NANO NEWS
2012
High-tech bandage spurs blood vessel growth (CNET News)
January 5, 2012. ECE Professor Rashid Bashir was a leader of a research team at Illinois that has created a bandage that not only encourages new blood vessel growth but also helps guide that growth.
2011
Science at the Market Returns in August
Aug. 15, 2011. "Science at the Market" returns to Urbana’s Market on the Square this month. Representatives from science programs at the University of Illinois and Parkland College, and the Champaign-Urbana Astronomy Club, will on hand to answer questions about science at the Urbana Farmer’s Market from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on selected Saturdays in August, September, and October.
“It is not often that you can chat with a world-class scientist or a Nobel Laureate. Many people stopped by our table to ask a question, especially children, so we decided to expand the effort this year and include a variety of faculty members and volunteers from our local science community.” .Read more >>
Smart skin: Electronics that Stick and Stretch like a Temporary Tattoo
Aug. 11, 2011. Engineers have developed a device platform that combines electronic components for sensing, medical diagnostics, communications, and human-machine interfaces, all on an ultrathin skinlike patch that mounts directly onto the skin with the ease, flexibility and comfort of a temporary tattoo.
Led by Materials Science and Engineering Professor John A. Rogers, the Lee J. Flory Founder Professor of Engineering at the University of Illinois and an affiliate in ECE, the researchers described their novel skin-mounted electronics in the August 12 issue of the journal Science.
The circuit bends, wrinkles, and stretches with the mechanical properties of skin. The researchers demonstrated their concept through a ...Read more >>
Silver Pen has the Write Stuff for Flexible Electronics
June 28, 2011. The pen may have bested the sword long ago, but now it’s challenging wires and soldering irons.
niversity of Illinois engineers have developed a silver-inked rollerball pen capable of writing electrical circuits and interconnects on paper, wood and other surfaces. The pen is writing whole new chapters in low-cost, flexible and disposable electronics.
Led by Jennifer Lewis, the Hans Thurnauer professor of materials science and engineering, and Jennifer Bernhard, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, the team published its work in the journal Advanced Materials.
“Pen-based printing allows one to construct electronic devices ‘on-the-fly,’ ” said Lewis, the director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory at the U. of I. “This is an important step toward ...Read more >>
Nanotechnology Features Ferreira's Nano-Imprinting Technique
May 20, 2011. MechSE department head Placid Ferreira and graduate student Kyle Jacob, as well as former MechSE professor and now MIT professor Nicholas Fang and MIT graduate student Anil Kumar, were featured on the cover of the April 2011 issue of Nanotechnology for their publication titled Direct metal nano-imprinting using an embossed solid electrolyte stamp.
Their paper reports direct patterning of metal nanostructures by using an embossed solid electrochemical stamp. Direct metal patterning methods can be beneficial for the next generation of micro- and nanoscale manufacturing because they require fewer steps, ...Read more >>
Ha Wins 2011 Ho-Am Prize in Science
Apr. 8, 2011. Professor of Physics and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Taekjip Ha has been awarded the 2011 Ho-Am Prize in Science by the Ho-Am Foundation of Korea. The Ho-Am Prizes are widely regarded as the Korean equivalent of the Nobel Prizes. Ha was recognized for his pioneering application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques to reveal the behavior and physical characteristics of single biomolecules. By combining sophisticated nanoscale imaging methods with state-of-the-art molecule manipulation techniques, Ha and his group are able to...Read more >>
Self-cooling Observed in Graphene Electronics
Apr. 4, 2011. With the first observation of thermoelectric effects at graphene contacts, researchers found that graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect that reduces their temperature. Led by mechanical science and engineering professor William King and electrical and computer engineering professor Eric Pop, the team will publish its findings in the April 3 advance online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
The speed and size of computer chips are limited by how much heat they dissipate. All electronics dissipate heat as a result of the electrons in ...Read more >>
Batteries Charge very quickly and Retain Capacity
Mar 21, 2011. The batteries in Illinois professor Paul Braun's lab look like any others, but they pack a surprise inside.
