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BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Facility Courtesy of BioPacific News
News · Sep 14, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara

New X-ray Facility Brings Synchrotron-level Capabilities to BioPACIFIC MIP

The BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Diffraction Platform offers a compact SAXS-WAXS beamline for advanced characterization of biopolymers, featuring a high brilliance liquid gallium X-ray source and a large-area pixel array detector. It allows for rapid kinetic SAXS measurements, enhancing research capabilities for U.S. scientists via a peer-review access process.
BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Facility
News · Sep 14, 2022

New X-ray Facility Brings Synchrotron-level Capabilities to BioPACIFIC MIP

The BioPACIFIC MIP X-ray Diffraction Platform features an unparalleled laboratory SAXS-WAXS (small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering) beamline for high-throughput characterization of biopolymers and nanostructures. Custom-developed by a research team at UCSB, the new X-Ray instrument offers performance level comparable to a second-generation synchrotron but on a benchtop instrument, to help scientists elucidate materials structure in the nano- and meso-scale.
Dr. Stieg and Dr. Panchanathan at the Living Biofoundry
Highlight · Sep 13, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara

National Science Foundation Director Visits BioPACIFIC MIP Facilities

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation, recently visited UCLA to meet with students, faculty members, and campus leaders.
Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz Courtesy of BioPacific News
News · Sep 12, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara

Read de Alaniz Receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz, co-Director of BioPACIFIC MIP, received the 2023 American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award for excellence in organic chemistry, which includes a $40,000 research grant, established in 1984 to honor Arthur C. Cope's legacy.
Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz
News · Sep 12, 2022

Read de Alaniz Receives Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

BioPACIFIC MIP co-Director Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz has been awarded the 2023 American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Fund, in recognition and encouragement of excellence in organic chemistry.
Carbon M2 (left) and Mono3Z2 (Right) Courtesy of BioPacific News
News · Sep 1, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara

New 3D Printing capabilities at BioPACIFIC MIP

BioPACIFIC MIP has enhanced its Additive Manufacturing facility at UC Santa Barbara by adding two new printers, accessible for free through their User Program. The Carbon M2 3D printer utilizes CLIP technology for faster, smoother printing, while the Mono3Z2 offers versatility with its 5-wavelength capability for multilateral objects.
Carbon M2 (left) and Mono3Z2 (Right)
News · Sep 1, 2022

New 3D Printing capabilities at BioPACIFIC MIP

BioPACIFIC MIP has added two new printers to the Additive Manufacturing facility at UC Santa Barbara. Both printers are accessible at no cost through the BioPACIFIC MIP User Program and proposal process.
Figure 1: Rutile GeO2—a promising material—Identified by theory—Realized in thin film and bulk form. (left) Lattice parameters of rutile compounds.  Only three rutile substrates are commercially available (pink). The grid line indicates misfit strain with respect to GeO2 substrates. (right top) Photograph of r-GeO2 single crystals synthesized by the flux method. Crystal sizes reach up to 4 mm. (right bottom) Atomic force microscopy image of a r-GeO2 single-crystal substrate after surface planarization by mechanical polishing and annealing.
Highlight · Aug 31, 2022
Cornell University

Realizing a New Rutile Substrate for Epitaxial Film Growth

J.T. Heron, E. Kioupakis and R. Hovden (University of Michigan), L.F. Kourkoutis (Cornell University). and T.M. McQueen (Johns Hopkins University)

Here, a team from the University of Michigan came to PARADIM to grow single crystals of rutile-GeO2 motivated by their recent discovery of this new semiconductor—with an ultra-high band gap (4.64 eV), high mobility, high heat conductivity, and desired dopability.
Berit H. Goodge. Image courtesy of PARADIM.
News · Aug 1, 2022
Cornell University

PARADIM Alumna Berit Goodge Named 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow

By PARADIM News

Berit H. Goodge, Ph.D. ’22, has been selected as a 2022 Schmidt Science Fellow, recognizing her exceptional potential as an early-career scientist.

(left) Orientation and debriefing for all attendees at UCLA
bookended the Summer School; (right) hands-on training in
3D printing.
Highlight · Jul 22, 2022
University of California, Santa Barbara

Second BioPACIFIC MIP Summer School

The second annual BioPACIFIC MIP Summer School took place in-person, July 17-22.