This week Francis tells us about photonic devices that have the potential to vastly increase the rate at which we can communicate data.

Francis' paper O-Band Subwavelength Grating Filters in a Monolithic Photonics Technology was published in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. (10.1109/LPT.2020.3017096)

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Episode 37: Francis Afzal - O-Band Subwavelength Grating Filters in a Photonics Technology

This week Brian tells us about a new biomaterial that supports the growth of neurons into neural networks.

Brian's paper Development of an N‑Cadherin Biofunctionalized Hydrogel to Support the Formation of Synaptically Connected Neural Networks was published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00885)

Episode 38: Brian O'Grady - Development of a Hydrogel to Support the Formation of Neural Networks

This week Kent tells us about using VO2 a phase change material to build photonic devices.

Kent's paper Sub-Picosecond Response Time of a Hybrid VO2:Silicon Waveguide at 1550 nm was published in Advanced Optical Materials. (https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202001721)

Episode 39: Kent Hallman - Sub-Picosecond Response Time of a Hybrid VO2:Silicon Waveguide at 1550 nm

This week Alice talks to Andrew Summers about how computers can accelerate scientific research.
Andrew's paper MoSDeF, a Python Framework Enabling Large-Scale Computational Screening of Soft Matter: Application to Chemistry-Property Relationships in Lubricating Monolayer Films was published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.9b01183)

Episode 4: Andrew Summers - MoSDeF, Enabling Large-Scale Computational Screening of Soft Matter

This week Dan tells us about a cancer vaccine that enhances the body's immune response to tumor cells.

Dan's paper Co-delivery of Peptide Neoantigens and Stimulator of Interferon Genes Agonists Enhances Response to Cancer Vaccines was published in ACS Nano. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c02765)

Episode 30: Daniel Shae - Co-delivery Enhances Response to Cancer Vaccines

This week Yuanzhe tells us about membranes with tiny pores which can be used to separate molecules or ions.

Yuanzhe's paper Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with highly uniform sub-nanometre pores for sub-1 Å precision separation was published in Nature Communications. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15771-2)

Episode 31: Yuanzhe Liang - Polyamide nanofiltration membrane with sub-nanometre pores

This week Krishen tells us about the phase change material, vanadium dioxide. Typically an insulator, when given a small amount of energy, it becomes conducting and has applications in next generation electronic devices.

Krishen's paper Doping-driven electronic and lattice dynamics in the phase-change material vanadium dioxide was published in Physical Review B. (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.115148)

Episode 32: Krishen Appavoo - Doping-driven dynamics in the phase-change material vanadium dioxide

This week Chris tells us about accessing new crystal structures using nanoparticles.

Chris' paper Tolman’s Electronic Parameter of the Ligand Predicts Phase in the Cation Exchange to CuFeS2 Nanoparticles was published in Nano Letters. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03122)

Episode 33: Christopher Sharp - Tolman’s Electronic Parameter Predicts Phase in CuFeS2 Nanoparticles

This week Jonah tells us about identifying aptamers - molecules that bind to specific biological targets

Jonah's paper CRISPR-Mediated Isogenic Cell-SELEX Approach for Generating Highly Specific Aptamers Against Native Membrane Proteins was published in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. (https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.17.949768)

Episode 34: Jonah Rosch - CRISPR-Mediated SELEX Approach for Generating Highly Specific Aptamers

This week Christian tells us about building next generation optoelectronic devices with 2D materials.

Christian's paper Ultrafast Photocurrent Response and High Detectivity in Two-Dimensional MoSe2‑based Heterojunctions was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c12155)

Episode 35: Christian Ornelas - Ultrafast Photocurrent Response in 2D MoSe2‑based Heterojunctions

This week Marm tells us about solid-state batteries, a promising technology for the next generation of energy storage.

Marm's paper Synchrotron Imaging of Pore Formation in Li Metal Solid-State Batteries Aided by Machine Learning was published in ACS Applied Energy Materials. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02053)

Episode 36: Marm Dixit - Synchrotron Imaging of Pore Formation in Li Metal Solid-State Batteries

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