Student Developer of Versatile "G-gels" Wins $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Prize
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 18:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Yuehua "Tony" Yu, a doctoral student in Rensselaer' Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, is the first researcher to create binary guanosine gels, or G-gels, with unique, highly tunable properties. The discovery, which could enable a practical, cost-effective, and scalable method for better exploiting the beneficial properties of many nanoparticles, earned Yu the $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize.