nano@illinois Slideshow

NanoSTRuCT graduate students lead outreach at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy with 3rd grade students in 2014-2015.

A team of Illinois researchers from several disciplines has developed a new camera that uses an array of tiny lenses and sensors, inspired by the eyes of a fly. The breakthrough camera is described in an article published in the May 2, 2013, issue of Nature.

Illinois researchers have developed a new way to produce highly uniform nanocrystals used for both fundamental and applied nanotechnology projects.

Illinois team develops high-sensitivity, high-resolution optical laser biosensor and is featured on cover of Lab on a Chip journal.

CNST is committed to training the next generation of engineers and scientists through formal and informal education. CNSTs participation in events like Engineering Open House are working to expand outreach for K-12 students.

John Rogers is leading a charge to develop electronics that bend and stretch with the mechanical properties of skin.

Bionanotechnology is the integration of biotechnology and nanotechnology with applications in agriculture, the environment, and medicine. Jianjun Cheng's research shows a cell targeting nanoparticles.

Nobel Laureate, the late Paul Lauterbur, developed the MRI and achieved a Nobel Prize in Physiology

Graduate students in NSF IGERT in Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and BioNanotechnology, and the NIH/NCI Midwest Cancer for Nanotechnology Training Center programs are training the next generation of engineers and scientists through formal and informal education.

Joseph Lyding’s work in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics research area has led to the usage of scanning tunneling microscopy to study carbon nanotubes.