• John Hart gives talk at the NT13 conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes

    John Hart gives an invited talk, “Continuous growth and patterning of carbon nanotube forests”, at the NT13 conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes.

  • John Hart receives ONR YIP Award

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    John Hart has been selected to receive a 2012 Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the Office of Naval Research, for proposed research “Fundamental Mechanics of Assemblies and Joints of Continuous Long Carbon Nanotubes”. Hart is one of 26 winners selected nationwide from more than 350 candidates across all disciplines, and one of 3 winners…

  • CNT microfabrication process chosen as JMM “Highlight of 2011”

    Our group’s work on CNT microfabrication was honored as one of the Highlights of 2011 by the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.  The article is entitled “Fabrication and electrical integration of robust carbon nanotube micropillars by self-directed elastocapillary densification.” As noted by Ian Forbes, PhD, publisher, “the chosen articles were identified as some of the highest…

  • John Hart Receives 1938E Award

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    Dr. John Hart has been selected to receive the 2012 University of Michigan 1938E Award. The 1938E award is the highest award given annually by the College of Engineering to an Assistant Professor.  It is presented “in recognition of an outstanding teacher in both elementary and advanced courses, an understanding counselor of students who seek…

  • Mechanosynthesis Group Receives C-PHOM Seed Grant

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    Our group was awarded a seed grant from the Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials (C-PHOM) at Michigan.  We are excited to use these funds to explore a novel fabrication process for metal nanoparticle cluster biosensors.

  • John Hart will receive the NSF CAREER Award

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    November 2011: John Hart is the recipient of a 2012 NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award.  The award was selected by the NSF Nanomanufacturing Program, and is for proposed research and education activities entitled “High-Speed Continuous Assembly of Nanoparticle Monolayers and Discrete Cluster Arrays”. According to NSF, “The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program… offers…

  • Population growth dynamics of carbon nanotubes

    M. Bedewy, E.R. Meshot, M.J. Reinker, A.J. Hart. Population growth dynamics of carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano (in press), 2011. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn203144f] Understanding the population growth behavior of filamentary nanostructures, such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), is hampered by the lack of characterization techniques capable of probing statistical variations with high spatial resolution. We present a comprehensive methodology for studying…

  • 4D-CNT team featured at "Celebrate Invent"

    Our 4DCNT team was selected to present at the annual University of Michigan “Celebrate Invention” reception, which attracted over 500 faculty, students, investors, and business leaders.  Sameh Tawfick and John Hart were pictured on the front page of the University Record.  See the accompanying article.

  • Hierarchical carbon nanowire microarchitectures made by plasma-assisted pyrolysis of photoresist

    M. De Volder, R. Vansweevelt, P. Wagner, D. Reynaerts, C. Van Hoof, and A. J. Hart.  ACS Nano (in press), 2011. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn201976d] We present a new approach for the fabrication and integration of vertically aligned forests of amorphous carbon nanowires (CNWs), using only standard lithography, oxygen plasma treatment, and thermal processing. The simplicity and scalability…

  • John Hart will receive a FY2011 AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) award

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    October 2010: John Hart will receive a FY2011 AFOSR Young Investigator (YIP) award.