Bending Light at the Nanoscale with Matt Jones

Bending Light at the Nanoscale with Matt Jones

In honor of Star Wars Day, this episode explores futuristic light technologies seen in science fiction—like invisibility cloaks or powerful directed energy— and how far away we are from such innovations. In this episode, Matt Jones, a chemist at Rice University and Northwestern alum, explains how scientists are learning to control light by engineering materials at the nanoscale and why when materials are reduced to billionths of a meter, they begin to exhibit entirely new optical properties—from color-changing nanoparticles to structures that interact with light in unexpected ways. The conversation explores the emerging field of metamaterials and how curiosity-driven, fundamental science lays the groundwork for innovations that may shape the future.

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Built to Take the Hit: Nature's Engineering Secrets with Horacio Espinosa

Built to Take the Hit: Nature's Engineering Secrets with Horacio Espinosa

What can the powerful punch of a mantis shrimp teach us about engineering stronger, more resilient materials? In this episode of Nanoscape, Northwestern University professor Horacio Espinosa reveals ...

12 Loka 31min

Can Tiny Sensors Change Water Security? with Sera Young

Can Tiny Sensors Change Water Security? with Sera Young

What can an anthropologist teach us about designing better nanotechnology? Northwestern University Anthropology  professor Sera Young has dedicated her career to understanding how people experience w...

14 Syys 24min

Sneaking Past the Body's Most Locked Door with Emily Day

Sneaking Past the Body's Most Locked Door with Emily Day

How do you design a medicine that can find the right cells in the body, navigating the body's natural defenses like the blood-brain barrier? Biomedical engineer Emily Day  explains how nanotechnology ...

10 Elo 25min

The Soft Side of Nanotechnology with Todd Emrick

The Soft Side of Nanotechnology with Todd Emrick

What does the soft side of nanotechnology look like? Todd Emrick, professor of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, explains how polymers are transforming every...

13 Heinä 25min

James Gaynor and the Race to Watch Electrons Move

James Gaynor and the Race to Watch Electrons Move

Electrons move so quickly that, until recently, their motion was impossible to observe. In this episode, James Gaynor, an assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University and member of the...

15 Kesä 24min

Soft Robotics Inspired by Nature | Building Artificial Muscles that Move and Sense with Ryan Truby

Soft Robotics Inspired by Nature | Building Artificial Muscles that Move and Sense with Ryan Truby

The future of robotics isn't just smarter software, but smarter materials. In this episode, Northwestern University's Ryan Truby explains how his lab is designing soft, bio-inspired robots powered by ...

14 Huhti 35min

Can Nanoscience Build Better Clothes? with Cécile Chazot

Can Nanoscience Build Better Clothes? with Cécile Chazot

Understanding polymers at the nanoscale is helping scientists design stronger, more sustainable materials. In this episode, Cécile Chazot, the Julia Weertman Professor in Materials Science and Enginee...

16 Maalis 28min

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