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Self-aligning carbon nanotubes

Professor Yongfeng Lu leads research team working with self-aligning carbon nanotubes

UNL News Release

Self-aligning carbon nanotubes could be key to next generation of devices

 

UNL Laser-Assisted Nano-Engineering Lab researchers led by Yongfeng Lu, professor of electrical engineering, uses a laser to create self-aligning carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology Jan. 14 Cover Story , LaserFocusWorld , Nanowerk and nanotechweb.org

Annual Report Articles

Courtesy:  Office of Research

Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe, Snow

Genetics Project Melds Biology, Nanotechnology, Zeng  

Journal Publications

Dr. Timothy J. Gay has joined the select list of Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals, as chosen by the journal editors for 2009!

Dr. Yuris Dzenis part of $7.5M Army Grant to develop fibers for stronger defense materials  Link to

Karolina Janicka, Julian P. Velev, and Dr. Evgeny Y. Tsymbal's "Quantum Nature of Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Confinement at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces"makes the Cover of Physical Review Letters - Volume 102, No. 10

Vortex Ferroelectric Domains , authored by A. Gruverman, D. Wu, H-J. Fan, I. Vrejoiu, M. Alexe, R.J. Harrison and J.F. Scott has been selected as one of the 2008 Top Papers in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

Dr Zeng's Research Gives Clues for Self-cleaning Materials, Water-striding Robots

NCMN Interfaces Newsletter & Website Mentions:

Ruqiang Feng Inelastic Deformation and Failure of Polycrystalline Ceramics under Impact Loading (p. 3)

Axel Enders Magnetic Nanoclusters Put in Order – Insights with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Stephen DiMagno Rhodium Porphyrin Preferential Oxidation (PROX) Catalysts For Carbon Monoxide Conversion

Jeff Shield Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets

Yuris Dzenis Spinning Continuous Fibers for Nanotechnology

Christian Binek Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy  

Barry Cheung , Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Steven Ducharme , Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Craig Eckhardt , Professor, Department of Chemistry

Eva Franke Schubert , Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering  

Yongfeng Lu , Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Fereydoon Namavar, Director of Nano-Biotechnology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation  

Mathias Schubert , Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering       

Li Tan , Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics       

Evgeny Tsymbal , Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Wonyoung Choe (p.9), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

Student Stories

        Chemistry Graduate Students

        Engineering Graduate Students

Nanoscience Video Titles from the Office of Research  

1) Success through Synergy

2) UNL & NSF Partners

3) Nebraska Center for Energy Science Research (7th of 9 videos) Christian Binek

4) Hydrophobia

5) MRSEC

6) Nanophysics

7) Carbon Nanotubes

8) Explosive Detector

9) Nanoscale Touch Sensor

10) Nanophysics Carbon Nanotubes