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For first time, researchers can measure insecticide on surface of mosquito nets

Analytical Instrumentation Facility (AIF)

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Oct 31, 2025

When Science Gets Spooky: “Bend Contours in Gallium Nitride” Wins AIF’s Spooky Image Contest

MSE PhD candidate Michael Carter's entry has been selected as the winner. He captured his image using the Talos TEM microscope.

Aug 14, 2025

Inside the RTNN RET Experience: A Summer in AIF Labs at NC State

This summer, the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN) invited middle school, high school, and community college educators to participate in the Atomic Scale Design and Engineering Research Experience for Teachers…
Nina Balke

May 24, 2023

Energy Storage Materials taps Balke for associate editor

Professor Balke joins an international team of editors from across the globe. She is one out of two editors representing the United States and the only one representing the state of North Carolina. 
researchers

Aug 25, 2020

Funding renewal will continue nanotechnology work in the Research Triangle for five more years

The Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), a partnership between three local universities that drives research and education in the areas of nanoscale engineering, science and technology, is one of 16 such sites nationwide that will benefit from five more years of funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dr. Jacob Leo Jones

Jan 7, 2020

Director of AIF named IEEE Fellow

AIF’s director, Dr. Jacob Leo Jones, has been named an IEEE Fellow. He is being recognized for development of X-ray scattering methods to understand electromechanical properties of ferroelectrics.
campus gateway

Oct 10, 2019

To build a better semiconductor, first identify its defects

By identifying its defects, researchers move us closer to new gallium oxide technologies.
Dr. Srdjan Lukic and fellow researchers

Apr 26, 2019

Charging up

Research within the College is advancing electric vehicle technology.
Woman sleeping under mosquito net.

Jan 7, 2019

For first time, researchers can measure insecticide on surface of mosquito nets

Researchers from NC State and the CDC have come up with a technique to measure how much insecticide is found on the surface of mosquito nets – paving the way for efforts to determine how long the nets are effective.