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EVANSTON, Ill.—As the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Sir Fraser Stoddart is remarkable not only for his … Read More ›

Nobel Laureate and Northwestern Chemistry Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart talks with Kit Champman at Chemestry World: http://bit.ly/2Z9PGc0.

The International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern University is … Read More ›

Researchers examine ‘living’ nanomaterials for first time

June 27, 2019 | By Amanda Morris

EVANSTON, Ill.—A new form of electron microscopy allows researchers to examine nanoscale … Read More ›

Professor Dichtel speaks to Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal

By Jonic Zhehao Zhu and Emily Suen

EVANSTON, Ill.—“Take the good of every experience”

William Dichtel is the Robert L. Letsinger … Read More ›

Discovery will lead to new methods for materials design

By Amanda Morris

Evanston, Ill.—It’s not an electron. But it sure does act like one.

Northwestern University researchers … Read More ›

Prestigious honor recognizes exceptional innovations in the field of functional materials

Chad A. Mirkin

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern professors Chad A. Mirkin and John A. Rogers … Read More ›

The 2019 Weinberg College Teaching Awards: Scholars across the College are celebrated for their excellence in the classroom

Riki Drout, Ryan Fellow and 2019 … Read More ›

Two approaches provide faster way to create complex molecules

By EMILY AYSHFORD

Cells are incredibly adept at creating complex molecules, like therapeutics, and can do so much … Read More ›

Regenerative engineering pioneer recognized for research excellence

By Amanda Morris

Guillermo A. Ameer

EVANSTON, Ill..—Guillermo A. Ameer, professor of biomedical engineering and … Read More ›

New tool could help molecular biologists understand complex processes within cells

By Emily Ayshford

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new platform that can image single … Read More ›

The highly competitive honor from the US Department of Defense includes a $3 million, five-year research grant

By Julianne Hill

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern Engineering’s Jian Cao has been chosen … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Professor Vinayak P. Dravid, International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) Director of Global Initiatives and Steering Committee Member, and NUANCE Center Director, has been … Read More ›

Effectiveness depends on molecular architecture and 3D presentation of components

By Amanda Morris

EVANSTON, Ill. — When it comes to the effectiveness of nanotherapeutic vaccines, shape matters.

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With honor, Mirkin joins “elite echelon of chemists,” including 26 Nobel laureates

EVANSTON, Ill.— Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin has been awarded the distinguished Read More ›

IIN Associate Director Nathan Gianneschi’s novel strategy and dynamic material could heal damage from myocardial infarction

By Roger Anderson, April 19, 2019

Scientists have designed a minimally invasive platform … Read More ›

2D borophene gets a closer look

RICE UNIVERSITY/EurekAlert

Graphene can come from graphite. But borophene? There’s no such thing as borite.

Unlike its carbon cousin, two-dimensional … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—More than 80 Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Scouts and Venture Crew members, along with their parents, participated in the 17th Annual All Scout … Read More ›

An undergraduate takes lessons from four scientists whose research combines physics and biology.

By Anindita Mullick

EVANSTON, Ill.—As a child in Romania, Réka Albert found dual … Read More ›

Professor Horacio Espinosa

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern Engineering Professor Horacio Espinosa will receive the Prager Medal from the Society of Engineering Science for his contributions “to … Read More ›

High-resolution imaging applications include wide-angle cameras, miniature endoscopes

March 28, 2019 | By Megan Fellman

A Northwestern University research team has developed tiny optical elements … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–Randall Snurr, chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern, and the John G. Searle Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was recently … Read More ›

Photos by Brian D’Amico/NESACS

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin received the 2019 Richards Award and Medal, in recognition of “conspicuous achievements in chemistry,” … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.   Northwestern Department of Chemistry Chair Teri W. Odom discusses “her journey to the brilliant science of thinking small” in the American Chemistry Society … Read More ›

Award is the highest honor in the United States for achievement in the chemical industry

EVANSTON, Ill—.Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin, a world-renowned … Read More ›

New guidelines have the potential to transform the fields of optoelectronics, bio-imaging and energy harvesting

Tetraphase heterostructured nanoparticle with six interphases

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern … Read More ›

By Curt Suplee, NIST

New imaging technique reveals how mechanical damage begins at the molecular scale

EVANSTON, Ill.—Just as a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a … Read More ›

Novel approach will aid scientists in optimizing SNAs as therapeutic vaccines to treat cancer

EVANSTON, Ill.—With their ability to treat a wide a variety of diseases, … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern University is now accepting nominations for two prestigious international prizes: the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine and the $10,000 … Read More ›

NuMat co-founders Benjamin Hernandez and Northwestern Professor Omar Farha

EVANSTON, Ill.— Medill Reports Chicago looks at a class of nanomaterials called metal-organic frameworks (MOF), which … Read More ›

