August 16, 2014
Helping the world one cocoon at a time, nanobiotechnology researcher Swetha Barkam extracts raw silk from cocoons to create polymer-based technology for commercial use in products such as “smart patches” which would get resorbed into the body, minimizing cost and health risk. The goal: fully green, sustainable and inexpensive healthcare solutions for underprivileged populations. Barkam…
August 16, 2014
A paper from Sudipta Seal’s research group, along with collaborators from the University of Kent, graces the December cover of ChemPlusChem. According to Seal, the group “focuses on finding out the fundamental properties of various nanostructured materials. We do not restrict ourselves to one particular area, but instead cover a wide range of topics including…
August 16, 2014
The University of Central Florida’s NanoScience Technology Center is developing a new program to make a graphene-based spray coating that would help multiple industries easily and inexpensively fight corrosion. The center is building on the recent success of UCF spin-off Garmor Inc. in making a powder form of super-strong graphene available to industry. “We can use graphene and composite…
November 4, 2012
ACS Nano‘s Most Read Articles of 2011 includes a paper by researchers from UCF’s Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center and the NanoScience Technology Center. The article, titled “Ultralight Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Aerogel,” was authored by Jianhua Zou, Jianhua Liu, Ajay Singh Karakoti, Amit Kumar, Daeha Joung, Qiang Li, Saiful I. Khondaker, Sudipta Seal, and…
September 20, 2009
Sudipta Seal is enthralled by nanoparticles, particularly those of a rare earth metal called cerium. The particles are showing potential for a wide range of applications, from medicine to energy. Seal is a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), and several years ago he and his colleagues engineered nanoparticles of cerium…
September 20, 2007
Sudipta Seal’s latest research was published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. Below is the abstract for the paper: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles can be used as additives to enhance the combustion properties of solid rocket propellants. The search for additives to improve the combustion of highly energetic materials, such as those used for propelling rockets, is…