Tweet We have talked about the use of nanotechnology in consumer products in this blog before. It seems that “nano” is transitioning from a catchy marketing buzzword to a long-lasting industrial sector. To better understand how nanotechnology is … Continue reading
Tweet For the past year, VTSuN has had the pleasure to host Dr. Yi Yang. She is a professor at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China and she is spending a 2-year sabbatical at Virginia Tech, … Continue reading
About the author: Dr. Amy Pruden is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech and a VTSuN faculty member. Tweet This post was originally published at The Microbiology of … Continue reading
Tweet About the author: Haoran Wei is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. We are very familiar with cellulose, which is the primary component of the paper we … Continue reading
About the author: Ron Kent is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Tweet In a magnificently illustrated post on the VTSuN blog, Jacob … Continue reading
Tweet (This is a post by VTSuN member, Andrea Tiwari. You can reach Andrea at ajtiwari@vt.edu) As we know, carbon is the basis of life on Earth – we are all “carbon-based life forms.” The … Continue reading
Tweet http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/12/nobel-winner-boycotts-glamor-mags/ So people who knows me understand that I’m generally against boycotts. Recently a Nobel laureate announced that he will no longer published in ultra-high impact journals such as Nature, Science, and Cell. His … Continue reading
Authors: Harish Veeramani & Michael F Hochella Jr. Tweet Green chemistry, also called sustainable chemistry aims at designing products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous substances. Being environmentally benign, the principles … Continue reading
Tweet You may or may not be aware of this, but silver nanoparticles (aka nanosilver) are special. They carry the beautiful “nanoparticle” buzzword, which means they must be special in some way (otherwise they … Continue reading
Tweet Nanocellulose is a promising, renewable nanomaterial. ScienceDaily has called the “wonder material” of the future. How cool is nanocellulose? Well, even Gizmodo and The Verge have talked about it. (Here is a very nice review by by Klemm … Continue reading