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NanoExplorers to Probe Microscopic Mysteries

The UT Dallas Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute was launched in September 2001 and in the years since then has inspired more than 80 young minds to spend their summers studying nanotechnology. This year alone there are 30 new class members, and more than twice that many applied. read more

New Properties Discovered for Nanotube Sheets

A team of nanotechnologists at UT Dallas, along with Brazilian collaborators, have discovered that sheets of carbon nanotubes can produce bizarre mechanical properties when stretched or uniformly compressed. These properties could be used for making composites, artificial muscles, gaskets or sensors. read more

NanoTech Institute Announces 2008 NanoExplorers

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NanoTech Institute Director Ray Baughman Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Dr. Ray Baughman, one of the most talented and pioneering nanotechnologists of his time, has been recognized by his peers through election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He was one of only two Texans among 65 new members added by the Academy, according to an announcement Friday. (more)

View Dr. Ray Baughman's lecture for the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award from Carnegie Mellon University.

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UT Dallas Lab Work Takes High School Pair to Victory in Science Competition

Research that the two high school students conducted under UT Dallas chemistry faculty members earned them first place and $6,000 in scholarship money earlier this month in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.  “I sometimes forget that Camden and John are only in high school, since they are conducting research at such a high level without the benefit of university coursework or significant lab experience,” says Kenneth Balkus Jr., a UT Dallas chemistry professor.  (more)

Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute

The NanoTech Institute will now be known as the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute in memory of our departed colleague. Dr. MacDiarmid shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry with Drs. Alan Heeger and Hideki Shirakawa for their discovery that plastics can be made electrically conductive, thus creating the field of polymers. Dr. MacDiarmid died this year after teaching here for five years. It seems particularly fitting to have his name attached to an institute that has produced so many advances in such a short time in the field of nanotechnology.

Paper on Improving Solar Cells Nets Zakhidov ‘Top 5’ Honor from Materials Research Society

A scientific paper on improving polymer solar cells, authored by Dr. Anvar Zakhidov and colleagues at The University of Texas at Dallas NanoTech Institute, was selected one of the “Top 5 Hot Talks/Cool Papers” submitted at the 2007 spring meeting of the Materials Research Society held last month in San Francisco.  The paper, published recently in the international journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, describes efforts to build organic solar cells utilizing sheets of carbon nanotubes that collect more energy from sunlight than other photovoltaic devices. (more)

New Sign-Up System for Instrument Use Now in Place: Replacing Meeting Room Manager

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