====== News Archive: 2012–2015 ======

==== 2015 ====

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| Dec\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp delivers an invited **[[http://www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com/bio-schniepp.asp|Keynote Speech]]** at the //**6th International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues**//.
|[[http://www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com/bio-schniepp.asp|{{public:thumbs:thum_icmobt.jpg?nolink}}]]
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| Dec\_2015
| Sean Koebley's poster on the toughness of the brown recluse spider was nominated for \\ **Best Poster Award** at the **2015 MRS Fall National Meeting** in Boston, MA.
|[[http://www.mechanicsofbiomaterials.com/bio-schniepp.asp|{{public:thumbs:thum_award.gif}}]]
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| Nov\_2015
| We present several papers at the **2015 Fall MRS Meeting** in Boston, MA on topics including the brown recluse ribbon silk, self-assembly of silk molecules, graphene/polyimide coatings, and graphene-enhanced nylon with extended lifetime.
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| Oct\_2015
| Our research on the silk of the brown recluse spider is highlighted by the **ideation** magazine 
**[[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|article: ]]**//[[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|"Unraveling the secret of silk that's more alive than dead"]]//.
| [[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|{{public:thumbs:thum_ideation_2013.jpg?nolink}}]]
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| Sep\_2015
| **[[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2015-09-03_silk_daily_press|Cover Story in the Daily Press]]** featuring our recently published research on shear-induced self-assembly of molecularly thin silk fibrils. There is also a corresponding **[[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2015-09-04_daily_press_video|Video Interview]]**.
| [[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2015-09-03_silk_daily_press|{{public:thumbs:thum_dailypress.jpg}}]]
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| Sep\_2015
| Hannes Schniepp is named a **[[http://verizonaonlinepublishing.com/NanoscienceEditors.aspx|member of the editorial board]]** of the **[[http://verizonaonlinepublishing.com/NanosciencewithAdvancedTechnology.aspx|Journal of Nanoscience with Advanced Technology]]**
([[http://verizonaonlinepublishing.com/|Verizona Publisher]]).
| [[http://verizonaonlinepublishing.com/NanoscienceEditors.aspx|{{public:thumbs:thumb_verizona.png?nolink}}]]
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| Aug\_2015
| Ph. D. student Qijue Wang receives the //2015 Fall Graduate Studies Advisory Board Recruitment Fellowship//.
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| Aug\_2015
| The National Science Foundation (**NSF**) has made a 
[[http://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop;jsessionid=32HWVY8QsNLKRW1LCNt8gLpGlck2vj2c4n5VwKL17sqkrqQhGL9Q!-1017189133!2133190185?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=rsrRecentAwards_2&wsrp-urlType=blockingAction&wsrp-url=&wsrp-requiresRewrite=&wsrp-navigationalState=eJyLL07OL0i1Tc-JT0rMUYNQtgBZ6Af8&wsrp-interactionState=wlprsrRecentAwards_2_action%3DviewRsrDetail%26wlprsrRecentAwards_2_fedAwrdId%3D1534428&wsrp-mode=wsrp%3Aview&wsrp-windowState=|4-year, $324,000 award from the DMREF program]]
(**Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future**) to Prof. Schniepp, starting
Oct. 2015. 
|[[http://www.research.gov/research-portal/appmanager/base/desktop;jsessionid=32HWVY8QsNLKRW1LCNt8gLpGlck2vj2c4n5VwKL17sqkrqQhGL9Q!-1017189133!2133190185?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=rsrRecentAwards_2&wsrp-urlType=blockingAction&wsrp-url=&wsrp-requiresRewrite=&wsrp-navigationalState=eJyLL07OL0i1Tc-JT0rMUYNQtgBZ6Af8&wsrp-interactionState=wlprsrRecentAwards_2_action%3DviewRsrDetail%26wlprsrRecentAwards_2_fedAwrdId%3D1534428&wsrp-mode=wsrp%3Aview&wsrp-windowState=|{{public:thumbs:thum_nsf.jpg}}]]
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| Aug\_2015
| **New publication:**
//**[[:public:publications:pub-27|"Silk Reconstitution Disrupts Fibroin Self-Assembly"]]**//  by authors Koebley, Greving, Vollrath & Schniepp*, just appeared in //Biomacromolecules//. \\
More information in our **[[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2015-09_release_processed_silk|Press Release]]**.
