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Students in Bridge Program along with Dr. Ann Watts, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. A Pre-Freshman Bridge Summer Science Program at Morehouse College was designed to develop an advanced level of scientific  literacy among pre-freshmen science majors with the goal of incr

We have developed SERS based sensor for extremely toxic cyanide ion recognition quickly, selectively  and accurately without any tagging, at 110 ppt level. Download this highlight

JSU-PREM Participants presented Nanoscience exhibition at the Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN. Over 300 Participants gathered at the Zoo for Nano Day Download this highlight    

Bio-conjugated Popcorn shape gold nanoparticle can pick multiple drug resistantSalmonella DT104 bacteria from food sample. A simple colorimetric test can detect Salmonella DT104 in 10 colony-forming unit (CFU)/mL level with high selectivity over other pathogens.

The City College of New York PREM offers a summer experience for NYC High School teachers.  Through the Partnership in Experimental Physical Science Education (PEPSE) initiative, PREM seeks to foster collaborative partnerships  to increase access to research training for teachers and students.

Advanced energy absorption systems have recently been developed, in which external work is converted into stored energy by infiltrating nanoporous materials with liquid phases. Three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous (3DOm) carbon is studied as a new nanoporous material matrix for energy s

Self-assembled block copolymers (see the upper inset) can accommodate nanofillers in given polymeric domains resulting in an ordered spatial distribution of nanoparticles, induced by the self assembly of block copolymers and the preferential trapping on the nanofiller (see the left figure

We work on an fabrication method for “artificial” photonic quasi-crystal. The fabricated Penrose-type photonic quasicrystal shows ten-fold rotational symmetry. The Laue diffraction pattern from the photonic quasi-crystal is observed to be similar to that of the traditional alloy quasi-crys

Superhydrophobicity is a very important property of a solid surface and can be used in many applications such as self cleaning windows, icephobic surfaces (to avoid ice deposition on airplanes), self cleaning textiles and paints to mention some.

Nanometer-sized RuO2 materials with controlled shapes and dimensions have been synthesized by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition system. Transition metal oxides such as ruthenium oxide can be used as electrodes for lithium-ion batteries.