Braun's group developed a three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes that allows for dramatically faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. The researchers' findings will be published in the March 20 advance online edition of the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Aside from quick-charge consumer electronics, batteries that can store a lot of energy, release it fast and recharge quickly are desirable for electric vehicles, medical devices, lasers and military ...Read more >>
3D Printing Method advances Electrically Small Antenna Design
Mar. 16, 2011. While most electronic components benefit from decreased size, antennas—whether in a cell phone or on an aircraft—suffer limitations in gain, efficiency, system range, and bandwidth when their size is reduced below a quarter-wavelength. “Recent attention has been directed toward producing antennas by screen-printing, inkjet printing, and liquid metal-filled microfluidics in simple motifs, such as dipoles and loops,” explained Jennifer T. Bernhard, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois. “However, these fabrication techniques are limited...Read more >>
New Technology will Dramatically Extend Battery Life for Mobile Devices
Mar. 10, 2011. Low power memory could enable longer mobile device life and faster data centers. University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. The technology could give future portable devices much longer battery life between charges. Led by electrical and computer engineering professor Eric Pop, the team will publish its results in an upcoming issue of Science magazine and online...Read more >>
Building Proteins
Nanotechnology Now (Banks, Ore., Feb. 22) -- Researchers, led by Jianjun Cheng, a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois, have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together. Also: R&D Magazine (Rockaway, N.J., Feb. 23), AZoNano (Warriewood, Australia, Feb. 24), RedOrbit (Dallas, Feb. 23), News-Medical (Sydney, Feb. 25), Medical News Today (Bexhill-on-Sea, England, Feb. 25), Science Daily (Chevy Chase, Md., Feb. 23).....Read more >>
Isolation of Bound State in Graphene Superconductor Junctions
Feb. 14, 2011. Illinois researchers have documented the first observations of some unusual physics when two prominent electric materials are connected: superconductors and graphene. Led by University of Illinois physics professor Nadya Mason, the group published its findings in the journal Nature Physics. ... Mason's group developed a method of isolating individual ABS by connecting superconducting probes to tiny, nanoscale flakes of graphene called quantum dots. This confined the ABS to discrete energy levels .....Read more >>
Bashir's Research Highlighted with Six Journal Cover Articles
Feb. 9, 2011. At-home diagnostic tests--things like cholesterol tests, pregnancy tests and blood-glucose monitors--are readily available at pharmacies around the world. But Rashid Bashir sees the possibility for a wider variety for at-home diagnostic tests, moving technologies only in labs to be available at home.
Bashir, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering, and his group have authored many papers toward this goal. Six of these were highlighted as journal cover articles in 2009. Bashir and his research team are working to create chip-based devices for diagnostics. Each cover highlights different technologies inching closer to bring these technologies to reality.....Read more >>
Rogers Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Feb. 8, 2011. John Rogers, the Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair in Engineering Innovation at Illinois, and four College of Engineering alumni are among the 68 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering. “This is a significant recognition and prestigious honor for one of our distinguished faculty,” said Ilesanmi Adesida, the dean of the College of Engineering and member of the NAE. “Several of our alumni are among the new NAE members—a reminder of the impact our college and this university has on the world.”
Rogers, a professor of materials science and engineering, was cited for his novel electronic and optoelectronic devices and systems. Renowned for his .....Read more >>
Huge Scientific Discoveries Start with Tiny Technology
Jozef Kokini's description of the ways nanotechnology can be utilized in food science and agriculture is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage in which a specially designed nuclear submarine and a team of researchers are miniaturized and injected into a patient's bloodstream. But Kokini is talking about real science, not fiction.
"Nanotechnology has already found applications in pharmaceutical delivery systems and building better IT chips. Now we're bringing agriculture into the arena," says
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New Nanotechnology Center unites Government, Industry, and University Research
Feb. 2, 2011. In partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and industry partners, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has established the Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. “The idea for the Center for Agricultural, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (CABPN) was seeded many years ago from the desire to bring together research capabilities from the College of Engineering and College of College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES),” explained the Center’s Principal Investigator Brian Cunningham, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering. “There are a wide range of problems related to pathogen detection, drug delivery (to humans or food animals), plants with pharmaceutical
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2010
UI and University of Karachi jointly hold Nanomedicine Symposium and Workshop in Karachi
As part of their US-Pakistan scientific exchange Nanomedicine for Cancer Research Project, the University of Illinois and the University of Karachi recently held a joint Nanomedicine Symposium and Workshop at the University of Karachi International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS). The workshop was funded by the USAID and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, and sponsored by the University of Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST).
“It was probably the first time that a Nanomedicine ...Read more >>
NIH establishes Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center at Illinois 2010
Sept. 20, 2010. he A recently announced grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a new M-CNTC: Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Funded by the NIH/NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, the M-CNTC will serve as a regional hub, partnering with the Mayo Clinic, University of Illinois at Chicago, Washington University at Saint Louis, and the Indiana University School of Medicine.