|[[:public:publications:pub-30|{{public:thumbs:thum_rsf-model.jpg}}]]
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| Jul\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “The Strong and Sticky Silk Nano-Ribbons of the Recluse Spider: Structure, Properties, and Formation of A Quasi-2D Protein Material” at the //Institute for Building Materials//, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
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| Jun\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “The Strong and Sticky Silk Nano-Ribbons of the Recluse Spider: Structure, Properties, and Formation of A Quasi-2D Protein Material”, //Max-Plack Institute of the Science of Light//, Sandoghdar Division, Erlangen, Germany.
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| May\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Probing Oil–Mineral Interactions Under Reservoir Conditions Using Atomic Force Spectroscopy”, //Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology//, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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| May\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “The Brown Recluse Spider’s Super-Strong & Sticky Silk Nanoribbons”, //Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology//, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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| May\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives and **invited talk** “From Molecular Self-Assembly to High-Performance Material: Studying Spider Silk Across the Length Scales”,  //Department of Health Science and Technology//, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
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| Apr\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer-Scale Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk”, //Adolphe-Merkle-Institute//, Fribourg, Switzerland.
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| Apr\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “From Molecular Self-Assembly to High-Performance Material: Studying Spider Silk Across the Length Scales”, //University of Bayreuth//, Germany.
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| Mar\_2015
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer-Scale Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk”, Physics Colloquium, //Virginia Commonwealth University//, Richmond, VA.
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| Feb\_2015
| For the term 2015–2018, The College of William & Mary has designated Prof. Schniepp the **Adina Allen Term Distinguished Associate Professor of Applied Science** in recognition for his
contributions in teaching and research.
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==== 2014 ====

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| Dec\_2014
| **[[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2014-12_highly_cited_no-5|"Highly Cited" Status for 5th Paper]]:**
Our 2012 paper "Methods of Graphite Exfoliation" has now reached **"highly cited"** status, as it is in the top 1% of all papers in Materials Science. This is Prof. Schniepp's 5th "highly cited" paper.
| [[public:news:blog:2014-2016:2014-12_highly_cited_no-5|{{public:thumbs:thum_highly-cited.png}}]]
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| Dec\_2014
| Prof.  Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Probing Oil–Mineral Interactions Under Reservoir Conditions Using Atomic Force Spectroscopy”, //Shell International Exploration//, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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| Oct\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer-Scale Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk”, M//aterials Colloquium//, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.
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| Oct\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer-Scale Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk”, //Universität Basel, Biologie-Colloquium//, Basel, Switzerland.
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| Oct\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives a **keynote lecture** on “Spider Silk Ribbons — Model System for A Natural High-Performance Material”, at the 2//nd Virginia Soft Matter Workshop//, at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
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| Sep\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Spider Silk Nanoribbons — A Prototype for Strong and Tough Protein Films”, //Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Corporation Workshop//, ETH Zürich.
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| Aug\_2014
| Ph. D. student Qijue Wang receives the //2014 Fall Graduate Studies Advisory Board Recruitment Fellowship//.
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| Aug\_2014
| Ph. D. student Sean Koebley receives a //2014–2015 Graduate STEM Research Fellowship//, Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC).
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| Aug\_2014
| [[http://www.complex.mat.ethz.ch/people/visitors/schniepp|Prof. Schniepp]] joins the Department of Materials Science ([[http://www.matl.ethz.ch/|D-MATL]])
at the [[http://www.complex.mat.ethz.ch/people/visitors/schniepp|Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)]] 
in Zurich, Switzerland, for one year as a [[http://www.complex.mat.ethz.ch/people/visitors/schniepp|guest professor]], hosted by [[http://www.complex.mat.ethz.ch/people/head/astudart|Prof. André Studart]].
| [[http://www.complex.mat.ethz.ch/people/visitors/schniepp|{{public:thumbs:thum_eth.png}}]]
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| May\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp is the recipient of an
**[[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1352542|NSF CAREER Award]]**
from the //U. S. National Science Foundation// (award # DMR-1352542). The award will provide a total of $450,000 over 5 years to investigate the ribbon silk of the loxosceles spider.
| [[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1352542|{{public:thumbs:thum_nsf.jpg}}]]
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| Apr\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “From Molecular Self-Assembly to High-Performance Material: Studying Spider Silk Across the Length Scales”, //1st Annual Colloids and Surfaces Symposium at Virginia Tech//, Blacksburg, VA.
