Our first interview of 2022 has us in conversation with soon-to-be Dr Amanda Xu, who is simultaneously pursuing her PhD along side having a fulltime position as a Coating Specialist at Evercloak. Amanda takes us on her journey and discusses the skills needed to be a research specialist in industry, as well as all the experience that can be gained from undergoing graduate work. She is also an avid baker, so check out her Instagram on how she unwinds.  

Her graduate school research focuses on Langmuir-Blodgett films of 2D materials and here is a link to the 2008 paper she mentions in the pod to check out! Cote, L. J., Kim, F., & Huang, J. (2009). Langmuir− Blodgett assembly of graphite oxide single layers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(3), 1043-1049.

Happy listening and stay curious!

Teaser for our upcoming interview with Amanda Xu, who is simultaneously pursuing her PhD along side having a fulltime position as a Coating Specialist at Evercloak! 

Very interesting and lit work regarding the ice interface that inspired a treatment for osteoarthritis that can lubricate the joints and reduce friction!

Reference: 

Lei Yang, Lingyu Sun, Han Zhang, Feika Bian, Yuanjin Zhao. Ice-Inspired Lubricated Drug Delivery Particles from Microfluidic Electrospray for Osteoarthritis Treatment. ACS Nano, 2021; 15 (12): 20600

Teaser for our upcoming episode were we discuss recent research work from Nanjing University Medical School!

Lei Yang, Lingyu Sun, Han Zhang, Feika Bian, Yuanjin Zhao. Ice-Inspired Lubricated Drug Delivery Particles from Microfluidic Electrospray for Osteoarthritis Treatment. ACS Nano, 2021; 15 (12): 20600

In this lit update, we discuss camels!! Well, we talk about how a humidity sensor was inspired by camels, and that this sensor can detect water with a very high sensitivity. It also shows "brain-like" or neuromorphic behavior! How neat!

References: 

Li, Caicong, Jie Liu, Hailong Peng, Yuan Sui, Jian Song, Yang Liu, Wei Huang et al. "A Camel Nose-Inspired Highly Durable Neuromorphic Humidity Sensor with Water Source Locating Capability." ACS nano (2021).

Teaser for our upcoming episode!

Protein nanopores in cells are important for biological processes for transporting molecules in and out of membranes. And now, scientists from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany successfully synthesized nanopores made of double-stranded DNA!

References:

Diederichs, T.; Ahmad, K.; Burns, J. R.; Nguyen, Q. H.; Siwy, Z. S.; Tornow, M.; Coveney, P. V.; Tampé, R.; Howorka, S. Principles of Small-Molecule Transport through Synthetic Nanopores. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 16194-16206.

Intro/Outro music:

Music by minwbu from Pixabay

Protein nanopores in cells are important for biological processes for transporting molecules in and out of membranes. And now, scientists from the UK, Netherlands, and Germany successfully synthesized nanopores made of double-stranded DNA! Tune in this Wednesday to learn more!

Kicking off the new year with a sparkling new episode on diamonds made from buckyballs!

References:

Tang, H., Yuan, X., Cheng, Y., Fei, H., Liu, F., Liang, T., ... & Gou, H. (2021). Synthesis of paracrystalline diamond. Nature, 599(7886), 605-610.

Trailer for upcoming lit update on diamonds made from buckyballs!