Fall 2010
Literature Seminars
"Electrospun Nafion Nanofibers for Proton Exchange Membranes"
-- Michael W. Cason
"Recent Advances in Materials for Bone Regeneration"
-- Davin J. Chernak
"Polymeric Conjugates for Anti-cancer Drug Delivery"
-- Xinxin Feng
"Nanoparticle / Graphene Composites: Toward High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries"
-- Jinrui Guo
"Patterning Acene-Inspired p-type Semiconductors for Organic Field Effect Transistors"
-- Brandon R. Ito
"Gold Nanocages and Their Biological Applications"
-- Ying Li
"Bio-Inspired Smart Nanochannels: Toward Improved Nanofluidic Devices"
-- Adele Pacquette
"Unraveling a Tangled Web: A Synthetic Route to Spider Silk"
-- Li Huey Tan
"Artificial Seashells: Multilayered Hybrid Nanocomposites for Improved Mechanical Properties"
-- Jie An Yang
"Biodegradable Shape-Memory Polymers"
-- Peixi Yuan
"Organic Materials for Sprintronics"
--Sizhu You
Final Defenses
"Molecular Engineering of Gold Nanorod Surfaces: Towards Improved Physical Properties and Understanding Nanoparticle-Cell Interacations"
--Alaaldin Alkilany
"Interactions of Disruptive Materials with Phopholipid Bilayers"
--Andrew Campbell
"Aerosol Synthesis of Energetic Materials"
--Richard Helmich
"Gold Nanorods: Applications in Chemical Sensing, Biological Imaging and Effects on 3-Dimensional Tissue Culture"
--Patrick Sisco