“This grant is a significant recognition of Illinois’ leadership in nanotechnology and bioengineering,” explained Ilesanmi Adesida, dean of the College of Engineering. “The ultimate goals of the educational component of this program are to train the next generation of researchers and educators in... ..Read more >>
New IGERT grant will help Train Next Generation of Leaders
July 27, 2010. The University of Illinois has recently been awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program aimed at producing the next generation of intellectual leaders who will define the new frontiers of Cellular & Molecular Mechanics and Bio-Nanotechnology (CMMB). “This is the second IGERT grant awarded to the University of Illinois in less than a year,” said Ilesanmi Adesida, dean of the College of Engineering. “It aims to spark interdisciplinary.....Read more >>
University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic create Research Alliance
June 24, 2010. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic are forming a strategic alliance designed to promote a broad spectrum of collaborative research, the development of new technologies and clinical tools, and the design and implementation of novel education programs. Officials from the university and the clinic recently signed an agreement establishing the formal relationship...
"Since our initial meeting in fall 2008, the idea was to (broadly-speaking) collaborate in research and educational efforts that address the grand challenges for the future individualized medicine and healthcare,” explained Rashid Bashir, who is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, of bioengineering, and the director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. “Dr. Prendergast and the Mayo Clinic were interested because Illinois excels in computational medicine, bioengineering, and genomic technologies, as well as joint educational initiatives that would benefit both sides.”.....Read more >>
Semiconductor Manufacturing Technique holds Promise for Solar Energy
May 20, 2010. Thanks to a new semiconductor manufacturing method pioneered in the College of Engineering, the future of solar energy just got brighter... Engineering at Illinois professors John Rogers and Xiuling Li have collaborated on finding lower-cost ways to manufacture thin films of gallium arsenide that also allowed versatility in the types of devices they could be incorporated into. “If you can reduce substantially the cost of gallium arsenide ...Read more >>
Redefining Electrical Current Law with the Transistor Laser
May 13, 2010. While the laws of physics weren’t made to be broken, sometimes they need revision. A major current law has been rewritten thanks to the three-port transistor laser, developed by Milton Feng and Nick Holonyak, Jr. in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Illinois. With the transistor laser, researchers can explore the behavior of photons, electrons and semiconductors. The device could shape the future of high-speed signal processing, integrated circuits, optical communications, ... .Read more >>
Illinois is a Partner in New NSF Center to Investigate the Creation of Biological Machines
Feb. 23, 2010. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $25 million to establish the Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS) Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Part of the NSF’s Science and Technology Centers Integrative Partnerships program, the center’s objectives are to dramatically advance research in complex biological systems, create new educational programs based on this research, and demonstrate leadership in.....Read more >>
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory host NSF-funded Biosensing-Bioactuation Summer Institute 2010
The Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL) at the University of Illinois is hosting the Biosensing-Bioactuation Summer Institute 2010. Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and National Science Council of Taiwan, the institute runs through July 23...Read more >>
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Hugging the Brain: Flexible Ultrathin Brain Implant Records Brain Activity, then Melts Away
May 2010. The brain, with its many folds and ridges, has the most convoluted surface of any organ in the body. But the implants currently used to monitor brain waves are rigid and only slightly flexible, making them a poor match to the brain’s irregular surface.
That is all about to change. John Rogers, a professor of chemistry and materials science, recently announced the development of a fully conformal electronic brain implant that molds itself to the brain, hugging the surface like a sheet of plastic wrap. The implant consists of 30 electrodes on an...
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NSF Senior Advisor on Nanotechnology to be featured
at annual CNST workshop
Mihail Roco, senior advisor on nanotechnology at the National Science Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) Annual Nanotechnology Workshop on May 6-7. The workshop will be held at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory on the engineering campus. Interim Chancellor Robert Easter will deliver welcoming remarks....Read more >>
ECE researchers begin project to treat and prevent apple disease
ECE Professor Kyekyoon Kim and ECE Instructor/MNTL Research Professor Hyungsoo Choi are co-principal investigators on a three-year $1.95 million project from the USDA-Specialty Crop Research Initiative program to treat and eradicate fire blight.. ...Read more >>
Wake up and Smell the Coffee: Artificial Nose detects Problems in Coffee Batches
Mar. 2010. Advertisers have told us over the years that coffee “is the best part of waking up” because it “tastes as good as it smells.” Now, researchers at the University of Illinois have come up with a way to scientifically determine whether a particular batch of coffee truly is as good as it smells.
