Nano News

Dignitaries including Gov. Mike Beebe, Sen. Mark Pryor, Rep. Tim Griffin, and UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson will be on hand at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 2, for the opening and dedication of UALR’s newest building – the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences. Center Director Dr. Alexandru Biris will offer tours of the research facility, with nanotechnology … New Nanotechnology Center Opens May 2

ACS Nano, a very prestigious Nanotechnology journal, has highlighted the Nanocenter’s most recently published article on the “Catalytic Conversion of Graphene into Carbon Nanotubes via Gold Nanoclusters at Low Temperatures”.  In their highlight we were categorized as “Very Cool” and that is cool! Follow the link for the highlight!

Dr. Enkeleda Dervishi, Research Assistant Professor at the Nanotechnology center, won the McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award for 2011. Dr. Dervishi mentored Alexandra Trible, a senior in the Biology department. Alexandra worked on characterizing the mechanical properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene reinforced Nano-Composite Polymer Films. The McNair Scholars Program also referred to … Dr. Dervishi wins McNair’s Program Mentor of the Year Award

A $1 million endowment to UALR from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust led today to the investiture of Dr. Alexandru S. Biris, director and chief scientist of the Nanotechnology Center at UALR, as the university’s first Sturgis Charitable Trust Nanotechnology Chair.

Exciting developments coming from the state of Arkansas and FDA. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed this morning establishing a Virtual Center of Excellence on Nanotoxicological research. For more information read the article at Arkansas Business.

A new instrument is in the process of being installed at the Nanotechnology Center. The Thermo K-Alpha XPS System, which is a fully integrated and compact X-ray photoelectron spectrometer, allows for the measurement of the elemental composition, empirical formula, chemical state and electronic state of the elements that exist within a material. Such instrument will increase the technical capability of … Thermo K-Alpha XPS System Added to Center Instrument Resources

Poly Adaptive, LLC, an Arkansas nanotechnology development company, has received a $100,000 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to use new nanoscale materials to drastically reduce dust on spacecraft surfaces. Dust is a major problem on spacecraft surfaces. Technology exists that uses electrodynamic shields (EDS) to mitigate dust. But … Nano Research Leads to NASA Contract

Dr. Gary Geissler, professor of marketing and advertising, praised for the positive impact an instructor can have on students, won the $10,000 Ted and Virginia Bailey Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, at UALR’s annual Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony Thursday, April 14. View all college-level winners in the teaching category. Dr. Alexandru S. Biris, chief scientist … Geissler, Biris, Parker Win Faculty Excellence

Janet Jones, founder and president of the The Janet Jones Company, has created a $25,000 mentorship program honoring Dr. Alex Biris, chief scientist of UALR’s Nanotechnology Center. The Dr. Alex Biris Mentorship Fund will provide an annual award presented to a deserving student by Biris and Jones at the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information … Realtor’s Gift Honors Nanotechnologist Biris

The prestigious academic journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Science” (PNAS) has published an article by UALR scientists Mariya Khodakovskaya and Alex Biris, UAMS professor Dr. Vladimir Zharov; and their respective teams, detailing a novel progress for studying the interaction of plants and nanoparticles. Understanding the nature of interactions between engineered nanomaterials and plants … UALR Details Nanoparticle-Plant Interactions