Tag: nanotechnology

UMR chemist is one of 15 to receive international Nano 50 award

Posted by on June 14, 2007

Dr. Nicholas Leventis, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of 15 innovators included in the 2007 Nano 50 Awards presented by Nanotech Briefs magazine, the publication announced Thursday, June 14. Leventis is being recognized for his groundbreaking research in the development of polymer cross-linked aerogels.

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UMR researcher receives $400,000 from National Science Foundation

Posted by on March 9, 2005

Dr. Jee-Ching Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support his work on modeling nanoparticle self-assembly.

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Connecting the (quantum) dots

Posted by on December 14, 2004

Imagine if your office laser printer could print text the size of atoms, then embed that ink into a writing surface as light as air. That, in a sense, is what researchers at UMR have done with a new "laser writing" technique they have developed. But with this process, the "ink" is a semiconductor that […]

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Chemist’s research named one of year’s top discoveries

Posted by on December 19, 2003

A UMR chemistry professor’s development of a process to sort biologically potent, useful chemicals from their less useful and sometimes toxic counterparts is listed as one of the most important advances in chemistry in 2003 by Chemical and Engineering News, the magazine of the American Chemical Society.

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