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The 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival!

The 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival!

Tweet This past weekend we had the wonderful opportunity to host a booth at the 2016 USA Science and Engineering Festival. This was our second time participating in this huge biannual event — with over 1,000 … Continue reading →

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

The Virginia Science Festival, Blacksburg: Nanotechnology with fun!

The Virginia Science Festival, Blacksburg: Nanotechnology with fun!

Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page.   Do you think nanotechnology is so complicated that only scientists can use it? If so, you … Continue reading →

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Transmission Electron Microscopy: Application in environmental nanoscience

Transmission Electron Microscopy: Application in environmental nanoscience

Tweet About the author: Rui Filipe Serra Maia is a PhD student in Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile on the VTSuN student page. Today I am going to tell you about Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), a fascinating imaging technique. … Continue reading →

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Raman Spectroscopy in Nanotechnology

Raman Spectroscopy in Nanotechnology

Tweet About the author: Dr. Weinan Leng is a research scientist in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. Check out his profile in the VTSuN page. Just like human fingerprints – a … Continue reading →

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Your one stop source for nanotechnology consumer products

Your one stop source for nanotechnology consumer products

Tweet Have you ever gone to the store to buy a new hair drier and noticed all their new fancy descriptions? Now you don’t just buy a hairdryer, you buy a “Nano Titanium Hair Drier“, … Continue reading →

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Green Nanowire Synthesis

Green Nanowire Synthesis

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 →

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

What is nanotechnology?

What is nanotechnology?

Tweet   Hello, my name is Nina. I have a PhD in environmental engineering, which makes me a certified know-it-all in all issues environmental. Right? At least that’s what some of my friends and family … Continue reading →

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Marina Vance · Leave a comment

Conferencing 101

Conferencing 101

Tweet       VTSuN was represented at the latest Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Nanotechnology, last week in Stowe, Vermont. The conference theme was “Novel Approaches to Meet Global Challenges”. It was an excellent … Continue reading →

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Marina Vance · 1 Comment

LCA of Nanocellulose

LCA of Nanocellulose

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 →

Posted on May 28, 2013 by coffeemug · 3 Comments

Virginia Tech – Sustainable Nanotechnology

Virginia Tech – Sustainable Nanotechnology

  Tweet   “We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may cut right across the borders of any subject matter or discipline.” -Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations: The … Continue reading →

Posted on January 11, 2013 by coffeemug · Leave a comment
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