By Julianne Hill

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern Engineering’s Linda Broadbelt and Wei Chen have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), … Read More ›

IIN Director Chad A. Mirkin receiving a 2018 Humanitarian STAR Award from Dr. Paul Martin of the Pasadena Rotary Club for his discovery … Read More ›

When Fraser Stoddart’s team of Northwestern University chemists made a discovery that inspired his company, PanaceaNano, the Nobel Prize winner never dreamed … Read More ›

Coating for metals rapidly heals over scratches and scrapes to prevent corrosion

By Amanda Morris

It’s hard to believe that a tiny crack could take down a … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern scientists and engineers have been using nanotechnology for more than 20 years to attack some of the world’s biggest challenges in areas … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern Memorial Hospital treatments for the most common and deadly type of brain tumor, glioblastoma, include an International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)-developed drug … Read More ›

By Amanda Morris

Sir Fraser Stoddart (front row, center left, with red tie) at the awards ceremony in Beijing

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern University’s Sir … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Northwestern University’s Chad A. Mirkin has been selected to receive the 2018 Richards Award and Medal, in recognition of “conspicuous achievements in … Read More ›

Northwestern discovery tool, thousands of times faster than conventional screening methods, is a potential game changer in the development of new technologies

EVANSTON, Ill.—Different eras … Read More ›

A spherical nucleic acid (SNA)

EVANSTON, Ill.—Exicure, a Northwestern University startup, announced successful Phase I clinical trial results for XCUR17, a topical gel utilizing … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—The International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University is offering a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer program in … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—A new study by Northwestern Professor and IIN Associate Director Nathan Gianneschi and team leverages machine learning to discover novel peptides by combining … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—There are no all-inorganic CsPbl3 solar cell devices, according to a new study by Northwestern Engineering Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis. Instead, because of precursor … Read More ›

Mirkin joins Nobel Laureates Jean-Marie Lehn and Northwestern’s Sir Fraser Stoddart as award recipients

Chad A. Mirkin

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Chad A. … Read More ›

Chad A. Mirkin

Evanston, Ill.—IIN Director Chad A. Mirkin received the prestigious Remsen Award on Thursday (Nov. 15) in Baltimore for his … Read More ›

RNAi Shares Discovery Spotlight with CRISPR-Cas

EVANSTON, Ill.–IIN-developed spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) are in the news again! Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News highlights the research … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–The U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence for Advanced Bioprogrammable Nanomaterials, or C-ABN, established at Northwestern University in 2015, is the only Center of … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) Director Chad Mirkin and David Giljohann, Northwestern professor and CEO of IIN-startup Exicure, Inc., discuss how spherical nucleic … Read More ›

Evanston, Ill.–Researchers at Northwestern University and San Diego State University (SDSU) have better unraveled the complex process of how black widow spiders transform proteins … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—David Giljohann, Northwestern professor, former Ryan Fellow, and CEO of IIN-startup Exicure, discusses spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) and immunotherapy, “the new new in modern … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–To celebrate National Nanotechnology Day, the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) is hosting the first-ever 10 Billion Nanometer Marathon. It doesn’t go exactly the … Read More ›

From Northwestern Now

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin received the Friendship Award, China’s highest recognition bestowed upon “foreign experts who have … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Eleven Northwestern graduate and postdoctoral researchers received Outstanding Research Awards for their exceptional contributions to the broad field of nanotechnology, during the 2018 … Read More ›

Radha Boya, former Mirkin Research Group postdoctoral student, is a recipient of a 2018 Royal Society Fellowship, the most prestigious early career … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–Northwestern Department of Chemistry Chair Teri W. Odom has been elected a 2018 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

The criterion … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—William Dichtel, the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and an International Institute for … Read More ›

Ryan Fellowship benefactors Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan, and 75 current and former Fellows, honored during halftime ceremony at September 8 Northwestern football game

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EVANSTON, Ill.—Nathan C. Gianneschi, Northwestern professor and renowned nanoscientist, has been named associate director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN).

Gianneschi is the Jacob … Read More ›

Teri W. Odom, associate director of IIN, associate chair of the Northwestern Department of Chemistry, and the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.—Mirkin Group graduate student Pengcheng Chen, a Ryan Fellow and 2016 Outstanding Researcher, will receive the American Chemistry Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–An International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) and TERA-print, LLC researcher team has been selected to participate in the Defense Enterprise Science Initiative (DESI), … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–The International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) has announced the 2018 Ryan Fellowship Awardees. The Ryan Fellowship, created in 2007 and made possible by … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)-affiliated researcher and Northwestern Chemistry Professor Julia Kalow is an investigator in a new National Science Foundation … Read More ›

From the RCSA

TUCSON—Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) announces that William Dichtel, the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, has … Read More ›

