Effect of repeated immersions and contamination on plastron stability in superhydrophobic surfaces
Check out our new paper in collaboration with Felix Vuellers and Hendrik Hoelscher from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: our superhydrophobic wrinkled surfaces remain dry for longer and are more robust than other surfaces to repeated immersions and contamination. https://goo.gl/WBb5wk free to download for a week.
2018 Sydney Nano Photo of the Year Competition
The Neto group won both the first and second prize in the 2018 Sydney Nano Photo of the Year Competition. First Prize Winner Second Prize Winner
Vice Chancellor Recognition Reception
The NanoLens team explored visual experience and redefined what it means to look at the Vice Chancellor Recognition Reception, University of Sydney Quadrangle.
Zhenxu (Joseph) Yang Joins the Neto Group
Zhenxu (Joseph) Yang is currently in his second year of his double degree: Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Biomedical Engineering) and Bachelor of Science (Advanced), majoring in Chemistry and Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. Joseph is interested in the fields of biophysics and synthetic biology. He was a member of the 2018 UsydBiomod team, DNAliens (https://usydbiomod.github.io/dnaliens/). Joseph joined the …
Honours Thesis Completion
Mr Anthony Katselas, an undergraduate student in the Neto group successfully completed his Honours thesis. Anthony investigated the use of halogen bonding to develop a new family of self-assembled monolayers (SAM).
Sydney Grand Challenge scheme
It has been an exciting week for the Neto group. Associate Professor Chiara Neto has been announced as one of the 5 winners of the University of Sydney Grand Challenge scheme with her project “Advanced Capture of Water from the Atmosphere (ACWA)”. This project aims to capture water directly from the atmosphere through the condensation of moisture on a …
“Slow looking” at the Sydney Science Festival
NanoLens demonstrated the wonders of “slow looking” at the Sydney Science Festival, Royal Botanic Garden. Visit us at our webpage and Twitter page!
Welcome Dr E-Jen Teh
Welcome Dr E-Jen Teh who joins us today as a Staff Scientist.
A/Prof Chiara Neto is awarded a Future Fellowship
A/Prof Chiara Neto is awarded a Future Fellowship by the Australian Research Council to work on “Biomimetic surface coatings for drag and fouling reduction”
Welcome Mr Chris Vega
Welcome Mr Chris Vega, who starts today his PhD project with us on SLIPS and microfluidics.