Northwestern University | Micro and Nanomechanics Laboratory

News/Openings

We have PhD dissertation openings in areas related to nanoscale science and engineering: Nanomechanics, Nanomanufacturing, Nanocomposites
We have post-doctoral research openings in bio and bio-inspired materials, multiscale mechanics of hierarchical carbon-based materials, multiscale modeling, and nanobiotechnology.

Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances
- Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances [HTML | PDF]
- Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances [HTML | PDF]
- Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances [HTML | PDF]
- Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances [HTML | PDF]
- Next-Generation Nanoelectronics: A Decade of Progress, Coming Advances [HTML | PDF]
Individual GaN Nanowires Exhibit Strong Piezoelectricity in 3D
- Study Reveals Strong Piezoelectricity in Single Gallium Nitride Nanowires[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- A 3-Dimensional View of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures[PDF]
- Viewing GaN nanostructures in 3 dimensions[PDF]
- GaN nanowires show more 3D piezoelectricity than bulk GaN[PDF]
- 3-D view of 1-D nanostructures[PDF]
- GaN nanowires show more 3D piezoelectricity than bulk GaN[PDF]
- Nanoletters-individual GaN nanowires exhibit strong piezoelectricity in 3D[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- GaN nanowires show more 3D piezoelectricity than bulk GaN[PDF]
- Researchers find 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-D view of 1-D nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-D view of 1-D nanostructures[PDF]
- A 3D view of 1D nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-D View of 1-D Nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-dimensional View of 1-dimensional Nanostructures[PDF]
- GaN nanowires show six-fold stronger 3D piezoelectric effect than bulk GaN[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- GaN nanowires show strong 3D piezoelectric effect[PDF]
- 3D view of 1D nanostructures[PDF]
- A 3-Dimensional View of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-D view of 1-D nanostructures[PDF]
- A 3-Dimensional View of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures[PDF]
- 3-dimensional view of 1-dimensional nanostructures[PDF]
- Individual GaN Nanowires Exhibit Strong Piezoelectricity in 3D[PDF]
Nanowires Exhibit Giant Piezoelectricity
- Piezoelectricity Increases in Nanowires with Decrease in Diameter [HTML | PDF]
- GaN Nanowires are the Giants of Piezoelectricity [HTML | PDF]
- Nanowires Exhibit Giant Piezoelectricity [HTML | PDF]
- Nanowires Exhibit Giant Piezoelectricity [HTML | PDF]
- Nanowires Exhibit Giant Piezoelectricity [HTML | PDF]
- Size matters in piezoelectric materials [HTML | PDF]
- Nanowires exhibit giant piezoelectricity [HTML | PDF]
Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Seashells so tough they'll kick sand in your face [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials That Behave Like Mollusk Shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials That Behave Like Mollusk Shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials That Behave Like Mollusk Shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials That Behave Like Mollusk Shells [HTML | PDF]
- And finally...Sea shells’ strength secret [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials Exhibit Mollusk Shell Behaviour [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic Materials That Behave Like Mollusk Shells [HTML | PDF]
- Seashells Get Their Strength from Interlocking 'Bricks' [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Synthetic materials that behave like mollusk shells [HTML | PDF]
- Scientists Design Artificial Nanocomposites Using Nacre's Toughening Mechanism [HTML | PDF]
Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Build Microelectronic Devices
- Using New Materials to Make More Reliable Nanoelectromechanical Systems [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Build Microelectronic Devices [HTML | PDF]
- Using New Materials To Make More Reliable Nanoelectromechanical Systems [HTML | PDF]
- Using new materials to make more reliable nanoelectromechanical system [HTML | PDF]
- Carbon Nanotubes May Become Building Blocks of Microelectronic Devices [HTML | PDF]
- Using new materials to make more reliable nanoelectromechanical systems [HTML | PDF]
- Using new materials to make more reliable nanoelectromechanical systems [HTML | PDF]
- CNT-based nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) see reliability boost at Northwestern [HTML | PDF]
- Using new materials to make more reliable nanoelectromechanical systems [HTML | PDF]
- Using new materials to make more reliable nanoelectromechanical systems [HTML | PDF]
- Using New Materials To Make More Reliable Nanoelectromechanical Systems [HTML | PDF]
Researchers Create New High-Performance Fiber
- Researchers create new high-performance fiber [HTML | PDF]
- Tougher than Kevlar: Researchers create new high-performance fiber [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers create new high-performance fiber [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers create new high-performance fiber [PDF]
- New High-Performance Fiber Created [HTML | PDF]
- New high-performance fiber promises better bulletproof vests, airplanes [HTML | PDF]
- Nanoengineered high-performance fiber could be tougher than Kevlar [HTML | PDF]
- New High-Performance Fiber Created [HTML | PDF]
- Engineers create new nano-fiber tougher than Kevlar [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Create New High-Performance Fiber [HTML | PDF]
Horacio Espinosa Named James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor
