News
2013
Apr. 18 2013
Congratulations to Pratap Rao on his successful Ph.D. defense!
Apr. 3 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in MRS Spring meeting, Symposium Z on Nanotechnology & Sustainability, San Francisco, USA.
Mar. 29 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical Engineering at University of Connecticut.
Mar. 27 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University.
Mar. 26 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Pennsylvania State University.
Mar. 2013
In Sun's paper is published in Nature Communications (link). Congratulations!
Mar. 2013
Yunzhe and In Sun's paper in Nano Letter is selected for the cover art. Congratulations!
Mar. 14 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Materials Science Program at University of Wisconsin.
Mar. 3-6 2013
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in International Workshop on Photon Tools for Combustion and Energy Conversion, Argonne National Laboratory.
Feb.
Xiaolin Zheng received the 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant Award from 3M.
Feb. 20
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in the Micro-Nano Seminar at MIT.
Feb. 19
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University.
Jan. 7
Xiaolin Zheng gave a tutorial on Combustion Synthesis of Nanomaterials for CNEEC (Video)
2012
Dec. 20
Chi Hwan's paper in Nature Scientific Reports is highlighted by Stanford News, MIT Technology Review, Forbes, Mashable (Multimedia), and others. Congratulations!
Dec. 11
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk for the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center Seminar Series at University of California, Berkeley
Dec. 4
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk for the 19th International Display Workshops at Kyoto in Japan
Nov. 7
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical Engineering at Yale University
Oct. 23
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Oct. 7
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk for the 2012 ECS Fall Meeting, Symposium E7 on Low-Dimensional Nanoscale Electronic and Photonic Devices in Hawaii, USA
Sep. 25
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in Mechanical Engineering at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jun
Congratulations to Yunzhe Feng on her successful Ph.D. thesis defense!
May 10
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk for the 1st International Conference on Advanced Materials, Energy and Environment, Toledo, Ohio
Apr
Yunzhe and In Sun's paper in Nano Letters is highlighted by Stanford News. Congratulations!
Apr
Congratulations to Jeff Weisse for receiving MRS Best Poster Award! [Jeff's interview video]
Apr.
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting for Symposium AA (Inorganic nanowire and nanotubes synthesis, properties and device applications, San Francisco
Mar. 29,
Xiaolin Zheng presented an invited talk in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University
2011
Dec
Congratulations to Pratap Rao for receiving MRS Graduate Student Silver Award!
Oct
Congratulations to Dong Rip Kim on his successful Ph.D. thesis defense!
Jul
Chi Hwan and Dong Rip's paper in Nano Letters is highlighted by Stanford News, Materials Today, EE Time, You Tube, and Hankyoreh and Yonhap News in South Korea. Congratulations!
Apr
Congratulations to Dong Rip Kim for receiving MRS Graduate Student Silver Award!
2010
Apr
Congratulations to Yuma Ohkura for receiving Study Abroad Fellowship from Japan Student Services Organization!
2009
Jul
Professor Zheng received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. [link]
Jul
Congratulations to Pratap Rao for receiving Link Energy Foundation Fellowship!
2008
Jul
Congratulations to Dong Rip Kim for receiving Link Energy Foundation Fellowship!
Apr
Congratulations to Etosha Cave for receiving NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Mar
Professor Zheng receives the DARPA Young Faculty Award.
Mar
Professor Zheng receives the ONR Young Investigator Program.
2007
17 Oct
"Shining a new light on nanowires" RSC Chemistry World. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Photovoltaics made of nanowires could lead to cheaper solar panels" MIT Technology Review. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Nanowire silicon solar cell for powering small circuits" IEEE Spectrum. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Solar cells thinner than hair strand" Times of India. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Nanowire generates its own spart" News in Science. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Powering nanoelectronics with light" Agence France-Presse. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Super-thin solar cells developed for nanoelectronics" Treehugger.com. [download pdf]
18 Oct
"Invisible solar nano-cells promise clean energy" ZDNet Australia. [download pdf]
17 Oct
"Light-harvesting nanowire could drive tiny devices" NewScientistTech. [download pdf]
17 Oct
"Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells" Science Centric. [download pdf]