• Carbon nanotubes: present and future commercial applications

    M. De Volder, S. Tawfick, R.H. Baughman, A.J. Hart. Carbon nanotubes: present and future commercial applications. Science 339:535-589, 2013. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1222453] Worldwide commercial interest in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is reflected in a production capacity that presently exceeds several thousand tons per year. Currently, bulk CNT powders are incorporated in diverse commercial products ranging from rechargeable batteries,…

  • Carbon nanotube optoacoustic lens for focused ultrasound generation and high-precision targeted therapy

    H.W. Baac, J.G. Ok, A. Maxwell, K.T. Lee, Y.C. Chen, A.J. Hart, Z. Xu, E. Yoon, L.J. Guo. Carbon nanotube optoacoustic lens for focused ultrasound generation and high-precision targeted therapy. Scientific Reports 2:989, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00989] We demonstrate a new optical approach to generate high-frequency (>15 MHz) and high-amplitude focused ultrasound, which can be used for…

  • Mostafa Bedewy wins Nanotechnology Best Poster Award

    PhD Candidate Mostafa Bedewy won the best poster award in Nanotechnology at the 2012 Engineering Graduate Symposium organized by the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He won the First Prize for presenting his poster titled “Comprehensive Non-Destructive Metrology of Carbon Nanotube Populations for Advanced Manufacturing.” Congratulations to Mostafa.

  • Visualizing strain evolution and coordinated buckling in CNT arrays by in situ digital image correlation

    M.R. Maschmann, G. Ehlert, S. Park, D. Mollenhauer, B. Maryuama, A.J. Hart, J.W. Baur. Visualizing strain evolution and coordinated buckling in CNT arrays by in situ digital image correlation. Advanced Functional Materials 22:4686-4695, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201200676] Spatial mapping of strain fields within compressed carbon nanotube (CNT) array columns is achieved using digital image correlation (DIC) analysis…

  • Anisotropic Janus catalysts for spatially controlled chemical reactions

    W. Lv, K. Lee, J. Li, T. Park, A.J. Hart, F. Zhang, J. Lahann. Anisotropic Janus catalysts for spatially controlled chemical reactions. Small 8(20):3116-3122, 2012. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200192] We describe a novel method for manufacturing of multicompartmental (“Janus”) inorganic particles using electrohydrodynamic (EHD) co-jetting of composite polymer-ceramic solutions, followed by thermal calcination at 500 C. A degradable…

  • Origami team featured on U of M homepage

    The Mechanosynthesis Group is part of a multidisciplinary team that has received funding from NSF’s EFRI Program for research on building novel optical and photonic materials and devices by adopting the principles of origami to the micro- and nanoscales. This work is in collaboration with Prof. Max Shtein, Prof. Nick Kotov, Prof. Sharon Glotzer, and…

  • Decoding Nano

    Images of our carbon nanotube structures are featured in the short documentary “Decoding Nano”, sponsored by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry Innovation Science Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE). Check out the video!

  • Ryan Oliver awarded the Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program fellowship

    Congratulations to Ryan Oliver who was awarded the Microfluidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Program fellowship for his work on the microfluidic synthesis of functional nano and microparticles designed to interface with biological systems. “The MBSTP is a National Institute of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) funding training program that…

  • Mostafa Bedewy wins the "Best Presentation Award" at the NXS

    PhD Candidate Mostafa Bedewy won the “Best Presentation Award” at the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering (NXS). As the spokesperson of his group, Mostafa presented about experiments done on the Liquids Reflectometer beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), in which Neutron Reflectometry (NR) was used to investigate the inter-diffusion between thin polystyrene…

  • Jingjie Hu Awarded the Robert M. Caddell Memorial Scholarship

    Jingjie Hu has been awarded the University of Michigan Robert M. Caddell Memorial Scholarship based on her research in maximizing the crystalline order of nanoparticle monolayers made by continuous–feed evaporative assembly. The Robert M. Caddell Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to ME undergraduate students performing outstanding research on materials and manufacturing and has made significant…