{"673313":{"#nid":"673313","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant Winner Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) at Georgia Tech has announced the 2023 \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/nano\/funding-opportunities\u0022\u003EIEN Exponential Electronics (IEN-EX) Seed Grant\u003C\/a\u003E winner, \u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/vida-jamali\u0022\u003EVida Jamali\u003C\/a\u003E, Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia tech. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe primary purpose of this program is to give early-stage research and development to create revolutionary electronic systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIEN-EX provides seed funding for Georgia Tech researchers to pursue \u201c1000x\u201d ideas within electronics or that bridge electronics with other technical domains. \u201c1000x\u201d ideas are those with the potential to improve one or more well-defined, but often overlooked or underappreciated performance metrics by at least 1000x.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this brief Q\u0026amp;A, Jamali discusses her research focus, how it relates to electronics research, and the impact of this initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your field of expertise and at what point in your life did you first become interested in this area? \u003C\/strong\u003EIn situ liquid phase transmission electron microscopy. I started learning about this tool when I was a postdoc to develop it as a single particle tracking method.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBriefly explain your research:\u003C\/strong\u003E My research is focused on investigating the dynamics\u0026nbsp;of nanoscale objects in their native liquid environment, from synthetic colloidal nanomachines to biological macromolecules, using liquid phase transmission\u0026nbsp;electron microscopy. We develop experimental and computational tools to visualize and characterize dynamic behavior (equilibrium and non-equilibrium) at small length scales and in real-time.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWho are the PIs:\u003C\/strong\u003E Me and \u003Ca href=\u0022\/amirali-aghazadeh\u0022\u003EAmirali Aghazadeh\u003C\/a\u003E, Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat questions or challenges sparked your current research?\u003C\/strong\u003E Is it possible to use an electron microscope and capture the dynamics of nanoscale materials in time as they\u0026nbsp;move and interact with each other and respond to their surrounding environment with a high spatiotemporal resolution?\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow is your research working to create revolutionary electronic systems? \u003C\/strong\u003EWe design and develop a new nanoelectronic coded aperture device that once integrated into transmission electron microscopes can increase resolution exponentially.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat are the broader global and social benefits of the research you and your team conduct? \u003C\/strong\u003EOnce realized this technology opens a new window into dynamic phenomena at a scale inaccessible\u0026nbsp;before. This unprecedented level of information will significantly advance areas from drug discovery impacting human health to achieving single crystalline\u0026nbsp;materials for the semiconductor industry.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHow will this funding support your research?\u003C\/strong\u003E This funding will support graduate students who will be realizing this idea\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVida Jamali received the 2023 IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant for research on the dynamics of nanoscale objects in liquid environments.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Vida Jamali received the 2023 IEN Exponential Electronics Seed Grant for research on the dynamics of nanoscale objects in liquid environments. 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