From a Dickinson College news release

EVANSTON, Ill.–Recent winner of the prestigious Dan David Prize in the Future Time Dimension, and one of the world’s … Read More ›

Borophene’s defects can assemble into ordered structures that preserve its electronic properties

By Mike Williams, Rice University

EVANSTON, Ill.—When objects break, they tend not to … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–Congratulations Nano Research Young Innovator Awards in NanoBiotech 2018 recipients, including Northwestern Engineering Professor Evan Scott, former IIN Post Doctoral Fellow Emily Day, … Read More ›

EVANSTON, Ill.–University of Pittsburgh Professor Jill Millstone, former Mirkin Group graduate student, will present the distinguished Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture … Read More ›

From a a Springer news release

CHENGDU, China—The annual Nano Research Award, which is sponsored by Tsinghua University Press (TUP) and Springer Nature, was presented … Read More ›

From an article at Geek.com

EVANSTON, Ill.—Researchers at Northwestern University developed new design principles for making photonic crystals like the ones typically used in … Read More ›

From an article in AZO Nano

EVANSTON, Ill. and SINGAPORE–New research–the collaborative effort of IIN and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore through the NTU-Northwestern Institute … Read More ›

Lighter gold nanoparticles could replace thicker, heavier layered polymers used in displays’ back-reflectors

June 26, 2018 | By Read More ›

Materials could find applications in water purification, solar energy storage, body armor

June 21, 2018 | By Megan Fellman

EVANSTON – Synthetic polymers are ubiquitous — … Read More ›

Novel device opens door for advances in flexible displays in smartphones and televisions

June 20, 2018 | By Amanda Morris

EVANSTON, Ill. — As a chameleon … Read More ›

A new investigational treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, utilizing spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) developed by IIN Director Chad Mirkin and the Mirkin Research Group, prolongs … Read More ›

Teri Odom, IIN Associate Director and the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern, was recently inducted as a senior … Read More ›

Weinberg Magazine features the Ronald and JoAnne Willens Center for Nano Oncology in the Spring/Summer 2018 issue. Read more about the center, housed within … Read More ›

IIN researcher Emily Weiss (center) was named the first Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor of Chemistry. The new professorship honors Chemistry Professor Mark … Read More ›

The 2017 Ryan Fellows were formally inducted at The Graduate School Spring Recognition Reception on May 15.

The Ryan Fellowship, made possible by a generous donation … Read More ›

A new IIN report, published in the journal Advanced Materials, highlights advances in the synthesis of metal-organic framework nanoparticles (MOF NPs), structures being explored … Read More ›

Polymer nanoreactors developed by Director Chad Mirkin, Professor Vinayak Dravid and other IIN researchers, enable windowless in situ electron microscopy observation of nanoparticle dynamics in fluids. Read … Read More ›

Micelles forming in a solution by undergoing polymer-induced self-assembly is featured on the cover of the May 23, 2018 issue of ACS Central Science. The … Read More ›

IIN Director Chad Mirkin discusses the game-changing potential of nanotechnology to aid in the treatment of a broad range of diseases – from cancers … Read More ›

To help celebrate their 40-year anniversary, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is featuring conversations with awardee alumni, including Chad Mirkin, the 1992 Beckman Young … Read More ›

Making carbon nanotubes as usable as common plastics
Researchers discover that cresols disperse carbon nanotubes at unprecedentedly high concentrations

May 15, 2018 | By Amanda Morris

EVANSTON … Read More ›

A new article in Scientific American highlights IIN researcher and Northwestern Engineering Professor Jiaxing Huang’s recent discoveries utilizing graphene sheets, developed at the nano scale, for … Read More ›

Northwestern Chemistry Assistant Professor Danna Freedman received an ’18 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. The unrestricted grants honor young faculty with “an outstanding independent body” … Read More ›

 
IIN researchers and Northwestern University professors Vinayak Dravid, Chris Wolverton and Nathaniel Stern have found a new way to accurately measure the electronic … Read More ›

April 25, 2018 | By Megan Fellman

EVANSTON – A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material … Read More ›

April 25, 2018 | By Amanda Morris

EVANSTON – When famed physicists Max Knoll and Ernst Ruska first introduced the transmission electron microscope (TEM) … Read More ›

New research by IIN Director Chad Mirkin and Amy S. Paller, MD, Director of the Northwestern University Skin Disease Research Center and the … Read More ›

Sixteen years ago, IIN hosted the first All Scout Nano Day. Since then, nearly 1,600 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Venturing Crew members have attended … Read More ›

A recent Chicago Sun-Times article highlights the role of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), created by IIN Director Chad Mirkin, in creating a pipeline of new … Read More ›