Nanodiamond patterning and single cell injection
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using naodiamonds on 7thSpace [PDF]
- New tool precisely delivering tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells on AZoNano [HTML | PDF]
- Cancer-fighting fountain pen on BeyondBreastCancer [HTML | PDF]
- Nanodiamonds target drug delivery on bNET [HTML | PDF]
- Nanodiamonds and drug delivery on Ceramic Tech Today [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using naodiamonds on Controlled Environments Magazine [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using naodiamonds on EurekAlert! [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using naodiamonds on FirstScience News [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain for treatment of cancer Frost & Sullivan [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain Probe may deliver nanomaterial-coated drugs to individual cancer cells HealthJockey [HTML | PDF]
- Next-generation cancer treatments are available Huliq News [HTML | PDF]
- New nanodiamond tool for next-generation cancer treatments insciences [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain probe and nanodiamonds Materials Views [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds McCormick News [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain delivers therapeutic particles into cells medGadget [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain-probe-based high-resolution patterning and single-cell injection of functionalized nanodiamonds Medical News [HTML | PDF]
- New Tool for Next-Generation Cancer Treatments using Nanodiamonds Medical News TODAY [HTML | PDF]
- Nanoscale 'fountain pen' draws therapeutic nanodiamonds Nano Tech Wire [HTML | PDF]
- New 'nanofountain probe' for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds NanoWerk [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain pen can place nanodiamonds with 1000 times higher resolution and inject single cells with functionalized nanodiamonds Next Big Future [HTML | PDF]
- Nanoscale 'fountain pen' draws therapeutic nanodiamonds on PhysOrg [HTML | PDF]
- Cancer-fighting fountain pen gets the job done with nanodiamondss R & D Mag [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds ScienceBlog [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds Science Centric [HTML | PDF]
- New tool for next-generation cancer treatments using nanodiamonds Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
UNCD wear
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on EurekAlert! [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on PhysOrg [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on ScienceDaily [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on Nanowerk [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on Science Centric [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on R&D Magazine [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on RedOrbit [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on Test and Measurement [HTML | PDF]
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear on Imaging & Microscopy [HTML | PDF]
- Microscopically wearing issues on Materials Today [PDF]
Protein patterning
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on EurekAlert! [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on PhysOrg [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Write Protein Nanoarrays Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields on ScienceDaily [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen, electric fields on SmallTimes [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on NewsGuide [PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on e! Science News [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Write Nanoscale Protein Arrays using a Nanofountain Pen and Electric Fields in the Nano & NIL Newsletter [PDF]
- Nanotechnology Help Advance Life Science with New Nanofountain Probe (NFP) on AZoMaterials [HTML | PDF]
- Protein Nanoarrays Written By Researchers Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields on Medical News Today [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on Nanowerk [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Write Nanoscale Protein Arrays Using a Nanofountain Pen and Electric Fields on AZoNano [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on KOOBE Nanotechnology Digest [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on David Kirkpatrick (WordPress) [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on Bio-Medicine.org [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Write Protein Nanoarrays Using A Fountain Pen And Electric Fields on NanoVIP.com [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on Science Centric [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays on Huliq News [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Write Protein Nanoarrays Using a Fountain Pen and Electric Fields on BioCompare [PDF]
- Researchers write protein nanoarrays using a fountain pen and electric fields on Iconocast [HTML | PDF]
- Protein Nanoarrays Written Using a Fountain Pen and Electric Fields on OBBeC [HTML | PDF]
ZnO nanowire size effects
- ZnO Nanowires with Unique Elasticity to Enhance Next Generation Electronics on AZoMaterials [HTML | PDF]
- Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires on FirstScience [HTML | PDF]
- Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires on Nanotechwire [HTML | PDF]
- Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires on Bio-Medicine [HTML | PDF]
- Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires on EurekAlert [HTML | PDF]
- Strong Elasticity Size Effects In ZnO Nanowires on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