A variation on the U of I’s well-known artificial nose can distinguish among 10 different popular brands of coffee, says LAS chemistry1 professor Ken Suslick. What’s more, the device can tell the difference between coffee beans that have been roasted at... ...Read more >>
From Idea to the Marketplace in 13 Short Years
Feb. 16, 2010. A scientific discovery that began with an "aha" moment 13 years ago is finally coming to the silicon chip marketplace in a development that should greatly improve the reliability of the next generation of electronic devices. The arc of that discovery, from idea to commercial application in microchips, also provides testament to the value of patience when it comes to doing translational research. Joseph W. Lyding, a professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), and ECE Professor Emeritus Karl Hess, who were both researchers at the Beckman Institute, had a light bulb moment in 1996 when Hess was asking Lyding about his work on desorbing deuterium--instead of hydrogen--from silicon by using energetic electrons. Lyding responded: "Well...Read more >>
2009
Coleman Explores Novel Semiconductor Nanostructures
Nov. 19, 2009. “For me, there are lots of reasons why people are interested in nanostructures,” said ECE Professor James J. Coleman, “and right now people are talking about nanotechnology and the many possible applications.”
Coleman is passionate about his research in the area of photonics, and he is currently exploring new and challenging possibilities in the area of nanophotonics, especially nanostructures.
“The whole point of nanostructures is to create artificial small, carefully shaped and sized bits of material that have quantum-like properties that aren’t ... Read more>>
2008
Nano comes to Jordan
Dec. 1, 2008. Last month, the University of Illinois partnered with King Saud University and the University of Jordan to hold an Advanced Nanostructured Materials and Technology conference in Amman, Jordan. The conference was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the University of Jordan, and King Abdullah Institute for Nanotechnology at the King Saud University, and other industry partners including Naizak and PolyBrite.
"The conference brought together an unprecedented galaxy of academics, business experts, venture capitalists, industry, and government officials," according to Munir Nayfeh, conference chair and professor of physics at Illinois. More than .....Read more >>
Illinois Nanotechnology on Display in Washington, D.C.
Irfan Ahmad, associate director for the Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technnology (CNST) attended a High Tech Caucus in Nanotechnology Information and Product Display hosted by various congressmen on Capitol Hill. ...Read more >>
Copper nanowires grown by new process create long-lasting displays
A new low-temperature, catalyst-free technique for growing copper nanowires has been developed by researchers at Illinois. The nanowires could serve as interconnects in electronic device fabrication and as electron emitters in a television-like, very thin flat-panel display known as a field-emission display. ...Read more >>
AE professor's "briefcase" found on Space Station
To investigate the shielding effect of nanocomposites and the deterioration of their properties in space U of I researchers developed a set of polymer nanocomposite samples with various concentrations and sizes of nanoparticles. These were divided into two groups and mounted on "briefcase" modules attached to the exterior of the International Space Station. ...Read more >>
Researchers use precision release of microspheres to deliver medicine
Water soluble, tissue-friendly hydrogels such as chitosan, starch, and gelatin are the subject of intense research surrounding their use in precision drug delivery by U of I researchers. ...Read more >>
2007
Illinois and Pakistani Researchers Team for
Cancer Cures
Researchers at Illinois are
teaming up with counterparts in Pakistan to develop nanotechnologies
which will identify potential cancer therapies which utilize native
medicinal plants.
“The Indo-Pakistan subcontinent is rich
in such remedial sources, most of which remain untouched,”
explained Kenneth Watkin, co-director and lead principal
investigator (PI) for the “Nanomedicine for Cancer” research
project, which is being funded by the Pakistan-U.S. Science and
Technology Cooperative Program.
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Nanomedicine may lead to cancer therapies
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 16 (UPI) --
U.S. scientists are working with Pakistani researchers in developing
nanotechnologies to identify potential cancer
therapies utilizing medicinal plants. ...Read
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2006
Nanotechnology Workshop Considers How to
“Get Small”
“On this campus alone,
there are hundreds of nanotechnology research projects being
conducted; which are likely to have profound impact on virtually all
aspects of our lives in the future,” stated Irfan
Ahmad, associate director of the Center
for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) at Illinois. As a
leader in nanotechnology research and development, the CNST will
host its annual Nanotechnology
Workshop 2006, on May 4-5, at ....
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Ilesanmi Adesida Interim
Dean and Director Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Inducted to
National Academy of Engineering
College of Engineering Interim Dean
Ilesanmi Adesida and incoming University of Illinois Provost and
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Linda P.B. Katehi have been
elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Adesida,
a Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, was cited for his
contributions to the nanometer-scale processing of semiconductor
structures and applications in high-performance electronic and
optoelectronic devices. He joined the Illinois faculty in
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CNST Funds Pilot Projects
under its NCI Cancer Project
The
University of Illinois Center for
Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), through its newest
project, the Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (SCCNE)
with Washington University in St. Louis, has announced the funding
of three pilot projects which began on January 15, 2006.
The SCCNE is
among seven centers recently funded by the National Cancer
Institute, with the goal of developing novel nanotechnology-based
therapeutic delivery ...
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2005
U of I Nanotechnology
to Fight Diseases
Champaign, Ill.,
Oct 27, 2005.
