Category Archives: Nanotechnology
Six elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society
Congratulations to six faculty members from the Department of Physics have been elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society. They are: Professor Nemanja Kaloper: For numerous and imaginative contributions to theoretical cosmology, particularly for his pioneering work in the …
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Immune proteins spread a net to trap bacteria
A “natural antibiotic” protects the body against bacteria by tangling them in a net, not poking holes in them, a team led by UC Davis Health System researchers has found. It’s an entirely new mechanism of action for defensins, an …
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Wrapping sorts carbon nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes – sheets of carbon atoms rolled up into tiny cylinders or tubes – have many interesting properties and potential uses, for example in flexible display screens or printed circuits. Some act like conducting metals, and others are semiconductors. …
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Lifetime achievement award for ‘buckyballs’ expert
Alan Balch, distinguished professor of chemistry, has been awarded the F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry by the American Chemical Society. Established in 2002, the Cotton Award is given to one person a year to recognize distinguished lifetime …
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Career Achievement Award for Zuhair Munir
The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has selected UC Davis College of Engineering professor emeritus Zuhair A. Munir as recipient of the 2011 ACerS W. David Kingery Award. The annual award recognizes a candidate’s career achievements in multidisciplinary and global contributions …
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Redox and nanoparticles: Size does matter
Particle size has a far more dramatic impact on chemical reactivity than previously thought, according to new research from UC Davis. The results have implications for understanding a wide range of vital chemical reactions, from rusting iron to the origins …
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Two-D materials awarded 2010 Nobel for Physics
3-D may be all the rage in movie theaters, but since 2004 physicists have been getting excited about two-dimensional materials. Now the Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to two Russian-born scientists working in England, Andre Geim and Konstantin …
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Nanotech for hard drives licensed to local startup
Nanodyne Inc. of Dublin, Calif. has signed an exclusive option to license new technology developed at UC Davis called Metal Organic Silicon Thin Film (MOSTF) into a commercial prototype. The technology is used to create thin films on surfaces, that …
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Observing atoms inside a crystal catalyst
Materials scientists at UC Davis have for the first time pinpointed the exact locations of individual metal atoms inside a crystal. The research opens new ways to study materials such as zeolites, which are important catalysts in the chemical and …
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Biological transistor created
Tiny biological transistors have been created by researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA. The team coated a silicon nanowire, 20-40 nanometers across, with a lipid bilayer membrane (the same kind of membrane that …
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