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| Mar\_2014
| **//Discovery Channel Canada//** airs a **[[:public:news:blog:2014-2016:2014-03-10_tv-feature_recluse|TV feature of our brown recluse silk project]]** in their science show //Daily Planet// (7:00 pm show on March 10).
| [[:public:news:blog:2014-2016:2014-03-10_tv-feature_recluse|{{public:thumbs:thum_dailyplanet.jpg}}]]
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| Mar\_2014
| William & Mary produces the 4-minute **video story**
//**[[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2014/brown-recluse-silk.php|"In the lab: 'Milking' brown recluse spiders for silk"]]**// about our work on brown recluse spider silk. 
| [[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2014/brown-recluse-silk.php|{{public:thumbs:thum_milkingvideo.jpg}}]]
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| Feb\_2014
| Our work **[[:public:publications:pub-26|reporting the first large-scale exfoliation of hexagonal Boron Nitride]]** nanosheets is published in  **//[[:public:publications:pub-26|Small]]//**.
| [[:public:publications:pub-26|{{public:thumbs:thum_bn-exfol.jpg}}]]
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| Feb\_2014
| Hannes Schniepp is awarded //Tenure// at the College of William & Mary and promoted to the rank of **//Associate Professor//**.
| [[:public:team:schniepp|{{public:thumbs:thum_hasi.jpg}}]]
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| Feb\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited presentation** “2D High-Performance Nanomaterials:From Graphene to Spider Silk”, Nanomaterials Workshop, //National Institute of Aerospace//, Langley, VA.
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| Jan\_2014
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited presentation** “Converting the Traditional Classroom Experience Into a Video Stream For Inverted Learning”, //eLearning Community Meeting//, The College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
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==== 2013 ====

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| Dec\_2013
| //Advanced Materials// features
//[[:public:publications:pub-25|our brown recluse silk paper]]//
out of all communications of the Dec 23 issue with **[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-12-23_advmater_cover_story|a full-page frontispiece]]**.
| [[:public:publications:pub-25|{{public:thumbs:thum_am_frontispiece.jpg}}]]
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| Nov\_2013
| We present several papers at the **2013 Fall MRS Meeting** in Boston, MA on topics including self-organization of silk protein and the loxosceles ribbon silk.
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| Oct\_2013
| //The Daily Press//, Hampton Roads' big newspaper, prominently features our research on the recluse spider silk with a **[[http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-10-14/news/dp-nws-amazing-spider-silk-20131013_1_silk-recluse-spider|long online article]]**, accompanied with **pictures** and a **[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-12_daily_press_video|video interview]]**. In the print edition, our story had a **[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-15_recluse_daily_press|large title page feature]]** in the Oct 15 issue.
| [[http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-10-14/news/dp-nws-amazing-spider-silk-20131013_1_silk-recluse-spider|{{public:thumbs:thum_dailypress.jpg}}]]
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| Oct\_2013
| **[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-28_c_e_news|Chemical & Engineering News feature:]]** //C & E News// [[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-28_c_e_news|features our paper on the recluse spider silk]] in their October 28 issue.
| [[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-28_c_e_news|{{public:thumbs:thum_c_en-loxo.jpg}}]]
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| Oct\_2013
| **[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-19_gazette|Virginia Gazette brown recluse feature:]]**
Our research on the silk of the brown recluse spider is featured with a 
[[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-19_gazette|story and photos in their October 19 issue]].
| [[:public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-19_gazette|{{public:thumbs:thum_silk-gazette.jpg}}]]
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| Oct\_2013
| PhD student Sean R. Koebley gives an **invited talk** “Brown Recluse Spider’s Nanometer Scale Ribbons of Stiff, Extensible Silk”, at the //Rotary Club at City Center//, Newport News, Virginia.
