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Episode 24 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Chuchuan Hong tells Alice Leach about trapping and manipulating nanoscale objects. Chuchuan’s paper “Stand-off trapping and manipulation of sub-10 nm objects and biomolecules using opto-thermo-electrohydrodynamic tweezers” was published in Nature Nanotechnology. Chuchuan is a 3rd student Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering… Read More

2020 NanoDay! Virtual Poster Session will be held Friday, October 23, 3PM-5PM CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS… Read More

Episode 23 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Nicole Moehring tells Alice Leach about crystal structure, how we characterize it and its impact on the physical properties of a material. Nicole’s paper “In situ observations of thermally induced phase transformations in iron sulfide nanoparticles” was published in Materials Today… Read More

Please congratulate the following members of the VINSE faculty on recent accomplishments and promotions. FFC 2020 program. FACULTY PROMOTIONS We celebrate the recent promotions of the following faculty: Endowed Chairs Craig L. Duvall named Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair Joshua D. Caldwell named Flowers… Read More

CHEYENNE, WY / ACCESSWIRE / September 29, 2020 / EV Biologics, Inc. formerly Yulong Eco-Materials Limited (OTC PINK:YECO) today announced that it intends to utilize the advanced instrumentation and research staff at the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) and the Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology (CSB) in the… Read More

The Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research is Vanderbilt’s most prestigious faculty honor for achievement in research. This award honors a faculty member who has garnered significant critical recognition on a national or global scale. The award is accompanied by a cash prize of $10,000 and an engraved pewter julep… Read More

Episode 22 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kofi Christie tells Alice Leach about the desalination of water – which is used globally to provide people with needed fresh water. Kofi’s paper ” Energy efficiency of membrane distillation: Simplified analysis, heat recovery, and the use of waste-heat” was published… Read More

VINSE is hiring undergraduates to work with staff inside the VINSE cleanroom as lab assistants also known as VINSE Tech Crew.  The tech crew will work on projects and activities critical to our daily operations and expand the process capabilities and knowledge base available to our researchers. VINSE is also… Read More

Developing atomically thin graphene membranes used to separate salt from water is extraordinarily complex and the effort grows more crucial as population growth, industrialization and climate change strain freshwater resources. Vanderbilt engineers have designed a simple defect-sealing technique to correct variations in pore size in graphene membranes. Vanderbilt engineering researchers… Read More

Episode 21 of the VINSE Spotlight Podcast Kyle Hawkins tells Alice Leach about the bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses that live on and inside the human body. Kyle’s paper ” The Microbiome and the Gut-Liver-Brain Axis for Central Nervous System Clinical Pharmacology: Challenges in Specifying and Integrating In Vitro… Read More