Measured properties of carbon nanotubes match theoretical predictions
- True properties of carbon nanotubes measured on e! Science News [HTML | PDF]
- True properties of carbon nanotubes measured on Nanite News [HTML | PDF]
- True mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes measured on Space Elevator Reference [HTML | PDF]
- True properties of carbon nanotubes measured on EurekAlert [HTML | PDF]
- True properties of carbon nanotubes measured on ScienceDaily [HTML | PDF]
- Measured properties of carbon nanotubes match theoretical predictions on Nanowerk [HTML | PDF]
Nanoparticle deposition
- Researchers directly deposit gold nanoparticles in suspension on Nanotechnology Now [HTML | PDF]
- Nanotechnology: Depositing Gold Nanoparticles on Technology News Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Directly Deposit Gold Nanoparticles in Suspension on McCormick News [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers deposit gold nanoparticles in suspension on Huliq [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers Directly Deposit Gold Nanoparticles In Suspension on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
Bistable nanoswitch
- Carbon nanotube switch compatible with mass production on NanoTechWeb [HTML | PDF]
- U.S. scientists invent bistable nanoswitch on Monsters and Critics.com [HTML | PDF]
- U.S. scientists invent bistable nanoswitch on United Press International [HTML | PDF]
- Bistable Nanoswitch developed on NanoForum [HTML | PDF]
- Bistable Nanoswitch on ZDNet [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern researchers develop bistable nanoswitch on NewsGuide [HTML | PDF]
- Bistable Nanoswitch on Technology News Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers develop bistable nano switch on The NanoTechnology Group [HTML | PDF]
- Scientists from Northwestern University have demonstrated a novel carbon nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical switch on NanotechWire [HTML | PDF]
- Novel Carbon Nanotube-Based Bistable Nanoelectromechanical Switch on Azonano [HTML | PDF]
- U.S. scientists invent bistable nanoswitch on Political Gateway [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern Researchers Develop Bistable Nanoswitch on MEMSNet [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern researchers develop bistable nanoswitch on SmallTimes [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern Researchers Develop Bistable Nanoswitch on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern researchers develop bistable nanoswitch on EurekAlert [HTML | PDF]
- Researchers develop bistable nano switch on PhysOrg [PDF]
- Northwestern Researchers Develop Bistable Nano Switch on McCormick News [PDF]
Nanoscale material testing system
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on National Nanotechnology Initiative [HTML | PDF]
- Platinum helps develop world's first nano MTS on Platinum Today [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on PhysOrg [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on McCormick News [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on Chemie [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on Nanotechnology [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on Space Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Micromachine: Tiniest Universal Material Testing System on ComPaMED [HTML | PDF]
- Equipamento testa resistência de materiais em nanoescala (Equipment to test the resistance of materials at the nanoscale) on Inovacao Tecnologica [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Universal Material Testing System on Nanotechnology Now [HTML | PDF]
- World's Smallest Material Testing System on Azonano [HTML | PDF]
- Northwestern researchers build world's smallest universal material testing system McCormick by Design, Spring 2006 [PDF]
Nanostructure Strength Goes under the Microscope
- Nanostructure Strength Goes under the Microscope on Nanotechweb [HTML | PDF]
- Nanostructure Strength Goes under the Microscope on Korean Media [HTML | PDF]
- Nanostructure Strength Goes under the Microscope on University of Iowa [HTML | PDF]
Nano Fountain Probe
- Single-Cell Transfection Tool Enables Added Control for Biological Studies on McCormick Northwestern Engineering [PDF]
- Nano-Füllfederhalter mit Nachfülltank entwickelt (Nano fountain probe with refilling tank developed) on Spektrumdirekt [HTML | PDF]
- The World's Smallest Fountain Pen? on PhysOrg [PDF]
- The World's Smallest Fountain Pen? on National Nanotechnology Initiative [PDF]
- The World's Smallest Fountain Pen? on NSF Discoveries [PDF1 | PDF2]
- Nano Fountain Probe in Remarks by the Director of the NSF, Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr. [PDF]
- Innovative fountain pen writes on the nanoscale on United Press International [HTML | PDF]
- Innovative fountain pen writes on the nanoscale on Materials Today [PDF]
- Innovative fountain pen writes on the nanoscale on MRS Materials Connections [HTML | PDF]
- Nanofountain pen developed at Northwestern on Foresight News [HTML | PDF]
- Innovative Fountain Pen Writes On The Nanoscale on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Innovative fountain pen writes on the nanoscale on EurekAlert! [HTML | PDF]
- Innovative Fountain Pen Writes On The Nanoscale on NU McCormick News Bulletin [HTML | PDF]
- Fountain Pen Writes on Nano Scale on Northwestern NewsCenter [HTML | PDF]
- Innovative Fountain Pen Writes On The Nanoscale on Research at NU [HTML | PDF]
Diamond AFM Probe
- Tough New Probe Developed For Nanotechnologists on Science Daily [HTML | PDF]
- Nano World: Nano diamond tips as pens on United Press International [HTML | PDF]
About Prof. Espinosa
- Interview with Prof. Espinosa on Nanotechnology.com [HTML | PDF]
- Faculty Honors on McCormick by Design, Fall 2005 [PDF]