Monthly archive for February 2015

Darren Johnson “Dalton Transcripts” cover article

Darren Johnson “Dalton Transcripts” cover article

This Perspective article highlights some of the traditional and non-traditional analytical tools that are presently used to characterize aqueous inorganic nanoscale clusters and polyoxometalate ions. The techniques discussed in this article include nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), dynamic and phase analysis light

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Boettcher in Chemistry of Materials

Boettcher in Chemistry of Materials

Water oxidation catalysis is central to many energy storage technologies. The “Up-and-Coming” Perspective by Boettcher and coworkers discusses new advances in understanding oxygen electrocatalysis on nickel−iron oxyhydroxides, highlighting the essential role of the iron sites, the electrical conductivity under active conditions, and the chemical stability. The cover

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Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

Startup company from Johnson/Haley collaboration wins UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award.

SupraSensor Technologies, a startup company spun out of MSI research in the the labs of Darren Johnson and Mike Haley, in May won a UO 2015 Impact and Innovation Award recognizing outstanding entrepreneurial activity that has resulted in innovations with measurable societal or environmental impact. SupraSensor created

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Taylor granted patent for fractal-based approach to treat eye diseases.

MSI director Richard Taylor’s research into fractal-based implants, in collaboration with Simon Brown of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, recently was awarded a US patent for their work on fractal-designed electronic implants. https://around.uoregon.edu/content/patent-granted-uo-led-effort-fractal-based-nerve-connections

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