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| Oct\_2013
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “The Brown Recluse Spider’s Nano-Ribbons of Strong Sticky Silk”, //William & Mary PhysicsFest//, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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| Oct\_2013
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Soft-Contact AFM of Surfactant Assemblies at the Solid/Liquid Interface Revealing Local Surface Chemistry”, Seminar at //Shell International Exploration//, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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| Oct\_2013
| **[[public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-12_daily_press_video|Daily Press Video Interview:]]** 
Interview with Prof. Schniepp about our research on the recluse spider silk. This is goes along with their **[[http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-10-14/news/dp-nws-amazing-spider-silk-20131013_1_silk-recluse-spider|long article]]**, accompanied with **pictures**.
| [[public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-12_daily_press_video|{{public:thumbs:thum_dailypress.jpg}}]]
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| Oct\_2013
| Our research on the silk of the brown recluse spider is highlighted by the **ideation** magazine 
**[[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|article: ]]**//[[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|"Unraveling the secret of silk that's more alive than dead"]]//.
| [[http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2015/unraveling-the-secret-of-silk-thats-more-alive-than-dead.php|{{public:thumbs:thum_ideation_2013.jpg?nolink}}]]
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| Oct\_2013
| The WIRED magazine highlights our research on the silk of the brown recluse spider with an 
**[[http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/brown-recluse-silk/|exciting article]]**.
| [[http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/10/brown-recluse-silk/|{{public:thumbs:thum_silk-wired.jpg}}]]
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| Sep\_2013
| The prestigious journal **//Advanced Materials//** accepts 
**[[:public:publications:pub-25|our landmark article]]** on the silk of the 
recluse spider. We are the first to study the mechanical properties of this exciting material. \\
See our **[[public:news:blog:2010-2013:2013-10-08_release_recluse_silk|Press Release]]** for more information.
| [[:public:publications:pub-25|{{public:thumbs:thum_silk-advmat.jpg}}]]
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| Jul\_2013
| Hannes Schniepp will serve as the new //Director of Graduate Studies// for the Applied Science Department, starting September 01, 2013.
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| Jun\_2013
| Hannes Schniepp is named a **[[http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ac/editors/|member of the editorial board]]** of the new journal **[[http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ac/|Advances in Chemistry]]**
([[http://www.hindawi.com/|Hindawi]]).
| [[http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ac/editors/|{{public:thumbs:thum_hindawi.gif}}]]
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| May\_2013
| Prof. Schniepp gives an invited talk at NASA's Langley Research Center on 2D-High-Performance Materials.
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| May\_2013
| //Pei Pang// joins our team as a research undergraduate student. Pei is currently a sophomore in
William & Mary's chemistry department.
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| Jan\_2013
| Hannes Schniepp is named a **[[http://www.aspbs.com/graphene/editorial_graphene.htm|member of the editorial board]]** of the journal **[[http://www.aspbs.com/graphene.htm|Graphene]]**
([[http://www.aspbs.com/|American Scientific Publishers]]).
| [[http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ac/editors/|{{public:thumbs:thum_amscipub.gif}}]]
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| Jan\_2013
| Prof. Schniepp gives an invited lecture on in the Soft Matter Seminar in the Physics Department of Georgetown University.
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==== 2012 ====

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| Dec\_2012
| We congratulate our team member //Minzhen Cai// for graduating with a Ph.D. from the Applied Science Department at William & Mary.
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| Nov\_2012
| We present four papers at the **2012 Fall MRS Meeting** in Boston, MA on topics including self-organization of silk protein, graphene-based nanocomposites, molecular surfactant self-assembly on graphene, and graphene oxide as a band gap material. 
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| Oct\_2012
| [[:public:publications:pub-23|Our paper on Graphite Exfoliation]] was the ** [[http://blogs.rsc.org/jm/2012/10/26/top-10-most-read-journal-of-materials-chemistry-articles-in-september/|third-most read article]]** in the entire [[http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/jm|Journal of Materials Chemistry]] in September 2012 — within days after online publication (September 12, 2012).
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| Sep\_2012
| Prof. Schniepp gives an **invited talk** “Functionalized Graphene — Building Block for High-Performance Polymer Nanocomposites”, //DuPont seminar//, Richmond, Virginia.
