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Christian Binek (second from right) is principal investigator of a new National Science Foundation-funded program exploring novel two-dimensional materials. Team members on the project are (from left) Xia Hong, professor of physics and astronomy; Abdelghani Laraoui, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering; Peter Dowben, Charles Bessey Professor of physics and astronomy; and Kirill Belashchenko, professor of physics and astronomy.

Grant provides critical support for university's materials science research

August 29, 2025

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The Nebraska EPSCoR-Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies collaboration will revolutionize quantum science and create opportunities in education and through economic development. The Nebraska leaders in the effort are (from left): Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Nebraska; Jonathan Wrubel, associate professor of physics at Creighton University; Xia Hong, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Nebraska; Christian Binek, Charles Bess

NU receives $20 million grant to advance quantum research, education

May 24, 2021

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The Nebraska Nanoscale Facility — housed mostly in the Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center — has received a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to ensure its continuation through at least 2025.

Nebraska Nanoscale Facility gets five-year renewal

August 28, 2020

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An illustration of the magnetic vortex, known as a skyrmion, that could star in the next generation of digital memory. Each arrow indicates the direction of the magnetic axis in an individual atom.

Husker scientists fine-tuning skyrmions in bid to improve data storage, processing

July 21, 2020

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‘Strange effect’ raises possibility of smaller, smarter optical filters

April 29, 2020

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'Rise of the Machines' series continues with nanotech talk

January 27, 2020

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Smallest-ever magnetic vortexes mark step toward new digital memory

July 12, 2018

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Good under stress: Versatile nanomaterial adds to its résumé

July 10, 2018

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Nebraska-led website shows wonders of 'Funsize Physics'

September 7, 2017

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Water-loving chemist also explores clusters of gold atoms

December 13, 2016

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UNL's Voelte-Keegan Nanoscience Research Center

Nano-engineering facility open house is May 24

May 18, 2016

Study models new atomic structures of gold nanoparticle

April 24, 2015