affect nerve generation and ultimately new drugs and therapies for human neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s.
	Saliva Can Help Diagnose Heart Attack, Study Shows- April 16, 2008 AUSTIN, Texas — Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip, a multi-institutional team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reported at a recent meeting of the American Association of Dental Research.
	Zooming in on nanoparticles' defects - March 19, 2008 Miguel José-Yacamán and colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin have found a way to study defects on surfaces of nanoparticles, which are thought to be critical for catalytic activity.
	Nature Nanotechnology "News and Views" - Calling All Chemists by Dr. Rod Ruoff, January 2008
	Hot New Paper from CNM Fellow Zhen Yao - "Room-Temperature Single-Electron Transistors Using Alkanedithiols" Published in the November 2007 issue of IOP Publishing journal Nanotechnology
	Top 2 Hottest Paper in Acta Materialia Prof. Paulo Ferreira and Ph.D student Chris Carlton’s recently published paper in Acta Materialia entitled “What is behind the Inverse Hall-Petch Effect in Nanocrystalline Materials?” is attracting a wide attention from the scientific community.
	Grant Awarded to Make Lighter Fuel Cells-June 27, 2007 Bard and Bielawski on team that received $3.5 million from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop novel methanol- powered fuel cells.

Just Arrived!

XPS

X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS)

We have recently received an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer (XPS) from theKratos Analytical Company. The spectrometer provides elemental and chemical state information on all types of sample surfaces. For more information on the XPS click here or email Dr. Yangming Sun.

Nano Night '08 & CleanTX Innovation Showcase Winners

Thanks to all our presenters!

Best Poster:
Ciro Chiappini, Chad Baker, and Shaomin Wu

Clean Energy:
Muraliganth Theivanayagam

Swagelok Award:
Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

Graduate Student Highlight

Khajetoorians

Graduate Student Receives Two Best Paper Awards

T. Muraliganth, Materials Science and Engineering

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Muhammad Zaman receives the 2008 Cockrell School of Engineering Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor

This award recognizes outstanding classroom teaching by an assistant professor to promote and encourage exceptional teaching in a faculty member's early career. More...

Five Scientists Win Sloan Fellowships At The University of Texas at Austin

Five faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin were awarded Sloan Research Fellowships for 2008 including CNM fellows Xiaoqin Li and Christopher Bielawski.

For Creating New Field Of Science, Bard Wins International Prize

Chemist Allen Bard was awarded the 2008 Wolf Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the development of the scanning electrochemical microscope.

Nano Views

Major Research Centers with
Emphasis in Nanotechnology

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