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| Sep\_2012
| Our **paper** on improved titanium surface treatments for implants gets published in **[[http://www.quintpub.com/journals/omi/|The International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants]]**
[[:public:publications:pub-24|"Effects of Coating a Titanium Alloy with Fibronectin on the Expression of Osteoblast Gene Markers in the MC3T3 Osteoprogenitor Cell Line"]] //Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Implants // **27**, 1081–1090 (2012).
 \\
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| Aug\_2012
| We publish a **new paper** on graphene exfoliation in **[[http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/jm|The Journal of Materials Chemistry]]**:
[[:public:publications:pub-23|"Methods of Graphite Exfoliation"]] //J. Mater. Chem.// **22**, 24992—25002 (2012).
 \\
| [[:public:publications:pub-23|{{public:thumbs:thum_exforev.jpg}}]]
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| Aug\_2012
| Ph. D. student Sean Koebley receives a //2012–2013 Graduate STEM Research Fellowship//, Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC).
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| Aug\_2012
| We present three papers at the 244th ACS National Fall Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on the topics of polymer nanocomposites, oil–mineral interactions, and molecular self-organization on graphene.
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| Jul\_2012
| Our **paper** on molecular self-organization on graphene gets published in **[[http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jpccck|The Journal of Physical Chemistry C]]**:
[[:public:publications:pub-22|"Charge-Driven Selective Adsorption of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate on Graphene Oxide Visualized by Atomic Force Microscopy"]] //J. Phys. Chem. C// **116**, 20080–20085 (2012).
| [[:public:publications:pub-22|{{public:thumbs:thum_sds-go.jpg}}]]
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| May\_2012
| We congratulate our team member //Daniel Thorpe// for graduating with a B.S. from the Biology Department at William & Mary. Daniel will continue his studies at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University. \\
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| May\_2012
| We congratulate our team member //James Nebeker// for graduating with a B.S. from the Physics Department at William & Mary. James will move on to the Graduate Program of Georgetown University. \\
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| May\_2012
| [[http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=488&Itemid=1558|Prof. Schniepp gives an invited presentation at the E-MRS Spring Meeting in Strasbourg/France ("Biomaterials" Symposium).]] \\
| [[http://www.emrs-strasbourg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=488&Itemid=1558|{{public:thumbs:thum_e-mrs.png}}]]
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| May\_2012
| **[[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/lighter-stronger-better4887.php|"Lighter, Stronger, Better"]]** — our research on graphene-based high-performance polymer nanocomposites is
[[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/lighter-stronger-better4887.php|featured]] in the **[[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/index.php|ideation]]** magazine.
| [[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/lighter-stronger-better4887.php|{{public:thumbs:thum_go-ideation.jpg}}]]
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| Apr\_2012
| Our **paper** on orientational order of surfactant micelles on gold gets published in **[[http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/nl|Nano LIFE]]**:
[[:public:publications:pub-21|"Phonon-Induced Anisotropic Dispersion Forces On A Metallic Substrate"]] //Nano LIFE// **02**, 1240001 (2012).
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| Mar\_2012
| We have a new **publication** on a novel solvent system for graphene (**[[http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jacsat|J. Am. Chem. Soc.]]**):  \\
[[:public:publications:pub-20|"Stabilization of Graphene Sheets by a Structured Benzene/Hexafluorobenzene Mixed Solvent"]]. //J.\_Am.\_Chem.\_Soc.//, **134**, 5018–5021 (2012).
| [[:public:publications:pub-20|{{public:thumbs:thum_b-hfb.jpg}}]]
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| Mar\_2012
| **[[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/making-spider-sense7824.php|"Making spider-sense"]]** — our ground breaking discoveries on the silk protein are [[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/making-spider-sense7824.php|featured]] in the **[[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/index.php|ideation]]** magazine.
| [[http://www.wm.edu/research/ideation/science-and-technology/making-spider-sense7824.php|{{public:thumbs:thum_silkeation.jpg}}]]
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| Feb\_2012
| Our **paper** on the silk worm protein gets **published** in **[[http://pubs.acs.org/journal/bomaf6|Biomacromolecules]]**:  \\
[[:public:publications:pub-19|"Shear-Induced Self-Assembly of Native Silk Proteins into Fibrils Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy"]]. //Biomacromolecules//, **13**, 676–682 (2012).
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