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‘Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum’

Nanoday! features Stanford speaker on improving optoelectronic devices

Nov. 6, 2014—The engineer who coined the term “plasmonics” is the keynote speaker for Vanderbilt University’s Nanoday!, a Nov. 12 celebration and learning opportunity that brings together scientists and engineers working in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Plasmonics is the study of the interaction between electromagnetic fields and free electrons in a metal, but the man who invented that word,...

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12th Annual Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Forum report

Nov. 14, 2011—More than 100 faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research at Vanderbilt and Fisk Universities attended the 12th annual forum on Nov. 9 at Buttrick Hall. Each year the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering sponsors a full-day of presentations, poster sessions and demonstrations to highlight nanotechnology research. Keynote...

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