Next-Gen Conductive Materials

WATCH: Carrot, Tobacco, Moss & Marigold: Unlocking Plant Genetics with UofL’s Biology Team

This video is produced by KY NSF EPSCoR Communcations, under NSF Award #1849213 https://youtu.be/Prj6h_hcy6E In fulfillment of Objective 1.1.2: Explore to what extent new materials synthesized through synthetic biology can yield superior structural polymers or resins with programmable lifetimes. The UofL team has isolated plant and fungal genes encoding enzymes capable of producing conductive and …

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UK’s John Anthony honored with 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award

By Jenny Wells-Hosley, UK PR John Anthony, the C. W. Hammond Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named winner of the 2023 SEC Faculty Achievement Award for the University of Kentucky this spring. Anthony, who also serves as associate director at the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), was awarded with 13 other …

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watch uofl’s jared scott infuse a tobbaco plant with nylon precursors

As part of Objective 1.1.2. of KY NSF EPSCoR’s strategic plan, Explore to what extent new materials synthesized through synthetic biology can yield superior structural polymers or resins with programmable lifetimes. Dr. David Schultz and Dr. Mark Running’s labs at the University of Louisville have isolated plant and fungal genes encoding enzymes capable of producing …

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WKU’s Ozer, Aydin, Represent EPSCoR-supported research at IEEE Conference, Mexico

Ahmet Kaan Aydin, the WKU’s John D. Minton awardee of 2022, from Mathematics has successfully presented his paper co-authored with Prof. Ahmet Ozkan Ozer at the prestigious 61st IEEE Conference on Control and Decision in Cancun, Mexico, taking place from December 6-9, 2022. Ahmet’s research was fully funded by the Kentucky NSF EPSCoR KAMPERS (National …

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Sarabia, alarcon present at mrs meeting

Dr. Ruben Sarabia was invited speaker at the 2022 MRS meeting in Boston.  He presented his pioneering work in PEDOT fiber processing as part of the Symposium: SB10-New E-Textile Materials and Devices for Wearable Electronics.  PhD student, Paula Alarcon (Paterson & Weisenberger), also presented her work on PEDOT fiber OECTs in the same session.   https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2022-mrs-fall-meeting/call-for-papers/detail/2022_mrs_fall_meeting/sb10/Symposium_SB10

Sarabia, alarcon to present nationally on pedot:ss reasearch

University of Kentucky researcher Dr. Ruben Sarabia is an invited speaker at the 2022 Materials Research Society meeting in Boston.  He will be presenting his pioneering work in PEDOT fiber processing as part of the Symposium: SB10-New E-Textile Materials and Devices for Wearable Electronics. PhD student, Paula Alarcon (Paterson & Weisenberger), also of UK, will …

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UofL nanocollider Talks HMI, Sensing Fibers, Robotics in Healthcare & Conductive Materials from Plants

On September 16th, the University of Louisville hosted its first nanoCollider, touching on innovative research from several pillars in the KAMPERS project. Watch the full video below: A summary:  Intro: Dr Tommy Roussel Speaker 1: Dr Shamus McNamara, Title: “Fiber Optic Powered Sensor Array for Skin-Like Sensing” • Distributed sensor array • Power and communication …

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EKU: 3D Printing, Organic Electro Chemistry and Physics Come Together for Undergraduate Success

Eastern Kentucky University has a diverse group of three researchers whose work contributes to three of the four research pillars. Their collaborative work both as a team and in working with other KY NSF EPSCoR research groups is vital for our goal of advanced manufacturing in Kentucky. This is a tremendous example of NSF funding …

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UK’s Anthony, Risko Receive NSF Special Creativity Award

By David Melanson, UK CAER Organic semiconductors, often referred to as plastic electronics, offer key advantages for emerging electronic and communication devices, provided they can meet all the appropriate metrics for performance, stability and cost. While these materials are already widely used in display technologies — the organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) used as the displays in …

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Next-Generation Conductive Fibers

Flexible, organic, and conductive. Those are adjectives traditionally applied to PEDOT: PSS. Thanks to Dr. Ruben Sarabia-Riquelme and his cohorts at the University of Kentucky Applied Energy Research (UK CAER), and other collaborators at the University of Louisville, KY NSF EPSCoR funds are adding two more adjectives to PEDOT: PSS: spinnable and printable. Readily available …

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