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Dr. Virginia M. Ayres
The Electronic and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory |
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About Us
Additionally, great emphasis is placed on the development and use of reliable nano-investigative techniques. Scanning Probe Recognition Microscopy is a new scanning probe microscopy capability under development by our group in collaborative partnership with Veeco Instruments. High resolution electron microscopy with active nano-probing development is another ongoing research commitment within the EBNL group. Students are encouraged to develop high-caliber nano-experimental expertise of their own, working with the guidance of experts both at Michigan State University and through national and international links with our many valued collaborators. Group NewsCongratulations to Volkan Mujdat Tiryaki, who passed his Qualifying Examinations, held 24 September 2009, on the first go-round! Congratulations to Kaylee McElroy who successfully defended her Master's thesis "Catalyst-Free Gallium Nitride Nanowire Nucleation" on 14 August 2009! Abstract. And congratulations to Kaylee and Ben McElroy both, who welcomed daughter Cora Elaine McElroy (their first!) on 15 September 2009. Congratulations and thanks to Adeel Kahn, our Summer Undergraduate Research Academy 2009 (SURA 2009: 15 June - 15 August 2009) visiting research assistant from Western Michigan University! Adeel presented poster "Neural Cell Investigations in Relation to Spinal Cord Injuries" at the SURA 2009 Symposium at Michigan State University on 15 August 2009 and did the EBNL group proud! Prof. Virginia Ayres presented seminar "Nanoscale Cues for Regenerative Neural Cell Systems Investigated by Scanning Probe Recognition Microscopy" at the University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on 13 July 2009 Abstract Current seminars |
The Electronic and Biological Nanostructures Laboratory, headed by Professor Virginia M. Ayres, investigates both inorganic and organic nanostructures. The small physical dimensions of nanostructures result in new and fascinating localized and sometimes quantised interactions. At the nano (10-9 m) level, the distinction between inorganic and organic behaviour can be reduced to fundamental interactions common to both. However, very different applications are enabled by different combinations of the same fundamentals! Our group investigates two combinations, those that facilitate