The NanoBioX Initiative is launching the Nano+Bio Engineering Lectures, designed to welcome world-leading researchers in the field to NYU Tandon and the broader NYU community, facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, and foster collaborations. The lectures will alternate between our Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses, and virtual options will also be available.

Mimicking Nature: Controlling Charge, Heat, and Spin

Thursday, October 17th, 2024 

Location: Jacobs Seminar Room (1 MetroTech Center – 19th floor)

Time: 10:45am – 12:00pm 

Zoom: https://nyu.zoom.us/my/cbeseminar

SPEAKERS:

Paul S. Weiss, Ph.D.
California NanoSystems Institute and Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA

One of the key advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology has been our increasing ability to reach the limits of atomically precise structures. By having developed the “eyes” to see, to record spectra, and to measure function at the nanoscale, we have been able to fabricate structures with precision as well as to understand the important and intrinsic heterogeneity of function found in these assemblies. The physical, electronic, mechanical, thermal, and chemical connections that materials make to one another and to the outside world are critical. Just as the properties and applications of conventional semiconductor devices depend on these contacts, so do nanomaterials, many nanoscale measurements, and devices of the future. We explore the important roles that these contacts can play in preserving key transport and other properties. Initial nanoscale connections and measurements guide the path to future opportunities and challenges ahead. Band alignment, minimally disruptive connections, and control of spin and heat are all targets and can be characterized in both experiment and theory. I discuss our initial forays into this area in a number of materials systems.

Speaker Biography:

Paul S. Weiss graduated from MIT with S.B. and S.M. degrees in chemistry and from the University of California at Berkeley with a Ph.D. in chemistry. He is a nanoscientist and holds a UC Presidential Chair and is a distinguished professor of chemistry & biochemistry, bioengineering, and materials science & engineering at UCLA, where he was previously director of the California NanoSystems Institute. He currently holds visiting appointments at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and several universities in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, and South Korea. He studies the ultimate limits of miniaturization, developing and applying new tools and methods for atomic-resolution and spectroscopic imaging and patterning of chemical functionality. He and his group apply these advances in other areas including quantum information, precision medicine, neuroscience, microbiome studies, tissue engineering, cellular agriculture, and high-throughput gene editing. He led, coauthored, and published the technology roadmaps for the BRAIN Initiative and the U.S. Microbiome Initiative. He was the founding editor-in-chief of ACS Nano and served in that role from 2007–2021. He has won a number of awards in science, engineering, teaching, publishing, and communications. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, Canadian Academy of Engineering, IEEE, Materials Research Society, National Academy of Inventors, and an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society and Chemical Research Society of India.

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New York Nanoscience Discussion Group September 2024

September 23rd, 2024 

The New York Nanoscience Discussion Group
An American Chemical Society New York Section Topical Group hosted by
The New York University’s Department of Chemistry, the Molecular Design Institute & NanoBioX and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Refershments at 5:00; Science at 5:30

Please RSVP here (required for non-NYU folks – building access is arranged based on RSVP).

SPEAKERS:

Elizabeth Biddinger
Department of Chemical Engineering
City College of New York
Ionic Liquids at Electrochemical Interfaces

Xi Chen
Department of Chemical Engineering
CUNY Advanced Science Research Center
Biomimetic Water-Responsive Crystals as High-Energy Actuators

Chen Wang
Department of Chemistry
Queens College
Surface Chemistry-Mediated Photocatalytic Cycloaddition Reactions on Perovskite Nanocrystals: an Exploration Guided by Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy

Sessions feature three 30-minute presentations on nanoscience, one each with strong orientation in biology, chemistry, and physics/applied mathematics.  Presentations will be focused on discussion of recent work, although speakers will be expected to place the work in a context understandable to a broad audience.

Hosts: Professors Jim Canary, Stephanie Lee and Yoel Ohayon (NYU Chemistry), Irene de Lázaro (NYU Tandon School of Engineering), Dan Heller (MSKCC) and Alma Perez Perrino (CUNY ASRC)

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NBX SEMINAR:

Atomically Thin Bioelectronics: from Biosensors to Wearable E-Tattoos

by Dmitry Kireev, University of Massachusetts Amherst

April 10th, 2024 

Key Topics Included:

• Graphene-based microelectrode arrays for efficient communication with neuronal cells.
• Graphene field-effect transistors as advanced biosensors (e.g., for COVID-19).
• Atomically thin graphene electronic tattoos (GETs) for non-invasive monitoring of human electrophysiology.
• Biocompatible artificial transistors mimicking biological synapse behavior.

Contact us: NanoBioX@nyu.edu