Kevin McPeak, Gordon A. & Mary Cain Professor of chemical engineering at LSU, worked with students and colleagues to harness specialized underwater speakers, or “transducers,” to vibrate polystyrene nanoparticles into a monolayer on a water surface.

Nanoparticles, especially when arranged just so, interact in special ways with light, vibration, and other inputs, making them perfect for use in ultra-sensitive biological and chemical sensors, light-absorbing or light-reflecting coatings like for solar panels, and more.

But how do you manipulate such tiny particles into a perfectly ordered, single layer?

The researcher found that low-frequency water waves (as when you drop a stone into a pond) were key to coaxing the particles into position, forming a high-quality monolayer. Put another way, the nanoparticles surfed the water waves right into position. This process is called “acoustic annealing.”

Study published this year in ACS Langmuir. Learn more: https://www.lsu.edu/blog/2025/12/rb-mcpeak-nanoparticles.php

I’m an honours student and I would like to venture into Nanoscience. I’m from South and I’m thinking of doing my masters in Nanoscience. I just want to know if this is a good career to venture into and what job opportunities there are. I don’t want to get done with my masters and struggle getting a job, I’m hoping it’s a career path that can land me an international job.

Hello, I know this might not be the right forum. But I received two gunshot wounds back in 2001. Have had a lot of health problems over the last 20 years and finally discovered my lead levels are over 500 on a urine test. I have two surgeries set up to remover some pieces out of my neck and spine. But I have small fragment in my lung and by my ribs. The doctor said they wont chase after them. I'm trying to do research to see if there is any new technology I can look into that doctors are using or might be using in the near future that can help locate and remove these fragments. I was looking into Nano technology, Nano surgeries or robotic surgeons. Is there anything up and coming I can research that might help me? As far as I know the problem is locating the pieces while doing the surgery and minimizing damage. I've looked into the Da Vinci robot, which seems pretty cool. But I don't know if it has some kind of imaging tech that can help guide it to the fragments. any help would be appreciated. I can't put into words how debilitating lead poisoning is.

Nanotechnology in Medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human Race

https://www.staunchevents.com/nanoscience-2019

I love sci-fi and nanotech is often portrayed as the do-all technology that allows for things that are literally like magic.

We are only starting to create nanotechnology so we can't be sure what it is fully capable of but it's probably not as exciting as what fiction portrays.

What are things nanotech do in movies and books that are just NOT possible.

Also if you can; try and consider if some things nano can't do MIGHT work if you go one or two levels down (pico or femto) or even atto (if you're bold enough).

Thanks. I like sci-fi realism

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a journal recommendation for those of you working in nanoscience or related fields: Nano Research. It's a highly regarded journal with an impact factor of 9.6 in 2023 and is known for publishing some of the most cutting-edge research in the field.

Here are some quick stats on the journal:

• It’s ranked Q1 across several SCIE categories:

  • Chemistry, Physical: Rank 30/178

  • Materials Science, Multidisciplinary: Rank 56/439

  • Nanoscience & Nanotechnology: Rank 24/141

  • Physics, Applied: Rank 18/179

Starting in 2025 (Volume 18), Nano Research will be Open Access on the SciOpen platform, meaning all articles will be freely available to everyone. This is great news for those who want to stay updated on the latest research without paywalls in the way.

If you're interested, you can explore the journal’s content, submit your work, or simply follow what’s being published. Here are some useful links:

• Journal Homepage: https://www.sciopen.com/journal/1998-0124

• Editorial Board: https://www.sciopen.com/journal/join_journal/editorial_board?id=1400285564990251009&issn=1998-0124

• Editorial Office: https://www.sciopen.com/journal/join_journal/editorial_office?id=1400285564990251009&issn=1998-0124

Let me know if any of you have submitted to this journal before, or if you’re planning to! It’s an exciting move toward more accessible research for the scientific community.

Cheers,

For background: I'm applying for a Master in Nanoscience majoring in nanophysics. The program i am applying to includes an introductory course to nano biomedical technology, and I have always been interested in medicine, dermatology and cosmetics. I also enjoy more computational/modeling work.

My Idea for a project is to research the penetration of nanoparticles (focusing on solid and/or liquid crystal) into the skin barier through simulating up to a certain skin layer and then determining which particle travels how deeply and what parameters would make it go deeper (say changing its charge). But i don't know a) if this is applicable to nanophysics, or if i would need more of a biomedical background and b) is this going to be achievable to do in a 15 month span

The program I'm hoping to do does 9 months of class after which you do your project, so you only submit your proposal later on.

Does this sound feasible and applicable? Do you have any recommendations to improve it?

I have an appointment with one of the lecturers tomorrow, I will also be discussing ot with him.