NSTC News
June 2018
New UCF Optical Sensor Can Determine if Molecules are Left or Right 'Handed'
A University of Central Florida team has designed a nanostructured optical sensor that for the first time can efficiently detect molecular chirality – a property of molecular spatial twist that defines its biochemical properties.
February 2018
High School Student working at NSTC is selected for International Science Fair
Laboni Santra, an Oviedo High School student working with Professor Rajaraman won multiple awards at the Seminole County Science, Math and Engineering Fair held on February 3, 2018.
Daniel Franklin Awarded Order of Pegasus
Daniel Franklin has been selected for induction into the Order of Pegasus, Class of 2018. He was recognized at the Order of Pegasus award ceremony on April 2, 2018.
January 2018
Juan “Rachel” He Poster Winner at 2018 DOE SSL R&D Workshop
Graduate student Juan (Rachel) He won the 2018 Student Poster Competition at the 15th annual DOE SSL R&D Workshop, held January 29-31 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dong Wins IDW ’17 Best Paper Award
Prof. Yajie Dong was invited to present at the 24th International Display Workshops (IDW'17) at Sendai, Japan and his presentation titled “Luminescent Perovskite-Polymer Composite Films for Display” was selected to win the IDW '17 Best Paper Award.
A Breakthrough in Graphene Research May lead to Next-Generation Tech
A finding that enables graphene to better absorb light could be the key manufacturers have been waiting for to utilize the super-strong, superlight material in next-generation devices including light detectors, touchscreens, glucose testing meters and even water filtration systems.
December 2017
NSTC Students Awarded Dissertation Completion Fellowship
NSTC students Mikhael Soliman and Abraham Vázquez-Guardado were each awarded the UCF Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Completion Fellowship for spring 2018. The fellowship includes a stipend of $10,000, tuition coverage, and paid individual health insurance. The fellowship was awarded to 13 students university-wide.
November 2017
New Test for Zika on Course for Commercialization
A new diagnostic test that can detect a Zika viral infection within 30 minutes could be headed to hospitals in the next year thanks to a partnership between the University of Central Florida and Orlando-based biotechnology startup Nano Discovery Inc.
October 2017
UCF Honors Santra as Luminary Leader for Changing the World
Swadeshmukul Santra is among 45 faculty members recognized by UCF Wednesday during the university’s inaugural Luminary Award presentations for making an impact on the world.
Researcher’s Nanomaterial Can Extract Hydrogen Fuel from Seawater
t’s possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly. UCF researcher Yang Yang has come up with a new hybrid nanomaterial that harnesses solar energy and uses it to generate hydrogen from seawater more cheaply and efficiently than current materials.
September 2017
Six UCF students awarded for their presentations at NanoFlorida 2017
Students from the Nanoscience Technology Center have won several awards at the recent NanoFlorida 2017 conference held at Florida International University, Miami, on September 23rd and 24th, 2017.
Dr. Yang’s Research Published on Energy & Environmental Science
An article titled “MoS2/TiO2 Heterostructures as Nonmetal Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution” from Dr. Yang's research group has been published by Energy & Environmental Science.
Jung’s group reports atom-thick 2D hetero-semiconductor integrations in Nano Letters.
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with near atom thickness present an unusual combination of extremely high mechanical bendability and superior electrical/optical properties, rendering unprecedented opportunities for flexible electronics/optoelectronics. More interestingly, heterogeneously integrating one 2D semiconductor on top of the other achieving vertical stacks of 2D “hetero” structures is envisioned to project even more exciting functionalities impossible with their mono-component counterparts. One of the major hurdles for their technological applications lies in the technical difficulty with precisely integrating them into flexible substrates on a large scale compatible with prevailing microelectronics processes while maintaining their structural integrity.
Professor Striving to Turn Nanoscale Inventions into Real-Life Products
In the very small world of nanoscience, Debashis Chanda, an associate professor at UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center and College of Optics and Photonics, is forging huge innovations in the way we view, use and manipulate light.