The University is among ten
research universities around the world that have joined together to
use nanotechnology to find cures for infectious diseases.
"It's hugely important," said Irfan Ahmad, associate
director for the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.
"We've seen that (infectious diseases) have a potential to
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U of I Joins Global
Alliance to Find Cures to Infectious Diseases
Champaign, Ill.,
Oct 21, 2005.
Richard Herman,
chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was
among the leaders of 10 research universities from around the world
who gathered last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in Cambridge, Mass. to launch an international collaboration to use
nanotechnology tools for global health and medical research.
“As educated citizens of the world, we have a moral obligation to
use our talents and our resources to combat the diseases that are
ravaging the world’s poorest countries,” Herman remarked.
“Infectious diseases not only steal lives; they contribute to the
spread of
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U of I Researchers Part of
Nanotechnology Research Targeting Cancer
Champaign, Ill.,
Oct 11, 2005.
Nanotechnology researchers from the
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign are part of a
multidisciplinary team addressing fundamental issues pertaining to
nanomaterials and nanofabrication toward the development of
nanodevices and nanotubes for targeting cancer. “With our
colleagues at .Read
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Expansion Project Expands
University’s Leadership in Nanotechnology
Champaign, Ill.,
May 15, 2005.
In the very
“small” world of nanotechnology, the University of Illinois is
big. Its Micro and
Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL), within the College of
Engineering, is one of the nation’s largest and most sophisticated
university-based facilities for semiconductor, nanotechnology, and
biotechnology research.
That leadership position is bound to grow due to an $18 million
expansion project that paves the way for new bionanotechnology
facilities and additional space for researchers.
“The money for this expansion is an integral part of a state grant
to the university that is
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Workshop Highlights Big
Ideas in Nanotechnology
Champaign, Ill.,
April 23, 2005.
“On this campus
alone, there are numerous nanotechnology projects being developed
which will impact almost all aspects of our lives in the future,”
stated Ilesanmi
Adesida, director of the Micro
and Nanotechnology Laboratory (MNTL) at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “This is an opportunity to showcase
the university’s cutting-edge research in nanoelectronics,
nanodevices, nanomaterials, and bionanotechnology applications.”
Nanotechnology is defined as the study and design of systems at the
nanoscale, which is in the size range of one-one billionth of a
meter. As a leader in nanotechnology research and development, the
MNTL and the Center for Nanoscale
Science and Technology (CNST) will host the MNTL/CNST
Nanotechnology Workshop 2005, May 5-6, at the...
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Breaking the Barriers:
World's Fastest Transistor
Champaign, Ill.,
April 11, 2005.
A new type of
transistor structure, invented by scientists at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has broken the 600 gigahertz speed
barrier. The goal of a terahertz transistor for high-speed computing
and communications applications could now be within reach.
The new device – built from indium phosphide and indium gallium
arsenide – is designed with a compositionally graded collector,
base and emitter to reduce transit time and improve current density.
With their pseudomorphic heterojunction bipolar transistor, the
researchers have demonstrated a speed of 604 gigahertz – the
fastest transistor operation to date.
“Pseudomorphic grading of the material structure allows us to
lower the bandgap in selected areas,” said Milton Feng, the
Holonyak Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering and a researcher at the Coordinated
Science Laboratory at Illinois. “This permits faster electron
flow in the collector. The compositional grading of the transistor
components also improves current density and signal charging
time.”
Feng and graduate student Walid Hafez fabricated the new device in
the university’s Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. They
describe the ....
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CNST, and Micro and
Nanotechnology Director Adesida named Interim Dean of Engineering
Champaign, Ill.,
April 1, 2005.
Ilesanmi
Adesida has been named interim-dean designate of the College
of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
pending approval of the U. of I. board of trustees.
David Daniel, the dean of the college, will remain in his position
through May, before assuming his new duties as the president of the
University of Texas at Dallas. Adesida, a Willett Professor of
Engineering, would then formally assume the interim-dean position.
Daniel and Adesida will work together in the interim to assure an
orderly transition. “Professor Adesida brings a record of
outstanding scientific and engineering..
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U of I Scientists Apply
Nanotechnology to Agricultural Research
Urbana, Ill., February 1, 2005.
Scientists
in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
(ACES) and the College of Engineering (COE) at the University of
Illinois are collaborating in research that will allow them to
utilize the latest applications in nanotechnology to find solutions
for some of the most pressing problems facing Illinois agriculture,
including disease management.
These new research partnerships and
activities are supported by..
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2004
CNST-Nano-CEMMS Fall
Seminar Series Announced
Urbana, Ill., September 22, 2004.
