Prof. Muhammad Y. Bashouti’s pioneering research

[Paul Ferguson]

ONE OF the most remarkable areas of research in Bashouti’s lab is nanotechnology, particularly in understanding and manipulating the surfaces of materials at nanoscale: a millionth of a millimeter. His research focuses specifically on the changes and processes at every material’s surface.“Each material has its own surface, and this surface becomes even more important when we examine the material at the nano level,” he explained. “At the nano range, materials exhibit new physical and chemical properties.”Bashouti used gold as a striking example: “Gold, as we know it, is yellow in color. But when you reduce it to the nanoscale, this element begins to showcase different colors – red, blue, orange, and even green. By controlling the size and shape of these nanogold particles, we can design these new colors – and, more importantly, new physical and chemical properties.”

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