Polyacrylate fibers containing silver nanoparticles, being developed as a possible component for electronic textiles in Prof. van Keuren

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Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron
Microscope for Imaging and Electron-Beam
Nanolithography Paola Barbara, Georgetown
University, DMR 0521170
Polyacrylate fibers containing silver
nanoparticles, being developed as a possible
component for electronic textiles in Prof. van
Keurens lab.
Cu nanoparticles to be coated with an atomic-thin
layer of Pt for low-cost electro-catalyst in fuel
cells (Prof. Tong).
200 nm
300 nm
Carbon nanotubes coated with Au nanoparticles,
for chemical and biological sensors (Prof.
Paranjape).
Silica spheres with carboxylates grafted to the
surface to attach novel, Gd free MRI contrast
agents (Prof. Stoll).
Array of carbon nanotube quantum dots, for THz
sensors (Prof. Barbara)
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Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron
Microscope for Imaging and Electron-Beam
Nanolithography Paola Barbara, Georgetown
University, DMR 0521170

• Five postdoctoral fellows, eighteen graduate
  students and four undergraduates were trained on
  SEM imaging and can use the instrument
  independently for their research.
• A new laboratory on SEM imaging was introduced in
  the Advanced Characterization Methods (Phys
  502) class.