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Nanotechnology

Michigan EngineeringNovember 28, 2022

“Transformer” pinwheels offer new twist on nano-engineered materials

Producing chirality, a property found throughout nature, through large-scale self-assembly could lead to applications in sensing, machine perception and more.

Taylor ShafferOctober 6, 2022

Alum Eranda Nikolla returns to U-M as Professor of Chemical Engineering

Nikolla’s research will expand upon the idea of developing efficient chemical and energy conversion and storage processes through heterogeneous catalyst design to minimize environmental impact.

Taylor ShafferSeptember 30, 2022

New funding supports development of novel membranes for treatment of brine waste via electrodialysis

U-M ChE Assistant Professor Jovan Kamcev receives funding from the Bureau of Reclamation Desalination and Water Purification Program to develop novel membranes to treat brine waste produced in desalination plants.

Taylor ShafferSeptember 28, 2022

Rebecca Lindsey joins Michigan Chemical Engineering

New Assistant Professor Rebecca Lindsey’s work will focus on chemistry in multiscaled systems and material evolution under extreme and dynamically changing conditions.

Taylor ShafferSeptember 23, 2022

Behind the Paper: Structure-color to control heat flow at high temperatures

This PhD student blog post explores heat-resistant nanostructures leveraging structure-color effects that could be used to turn heat into electricity.

Michigan EngineeringSeptember 22, 2022

Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity

The key to beating the heat is degrading the materials in advance.

Michigan EngineeringAugust 18, 2022

Visualizing nanoscale structures in real time

Open-source software enables researchers to see materials in 3D while they’re still on the electron microscope.

Michigan EngineeringJuly 22, 2022

Sharon Glotzer receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

Sharon C. Glotzer, Anthony C. Lembke Department Chair of Chemical Engineering, has received the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Michigan EngineeringJuly 20, 2022

Behind the Paper: Enabling Multi-Objective Antibody Optimization

This PhD student blog post explores the use of machine learning for simultaneously optimizing antibody affinity and specificity, which could help accelerate drug development.

Michigan EngineeringJune 15, 2022

$2.38M to test nano-engineered brain cancer treatment in mice

A protein that crosses the blood-brain barrier carries a drug that kills tumor cells and another that activates the immune system.

Michigan EngineeringMay 16, 2022

Nanobiotics: model predicts how nanoparticles interact with proteins

Nano-engineered drugs that stop harmful bacteria and viruses could be on the horizon.

Michigan EngineeringMay 10, 2022

Nicholas Kotov elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Nicholas Kotov, Irving Langmuir Distinguished University Professor of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Only 13,500 members have been elected since 1780.

Michigan EngineeringMarch 25, 2022

Nicholas Kotov receives ACS Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience

U-M ChE’s Nicholas Kotov has received the 2022 Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience from the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Michigan EngineeringMarch 21, 2022

Twisted vibrations enable quality control for chiral drugs and supplements

Terahertz light creates twisting vibrations in biomolecules such as proteins, confirming whether their compositions and structures are safe and effective.

Michigan EngineeringFebruary 15, 2022

ChE PhD students receive Mistletoe Research Fellowships

U-M ChE’s Cailin Buchanan, Misché Hubbard and Niloufar Salehi have received Mistletoe Research Fellowships that include both a research grant and a nine-month accelerator program that partners students with hardware startups.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 19, 2022

Nanotechnology: Theory predicts new type of bond that assembles nanoparticle crystals

Turns out entropy binds nanoparticles a lot like electrons bind chemical crystals.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 13, 2022

Nanostructures get complex with electron equivalents

Nanoparticles of two different sizes break away from symmetrical designs.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 13, 2022

New photonic effect could speed drug development

Twisted semiconductor nanostructures convert red light into the twisted blue light in tiny volumes, which may help develop chiral drugs.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 12, 2022

1,000-cycle lithium-sulfur battery could quintuple electric vehicle ranges

The nanofibers recycled from Kevlar vests are harnessed in a biomimetic design to help solve a battery’s longevity problem.

Michigan EngineeringDecember 9, 2021

Joerg Lahann elected as an NAI Fellow

U-M ChE’s Joerg Lahann, the Wolfgang Pauli Collegiate Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) fellow in honor of his contributions to invention, innovative discovery, significant impacts on society and enhancement of innovation.

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