Electronics and Nanotechnology

At Georgia Tech, research in the complementary fields of electronics and nanotechnology – supported by strengths in related areas such as biomedicine, materials, and policy – provides the foundation for a broad range of advances with industrial applications. Georgia Tech has deep expertise in electronics and semiconductors, and has become a national leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

The Latest Electronics and Nanotechnology News

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Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

Research Goes Global

Posted: January 11, 2018

Georgia Tech’s research roots extend worldwide, creating international business connections and giving students unique research, education, and work opportunities.

Piezoelectric Tiles Light the Way for Kennedy Space Center Visitors

Posted: December 13, 2017

A lighted footpath powered partially by piezoelectric tiles will soon be operational at the Kennedy Space Center.

Shape-Shifting Robot Built from “Smarticles” Shows New Locomotion Strategy

Posted: September 18, 2019

Researchers have built a robot entirely from smaller robots known as "smarticles."

Stretchable Wireless Sensor Could Monitor Healing of Cerebral Aneurysms

Posted: August 28, 2019

A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms.

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Eleven Georgia Tech Faculty Members Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Posted: August 20, 2019

Eleven Georgia Tech faculty members have been chosen to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards.

Nanoscale “Glass” Bottles Could Enable Targeted Drug Delivery

Posted: August 14, 2019

Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant cells only in certain parts of the body.

Soft Wearable Health Monitor Uses Stretchable Electronics

Posted: July 30, 2019

A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children.

Tiny Vibration-Powered Robots Are the Size of the World’s Smallest Ant

Posted: July 16, 2019

The size of an ant, the micro-bristle-bot moves by harnessing vibration.

Tiny Supersonic Jet Injector Accelerates Nanoscale Additive Manufacturing

Posted: July 2, 2019

By energizing precursor molecules, researchers have dramatically accelerated the fabrication of nanometer scale structures.

Shape-Shifting Robot Built from “Smarticles” Shows New Locomotion Strategy

Posted: September 18, 2019

Researchers have built a robot entirely from smaller robots known as "smarticles."

Seung Soon Jang, Faisal Alamgir and Ji Il Choi

Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum

Posted: September 18, 2019

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Hyperbolic Paraboloid Origami Harnesses Bistability to Enable New Applications

Posted: September 17, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo are looking at hypar origami with to leverage its structural properties.

Stretchy Plastic Electrolytes Could Enable New Lithium-Ion Battery Design

Posted: September 9, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.