Dr. Babak Anasori is featured in the October MRS Bulletin showcasing his microscopy work. Read the full article here:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/babak-anasori/EFB9730F761B656A8085479B9A8E6E80
Success at MS&T 2017
At the MS&T Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, our group enjoyed many successes. Babak, Saleesha, and Pavel won the 1st place in the Ceramographic Competition for their MXene Lion image. Babak also delivered an excellent invited talk on “2D Metal Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) for Green Technologies.” Finally, undergraduate researcher Nick Trainor received the Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship from the Electronics Division of ACerS.
Kristy Selected for Drexel’s 40 Under 40
Kristy Jost (PhD, 2015, at 3M now) has been selected for a very prestigious annual “40 Under 40” award. She will be featured along with other outstanding alumni in Drexel Magazine, the magazine of Drexel University’s 150,000 alumni. Now in its sixth year, the “40 Under 40” program has recognized many outstanding young alumni who are making a mark in their professions and community.
Honorees will be presented in the winter/spring 2018 edition of Drexel Magazine and invited to a special reception during Alumni Weekend. Last year’s “40 Under 40” included entrepreneurs, activists and artists. Davide Mattia and Michael Naguib are the most recent recipients of this award. Great to see the tradition continuing. Our alumni achieve a lot of success after graduation!
Congratulations to Kristy on her selection!
Nanodiamonds May Make Lithium Batteries Safer
In the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, diamonds are not just for jewelry and drill bits.
According to Drexel University professor Yury Gogotsi and his team of researchers, diamonds — nanodiamonds, specifically — might just be the key to making certain types of batteries more energy efficient.
When a person thinks of rechargeable batteries, they are likely picturing lithium ion batteries, which power most portable devices such as cell phones and laptops. They generate energy by transferring ions of a lightweight metal called lithium back and forth between the two ends, or electrodes, of the battery. One of these electrodes is made of a carbon-based compound called graphite, which serves as a host for the lithium. Read the full article here.