In new LaboratoryEquipment.com article, IIN Director Chad Mirkin explains how SNAs created at Northwestern are leading the next wave of therapeutic treatments, allowing clinicians … Read More ›

Research by IIN Director Chad Mirkin and Amy S. Paller, MD, Chair of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, is highlighted in a recent … Read More ›

March 21, 2018
Northwestern University researchers have discovered a new approach for creating important new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. The … Read More ›

The “transformative” contributions to chemistry and nanotechnology of Teri Odom, IIN Associate Director and the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry at … Read More ›

Teri W. Odom, IIN Assoc. Director and the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Prof. of Chemistry at Northwestern, was named one of three … Read More ›

Pittcon TV speaks to Chad Mirkin, recipient of the Ralph Adam’s award, and Shana Kelley, from the University of Toronto, to talk about the meaning … Read More ›

Chad A. Mirkin will receive the 2018 Harrison Howe Award from the Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Mirkin, the director of the … Read More ›

IIN Director Chad Mirkin received the Ralph N. Adams Award on February 28, 2018 at Pittcon, the premier annual conference and exposition on laboratory … Read More ›

A new Northwestern technique for constructing metamaterials “is a breakthrough in particle architecture,” says Chad Mirkin in a Big Ten Network Live article.

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Chad Mirkin and Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Lei Jiang have been named recipients of the prestigious 2018 Nano Research Award.

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At TheNation.com:

Sir Fraser Stoddart is hoping to revolutionize the mining industry with a new technique for extracting gold that does away with poisonous … Read More ›

At Newsweek.com:

“In a huge achievement spanning both chemistry and physics, scientists have found a way to create entirely new classes of material that can bend oncoming … Read More ›

Northwestern Professor Emily A. Weiss will receive the 2018 Early-Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry from the Physical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical … Read More ›

IIN Director Chad A. Mirkin received the 2017 Nano Today Award for his pioneering research on spherical nucleic acids: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/nano-today/news/nano-today-award-2017-winner-announced. The award was … Read More ›

An international team led by Northwestern Chemistry Professor Nathan Gianneschi demonstrated that liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy can directly image the motion of micelles at the nanoscale … Read More ›

In honor of Madam Curie’s 150th birthday on November 7th, The Journal of Physical Chemistry (JPC) published an article recognizing her as the first female author … Read More ›

Northwestern Professor Teri Odom is one of three 2017 ACS Nano Lectureship Award winners, along with Professor Hui-Ming Cheng of the Shenyang National Laboratory … Read More ›

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/february/podcast-his-bonds-transformed-science/

We are very pleased to announce that Nathan C. Gianneschi, a world-class nanomaterials researcher, will join Northwestern University as the Jacob & Rosaline Cohn … Read More ›

Congratulations to Chad A. Mirkin, this year’s recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science! Last week, Professor Mirkin visited Carnegie Mellon University to accept the … Read More ›

President Barack Obama speaks at Northwestern, lauding the IIN, its groundbreaking research and discoveries, and related start-up companies and jobs.

President Barack Obama honored four members of Northwestern faculty with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers earlier this month.

Mechanical engineer Sinan … Read More ›

Our Nobel Laureate, Sir Fraser Stoddart, was given the key to the city during the Evanston City Council Meeting on January 9, 2017. He … Read More ›

This Administration’s final meeting of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) was held on January 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

An … Read More ›

Congratulations to Chad A. Mirkin, this year’s recipient of the Dickson Prize in Science!

Read more about the award and Professor Mirkin here: http://www.cmu.edu/dickson-prize/.

We share, with great pride, images of Sir Fraser Stoddart in Stockholm this week for the Nobel Prize … Read More ›

Join us online early tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 4:00 a.m. (11:00 a.m. CET) for a live stream as Northwestern’s Sir Fraser Stoddart joins Jean-Pierre Sauvage … Read More ›

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/12/photo-president-obama-fraser-stoddart-white-house-nobel-day

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/53137/20161129/low-cost-wearable-lab-on-the-skin-patch-monitors-health-through-sweat.htm

https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/article/2016/11/17/video-making-experts

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=45211.php

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nanotechnology-chad-mirkin-northwestern-seeking-medical-cancer-cures-with-tiny-spherical-nucleic-acids-sunday-sitdown/

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2016/11/couples-podcast-second-chance-encounter/

Chad A. Mirkin has been awarded the 2016 RUSNANOPRIZE for his invention of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs), tiny structures used around the globe for … Read More ›

Monica Olvera de la Cruz selected to receive the 2017 Polymer Physics Prize for her “outstanding contributions to the theoretical understanding of polymers and … Read More ›

Click here to listen to the radio interview.

EVANSTON – Sir Fraser Stoddart, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences … Read More ›

Where are you originally from?
I grew up in a small town in the central part of China. I went to Jilin University for my … Read More ›