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Nicholas Kotov

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.

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 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 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 7, 2021

Chemical Engineering faculty and students recognized at AIChE Annual Meeting

U-M ChE Professor Nicholas Kotov, Adjunct Professor Karl Jacob and PhD student Harsh Agarwal were honored with individual awards and the U-M AIChE Student Chapter was named Outstanding Student Chapter for the 12th consecutive year.

Michigan EngineeringNovember 29, 2021

Nicholas Kotov honored by MRS with the David Turnbull Lectureship

U-M ChE’s Nicholas Kotov has been recognized by the Materials Research Society (MRS) with the David Turnbull Lectureship for foundational discoveries in interface-based engineering of self-organizing materials.

Michigan EngineeringFebruary 25, 2021

Light-twisting ‘chiral’ nanotechnology could accelerate drug screening

A new approach makes liquid-crystal-like beacons out of harmful amyloid proteins present in diseases such as Type II diabetes.

Michigan EngineeringAugust 19, 2020

Powering robots: biomorphic batteries could provide 72 times more energy than stand-alone cells

The researchers compare them to fat deposits in living creatures.

Michigan EngineeringApril 9, 2020

World’s most complex synthetic microparticle outdoes nature’s intricacy

Creating and measuring intricacy in particles that could improve electronics and chemical reactions.

Michigan EngineeringOctober 24, 2019

Nanoparticle-based, bio-inspired catalyst could help make more efficient reactions affordable

Chemical processes usually give us both mirror image versions of a molecule when we want only one.

Michigan EngineeringJuly 1, 2019

Kirigami can spin terahertz rays in real time to peer into biological tissue

The rays used by airport scanners might have a future in medical imaging.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 8, 2019

Cartilage could be key to safe ‘structural batteries’

The new prototype cells can run for more than 100 cycles at 90 percent capacity and withstand hard impacts and even stabbing.

Michigan EngineeringApril 12, 2018

Nightmare bacteria: Michigan Engineers discuss how to combat antibiotic resistance

Drug-resistant bugs are on the rise and new approaches are needed.

Michigan EngineeringJanuary 19, 2018

Holography and LIDAR on the cheap with nanoparticle gel

Magnetic nanoparticles coated in amino acids can modulate light inexpensively at room temperature, and the findings have applications in autonomous vehicles.

Michigan EngineeringNovember 17, 2017

Artificial cartilage made from Kevlar mimics the magic of the real thing

In spite of being 80 percent water, cartilage is tough stuff. Now, a synthetic material can pack even more H2O without compromising on strength.

Michigan EngineeringAugust 30, 2017

New class of antibiotics: nanobiotics

U-M researchers Nicholas Kotov and J. Scott VanEpps are collaborating to create a new class of antibiotics known as nanobiotics.

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