The CNST Seminar Series
was inaugurated in 2001 at the inception of the Center for Nanoscale
Science and Technology (CNST) at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The objective of the series is to facilitate
cross-disciplinary dialogue among campus and other academics and
students on the most recent research and development issues
pertaining to various aspects of nanotechnology. “In
addition to our distinguished list of speakers, the unique aspect of
this year’s series is the co-sponsorship and active participation
of Nano-CEMMS and SDBC,” said Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor Yi Lu, from the Department of Chemistry and chair of the
seminar series planning committee. The 2004-05 seminar series is
being held jointly by the Center for Nanoscale Science and
Technology (CNST) and the newly created, National Science Foundation
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Silicon-based
Photodetector is Sensitive to Ultraviolet Light
Urbana, Ill., July 21, 2004.
By depositing thin films of silicon nanoparticles on
silicon substrates, researchers at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign have fabricated a photodetector sensitive to
ultraviolet light. Silicon-based ultraviolet sensors could prove
very handy in military, security and commercial applications.
"Silicon is the most common semiconductor, but it has not been
useful for detecting ultraviolet light until now," said Munir
Nayfeh, a professor of physics at Illinois and a researcher at
the Beckman Institute for
Advanced Science and Technology. "Ultraviolet light is
usually absorbed by silicon and converted into heat, but we found a
way to make silicon devices that absorb ultraviolet light and ..Read
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Homeland Security Speaker
Featured at CNST Nanotechnology Workshop
Urbana, Ill., May 13, 2004.
The UIUC Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
recently hosted the Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Workshop.
This workshop was intended to showcase the interdisciplinary
collaboration at UIUC in engineering, agriculture, biology, food
sciences, information sciences and veterinary medicine that has
already resulted or will soon result in technology beneficial to
homeland security. Workshop sessions addressed nanotechnology and
issues pertaining to:
• The Food Chain: “From the Farm to the Fork” – How
nanotechnology can enable us to ..Read
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CNST Nanotechnology
in Homeland Security Workshop
Urbana, Ill., April 29, 2004.
Nanotechnology has a large potential to
assist with homeland security efforts and the College of Engineering
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is leading
the way as a provider of the latest research and technology.
To showcase this research and other findings, the University of
Illinois Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), an
initiative of the College of Engineering, is hosting the
Nanotechnology in Homeland Security Workshop on May 6 -7,
2004. Combining the unique strength of the UIUC in
engineering, ..Read
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Nanotechnology
Laboratory at UI to get more Room
January
27, 2004.
The
University of Illinois lab for studying the very tiny will soon be
50 percent larger.
Nanotechnology will continue to study matter at the molecular level
and life at the cellular, but the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab on
the UI's Engineering Quad will be remodeled to try to keep ahead of
changes in the fast-evolving ..Read
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New Light-Emitting
Transistor could Revolutionize Electronics Industry
January
5, 2004.
Put
the inventor of the light-emitting diode and the maker of the
world’s fastest transistor together in a research laboratory and
what kinds of bright ideas might surface? One answer is a
light-emitting transistor that could revolutionize the electronics
industry.
Professors Nick Holonyak Jr. and Milton Feng at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory
have uncovered a light-emitting transistor that could make the
transistor the fundamental element in optoelectronics as well as in
electronics. The scientists report their discovery in...Read
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Sitting on a Breakthrough-
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Novel Ultra-Clean Technique
for Carbon Nanotubes
January
5, 2004.
University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign Center for Nanoscale Science and
Technology (CNST) researchers Peter M. Albrecht and Joseph
W. Lyding have developed a novel ultra-clean deposition technique
for carbon nanotubes
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2003
Signed, Sealed, Delivered:
Nano is President's Prefix for the Day
December
3, 2003.
President
Bush, with a few strokes of the pen in an Oval Office ceremony on
Wednesday, created a permanent federal home for the industries and
institutions in the United States that are converging on the
nanoscale.
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Illinois researchers create
world's fastest transistor ... again
November
6, 2003.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have
broken their own record for the world’s fastest transistor.
Their
latest device, with a frequency of 509 gigahertz, is 57 gigahertz
faster than their previous record,
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U of I Wins New
Nanomanufacturing Center
NSF Funds New
Research Center in M&IE
October
29, 2003.
The University of Illinois will be
the lead institution of a new Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Center (NSEC), the Center for Nanoscale
Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS).
The center is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF),
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Governor Blagojevich
releases $18m for remodeling and expansion of the Micro and
Nanotechnology Laboratory
October
13, 2003.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved $82 million for construction of
laboratories at the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign and
Chicago campuses on Friday at the Pine Lounge in the Illini Union.
