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  • Peter Dowben is named a fellow of the American Vacuum Society (October 2007).
  • Xiao Cheng Zeng is named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (October 2007).
  • The Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) hosted the 54th Midwest Solid State Conference on October 6-7, 2007.
  • Sigma Xi Announces 2007 Award Winners (April 2007)
    Yuris Dzenis, Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics has been selected for the Outstanding Scientist Award and Christian Binek, Assistant Professor of Physics, has been selected for the Outstanding Young Scientist Award.
  • Mathias M. Schubert (Electr. Eng.) received the 2006 Ludwig-Genzel-Prize for his contributions to generalized infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry and application to numerous problems in solid state science. The Ludwig-Genzel-Prize is awarded every two years to a young scientist for exceptional contributions to the field of condensed-matter spectroscopy. (August 2006)
  • In "Tunneling Across a Ferroelectric," in the July 14 issue of Science, Evgeny Tsymbal and collaborator Hermann Kohlstedt of the Research Center in Jülich, Germany, highlighted emerging research on ferroelectric tunnel junctions. (July 2006)
  • The paper "High-Resolution Thin-Film Device to Sense Texture by Touch" by Vivek Maheshwari and Ravi F. Saraf (Chem. Eng.) was published in the June 9 issue of Science. (June 2006)
  • Xiao Cheng Zeng (Chemistry) and colleagues reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' online edition that they have found evidence of the first free-standing hollow cage structure composed of clusters of pure metal atoms, which they've dubbed golden hollow cages. Illustrations of their discovery can be found on the cover of the May 30 print edition of PNAS. It's believed to be the first UNL research featured on the journal's cover. (May 2006)
  • David Sellmyer received the Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist Award 2006 for "his international distinction in the study of magnetic properties". (April 2006)
  • Christian Binek (Physics) received a NSF Career Award for his project: "Education and Research on Nanoscale Spintronic Systems and Heterostructures". (Dec. 2005)
  • Peter A. Dowben (Physics) and Xiao Cheng Zeng (Chemistry) were selected Fellow of the American Physical Society.
    Dowben was cited "for his significant experimental contributions to surface magnetism, spin polarization in complex magnetic systems, and metal-to-nonmetal transitions in reduced dimensionality" and Zeng "for his original contributions to the study of vapor-liquid nucleation and discoveries of novel nanostructures of two-dimensional silicon clusters and single-walled silicon nanotubes". Peter Dowben was also elected to Fellowship in the Institute of Physics (U.K.).
  • Yongfeng Lu (Electr. Engineering) and Xinwei Wang (Mech. Engineering) awarded $3 million to study thin diamond film technology. more... (Apr. 2005)
  • A new, state of the art, x-ray diffractometer has been added to the NCMN Central Facility for X-Ray Characterization. Click here for details about the Bruker-AXS D8 Discover High-Resolution Diffractometer! (Dec. 2004)
  • Gustavo Larsen (Chem. Engineering) and collaborators were cited in Chemical and Engineering News, Chemical Engineering Progress, and Science News for the development of a technique that yields hollow fibers with nanometer-sized interior diameters in just a single step. (Apr. 2004)
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