Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

A team led by Vanderbilt engineers has achieved the ability to transmit two different types of optical signals across a single chip at the same time. The breakthrough heralds a potential dramatic increase in the volume of data a silicon chip can transmit over any period of time. With this… Read More

Nearly 70 years ago, the unexpected result of a numerical simulation sparked a chaos theory revolution in modern science and launched the study of nonlinear systems. In 1953, Fermi, Pasta, Ulam, and Tsingou discovered an apparent paradox when investigating thermalization of mechanical vibration along a single atomic chain. Now, a… Read More

Membrane desalination is an efficient way to desalinate water but maintaining uniformity of the pore size is a challenge. A single “large” hole can cause high leakage, compromise membrane performance and contaminate the water. How do you drill trillions of holes between the size of 0.3 and 0.6 nanometers over… Read More

A research team that includes Vanderbilt engineers is the first to successfully separate two ions with minute small size differences, a major advancement in separation science with widespread potential application. Their process is first to achieve solute-solute separation with sub-Angstrom precision. An Angstrom is one hundred-millionth of a centimeter, or… Read More

NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY An introduction to membrane nanoscience by Peifu Cheng, postdoctoral scholar, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Membrane research has significantly benefited from nanotechnology, and many sectors of the global ecosystem have benefited from membrane research. Water treatment or desalination is one example. Membranes with nanoscale pores also are… Read More