The Urbana-Champaign campus will receive $18 million of the $82
million, which will be used for the construction of the Micro and
Nanotechnology Laboratory. ...Read
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New chemical
process can separate, manipulate carbon nanotubes
October
11, 2003.
All
single-walled-carbon nanotubes are not created equal. Instead,
they form diverse assortments that vary markedly in features such
as size and electrical properties. Although carbon nanotubes have
been proposed for myriad applications – from miniature motors
and chemical sensors to molecule-size electronic circuits –
their actual uses have been severely limited by an inability to
isolate and manipulate nanotubes having different characteristics.
Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and ...Read
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One Campus-Two Nobel 2003:
Anthony Legget, Physics; and Paul Lauterbur,
Medicine
October
7, 2003.
Anthony J. Leggett, a world leader in the theory of
low-temperature physics and a faculty member at the University of
Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in
physics. He shares the prize with Alexei A. Abrikosov of Argonne
National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., and Vitaly L. Ginzburg of
the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow.
They were lauded for "pioneering contributions to the theory
of superconductors and superfluids," ...Read
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October
6, 2003. Paul
C. Lauterbur, a pioneer in the development of magnetic
resonance imaging and a faculty member at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the 2003 Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He shares the prize with Sir
Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham in England.
Mansfield was a research associate in the department of physics at
Illinois from 1962-1964.
They were lauded for "seminal discoveries concerning the use
of magnetic resonance to visualize different structures," ...Read
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Nobel
Prize Winners 2003
MIT, University of Illinois,
and University of California, Berkeley Lead a Group to Compete for
NSF Multimillion Nanotech Program
July
15, 2003.
The National Science Foundation is hip deep in selecting a group of
universities to host a sweeping nanotech research effort, the National
Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). Schools across the
country have teamed up into various consortia vying for the project,
worth as much as $140 million over the next decade. ...Read
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Smart Bricks could
Monitor Buildings, Save Lives
June
12, 2003. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A "smart brick"
developed by scientists at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign could monitor a building’s health and save lives.
"This
innovation could change the face of the construction industry,"
said Chang Liu, a professor of electrical
and computer engineering at Illinois. "We are living with
more and more smart electronics all around us, but we still live and
work in fairly dumb buildings. By making our buildings smarter, we
can improve both our comfort and safety."
In work performed through the university’s Center for Nanoscale
Science and Technology, Liu and graduate student Jon Engel have
combined sensor fusion, ...Read
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...And Pain-Saving Artificial
Bone Implant Created
June 10, 2003.
URBANA, Ill. — In a unique moment of
convergence, a long-distance, multi-disciplinary collaboration has
resulted in an elegant solution to a painful and costly problem —
how to avoid having to harvest bone from a patient to repair another
site in the body.
A maxillofacial surgeon from Carle
Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., a materials scientist from the
University of Illinois, computer modelers from the university’s
Beckman Institute and fabricators from Sandia Lab
in Albuquerque have joined together to create a precise replacement
for part of a ...Read
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Ground broken for Post
Genomic Institute
June
6, 2003. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Post Genomic Institute, a
cutting-edge facility expected to lead the nation in biological
research, was launched June 5 with a groundbreaking ceremony on the
Urbana campus.
Illinois
Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich joined University of Illinois President
James J. Stukel, Chancellor Nancy Cantor, PGI Director Harris Lewin,
members of the university board of trustees and state and local
officials at the groundbreaking for the facility, which is expected
to put Illinois at the forefront of modern biological research and
foster economic development in the state. The $73.5 million
institute being built on...
Lewin, the institute’s inaugural
director, is a pioneering animal geneticist renowned for his
research in comparative mammalian genomics and immunogenetics. An
Illinois faculty member since 1984, Lewin founded the immunology
program in the department of animal sciences. He holds the
prestigious Gutgsell Endowed Chair in the College
of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences and faculty
appointments in the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications and the Micro
and Nanotechnology Laboratory.
Lewin and other campus leaders will be defining the institute’s
research themes and recruiting faculty members using funding from
the state’s Venture Tech program. ...
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Red
Hot
June
2003. Today LEDs
come in yellow,
orange,
green, turquoise,
blue-violet,
and even white.
But first there was red—and
first there was Nick Holonyak.
They
shine from clocks and traffic lights; they blink on our car
dashboards. They flash on the soles of children's running shoes;
they glow from the coffeemakers in our kitchens. They tell us that
our modems are connecting to our networks; they reassure us that our
cellphones are on. They lit up the face of the first personal
computer and the first wristwatch with an electronic display; they
illuminate today's...Read
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New Engineering Grants Target Medical
Technology
May 19, 2003. Better diagnosis and treatment of disease is a
goal of three engineering research projects to advance medical
technology. The projects are focused on using nanotechnology to
identifying genes, developing new carriers to stimulate precise
cartilage growth and developing faster, more informative CT scans.
