nanotechnology

  1. Black squares are scattered on a field of gray. A yellow dot marks the center of each square. Some yellow dots are connected by lines. The lines form an intricate network that includes grid structures in gray as well as chaotic, zigzagging patterns in blue, with red commonly connecting triangles.

    Complexity isn’t subjective. The right amount results in new nanomaterial properties

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    $15M for game theory with AI agents, quantum semiconductors for microelectronics and photonics

  3. Graphic of a 200 nanometer hexagon with rounded corners. Every other corner has a channel from the edge to the center where a cavity recesses into the shape. The channels are slightly twisted clockwise, resembling a pinwheel.

    Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw

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    Building better bone grafts

  5. A lone star tick, brown with a white spot on its back, sits on a green leaf.

    Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment

  6. The artistic illustration suggests the way that the new Center for Complex Particle Systems (COMPASS) will use graph theory to design the self-assembly of structures that ladder up from atoms and molecules through nanostructures and microstructures, building in different functions at different scales. Image credit: Brian Townsend

    Largest US investment in particle self-assembly seeks to deliver on nanotechnology’s promise

  7. Students who are members of the 2023 Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience (M-SHORE) program at the University of Michigan Lurie Nanofabrication Facility pose for a portrait before the tour the space and a training there. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering

    Semiconductor workforce program increases access to hands-on training

  8. A molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) system in the Goldman Group MBE Laboratory at the University of Michigan on June 1, 2023. Rachel Goldman, professor of materials science and engineering, is leading an interdisciplinary team of engineers and physicists that was awarded $7.5M by the Department of Defense to study "dislocations" and how to use them to transport electrons. Dislocations are linear defects within a material's atomic structure that have long been considered detrimental due to their tendency to impede the flow of electricity. This project will seek to take advantage of those defects due to their predicted ability to act as nano-pipelines within specific materials for channeling electrons and manipulating their spins. The MBE system will be used for growing various topological materials as part of this project. Image credit: Evan Dougherty/Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

    $7.5M to harness atomic-scale defects for next-generation information processing

  9. The protein appears as a lumpy gray mass, made up of hundreds of balls stuck together. One of the longer lumps has a roughly U-shaped nanoparticle, made up of six or so balls, wrapped around it. That protrusion is about two or three times the diameter of a single ball in length, and one or two in diameter.

    Nanobiotics: AI for discovering where and how nanoparticles bind with proteins

  10. The blue bipyramid particles fan out around the red bipyramid particles, looking vaguely like blue petaled daisies with red centers. As we see through a layer of the structure, four red guest particles appear in each box marked at the corners by the guest particles that were initially visible.

    Making the structure of ‘fire ice’ with nanoparticles

  11. Concept illustration of body chemistry. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Chemical imaging could help predict efficacy of radiation therapy for an individual cancer patient

  12. The illustration shows how the honeycomb structure reconfigures into a pinwheel structure. The ability to make these twisted structures at the nanoscale could have applications in sensing, machine vision and more. Image credit: S. Zhou et al, Nature, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05384-8

    ‘Transformer’ pinwheels offer new twist on nano-engineered materials

  13. Liquid biopsy could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment

    Liquid biopsy could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment

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    U-M, Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund joint energy, biomedical projects

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    Nanotechnology Unplugged: A conversation about health risks and opportunities of engineering at the nanometer scale

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    Nature, nanotechnology fuse in electric yarn that detects blood

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    U-M professor’s nanotechnology company secures $30 million investment

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    Middle school students eyeing nanotechnology, science careers

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    U-M nanotechnology institute will develop medical and biological applications of ultra-small science

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    Researchers show how to assemble building blocks for nanotechnology