Chitosan Nanoparticles: Sophie and Sakshi are working in conjunction with Faith and
Professor Elizabeth Orwin's lab group to develop a production method for reliably producing chitosan nanoparticles with a specific size. More details can be found on the
chitosan research page.
Laser Ablation: Amber, Caleb, Marc and Hao are working on the laser ablation project, which is the experimental side of Laura's plasma theoretical research. They attempt to ascertain a well-characterized method of delivering wavelength-scale plasma targets to the focus of a high-intensity laser in order to experimentally investigate the stochastic heating process. More details can be found on the
ablation research page.
Depositions: Amber, Caleb, Marc and Hao work on this companion project to the laser ablation project to provide samples for ablation. These samples are silicon wafers coated with polystyrene nanospheres, which are the wavelength scale targets for the high-intensity laser. They are attempting to optimize the samples for better results in the ablation experiments. More details can be found on the
depositions research page.