One of these medical advances is in nanotechnology. Nanoparticles
are key to identifying disease and abnormalities in the human
genome. Nano-sized fluorescent markers
...
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CNST Nanotechnology Workshop Provides
Faculty, Industry Forum, May 9, 2003
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June
20, 2003. ECE Faculty and Students doing Big Things in
Nanotechnology
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May
13, 2003. Nanotechnology Industry Event in Champaign a Success.
-ArcLight Illinois Coalition e-Newsletter ...Read
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May
10, 2003. UI wants nanotech dollars.
Keynote speaker stresses necessity of new technology; while speaking
at the CNST Nanotechnology Workshop.
-News
Gazette, Champaign, IL ...Read
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April 18, 2003.
The next generation of new ideas and products in agriculture
and food, medicine and pharmaceuticals, and communications and
electronics is expected to come from nanotechnology research. With
about 150 faculty members working on some aspect of nanotechnology,
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is positioned to
become a leader in basic and applied research. The interdisciplinary
potential on this campus—spanning agriculture, biotechnology,
engineering, information technology, and...
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Electron
Nanodiffraction Technique offers Atomic Resolution Imaging
May
29,
2003.
A new imaging technique that uses electron diffraction waves to
improve both image resolution and sensitivity to small structures
has been developed by scientists at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. The technique works on the same principle as X-ray
diffraction, but can record structure from a single nanostructure or
macromolecule....
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2002
Micro and
Nanotechnology Laboratory Set for $18 Million Expansion
October
10, 2002.
The
State of Illinois has released $18 million for expansion of the
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Illinois at
Urbana- Champaign. Governor George Ryan made the announcement
Monday, Oct. 7, at a press conference at the Beckman Institute. The
funds were part of the state’s VentureTECH initiative approved by
the legislature last June.
The money will be used to expand the Micro/Nano Lab by about 45,000
square feet, according to Ilesanmi Adesida, director of the
laboratory and professor of electrical and computer engineering.
"The lab is a user facility for everybody on campus," he
said. "We are
...
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A New Nano Center
June 17, 2002.
The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology unites nanoscale research from engineering, chemistry, physics, agriculture and other areas....Read
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Small Research Big on Campus
April
5, 2002.
Through
the wonders of modern technology, the world is said to have gotten
smaller. Correspondingly, the world of research has grown more
minute, a realm where scientists and engineers now routinely work
on a scale ranging from the size of small atoms to that of large
molecules.
Working at the nanoscale (a nanometer is one billionth of a meter)
scientists may develop chemical and biological sensors that will
be far more sensitive, selective and cost-effective than
conventional systems. Or they might use nanoengineering concepts
to create advanced materials, structures and devices for a variety
of electronic and photonic applications.
Through numerous avenues of research on nanotechnology, scientists
at the University of Illinois are well poised to push back the
frontiers of knowledge and make such exciting....Read
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Nanopods could Create Smaller Circuits
January 4, 2002.
(UPI)
-- Researchers said this week they discovered a way to manipulate
the electronic properties of atomic-scale "peapods," made
of carbon molecules packed inside carbon tubes only a few atoms
across -- an important step towards creating radically smaller
computers. Scientists at the University of Illinois at
Champaign are studying the nanopods, ...
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2001
UI
Scientists Developing Lab on a Chip for Early Warning
December
23, 2001.
When integrated circuits got put on chips and in ever smaller
arrays, we got computers you can hold in the palm of your hand, with
more power than the computers that ran the Apollo moon missions.
Some University of Illinois scientists are working to do the same kind
of thing with chemical and biological processes by mixing biology,
chemistry, and technology at a molecular level. Among other
things, that could result in a kind of a "lab on a chip"..Read
more in
News
Gazette article>>
A Plastic
that "Heals" Itself: Innovation could Extend Life of
Everyday Items
February
15, 2001. For
years scientists have tried to find an easier way to repair plastic- to
make tennis racket that lasts longer, a surfboard that patches more
easily or a fiberglass autobody that could give the vintage Corvette a
look as elegant as ...Read
more in Washington Post article>>
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Self-Healing
Polymer Research:
...Links to
extensive press coverage click here>>
Electrochemical
Process makes Silicon
Nanoparticles
March 6, 2000.
A new way of making nanoparticles of silicon
could open the door to exotic electronic devices and new research
tools. The technology, developed by investigators at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, uses an electrochemical process and
ultrasound to create tiny particles—each containing about 30 atoms
and measuring about a billionth of a meter in diameter.
Prof. Nayfeh’s research is described in detail at ...Read
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