Program Highlights

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2015

	July 2015 Bubble Formation in Chloroform at Negative Pressures The aim is to detect cavitation sites in molecular dynamics simulations of liquid chloroform with and without carbon nanotubes. Click on picture for more information.
	July 2015 Ultraviolet Tunable MoS2-pSi Junction Diode Inexpensive and multifunctional diode with the ability to rectify AC signals and sense UV light. Click on picture for more information.
	July 2015 Humacao PREM visits Rural Schools Over 800 students, teachers and parents participated in this effort to reach minority and geographically isolated communities Click on picture for more information.

Top 2014

	July 2014 Surfactants, CNTs Dispersion and Nanofibers Properties MD Simulations of PMMA-SWCNT-SDS-CHCl3 precursor solution for electrospinning. Click on picture for more information.
	July 2014 Twisted Multilayered Graphene Theoretical study of MLG films placed in between charged substrates shows tuning of the doped carriers distribution over the system. Click on picture for more information.
	July 2014 PREM Women in Physics and Computational Math Fifty-five % of PREM undergraduates who participated in PREM research from 2004-2009 are women. Of these, 71% are women in Physics and Mathematics. Click on picture for more information.
	July 2014 Nano and Art Exhibit Over 2,500 people visited the PREM “Nano Exhibición” in Humacao’s Casa Roig Museum in 2013-2014. Click on picture for more information.

Top 2013

	February 2013 PREM Students won awards at District Science Fair Six PREM High School students participated in Las Piedras District Science Fair. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2013 Doping Graphene with UV Light A new method shows that it is possible to dope graphene with no change in the charge mobility. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2013 PREM NEMSPUN: Humacao-Spain Research Collaboration PREM collaboration with the National Microtechnology Center (CNM) in Barcelona, Spain was enhanced with an award from the Spanish Research Council. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2013 PREM's Nano Exhibición The PREM Nano Exhibición is presented in collaboration with Humacao’s Casa Roig Museum from March to December 2013. Click on picture for more information.

Top 2012

	May 2012 A Partnership Flowering at the Atomic Scale Wolffia was developed by José Sotero Esteva, faculty at the UPRH, along with a group of PREM undergraduates. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2012 Crossed SnO2/PEDOT-PSSA Nanoribbon Schottky Diodes An inexpensive electrospinning technique was used to fabricate crossed nanoribbons of n-doped tin oxide and p-PEDOT. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2012 PREM Bridge to Undergraduate Research PREM Alliance with Petra Mercado High School in Humacao. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2012 NanoDías 2012 On 26 to 30 March 2012 PREM UPRH celebrated NanoDías (NanoDays 2012) at UPR-Humacao, Petra Mercano HS and School of Fine Arts in Humacao. Click on picture for more information.
	April 2012 PREM increases Participation of Women in Physics Early research experiences, mentoring and role models are some of the strategies used by PREM to promote women in science, particularly in physics. Click on picture for more information.

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2011

	May 2011 Ammonia Sensor and Nano-switch Fabrication of a Schottky diode based on few layers of graphene. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2011 UPR-Humacao Hosts PREM+MRSEC Joint Meeting On March 10-11, 2011 the PENN-UPR PREM hosted the PREM+MRSEC PIs Meeting at Humacao, Puerto Rico. This is the first time the PREM and MRSEC PIs meet jointly. Click on picture for more information.
	May 2011 Humacao-PREM Ladder to Graduate School 33% of current PREM undergraduates began their materials research careers while in High School. Click on picture for more information.

Top 2010

	June 2010 Adjacencies in State Transition Digraphs Associated to Self Avoiding Walks Efficient digraph construction algorithms will allow the computation of properties of linear polymers related to statistical physics with increased precision. Click on picture for more information.
	June 2010 Crystalline Electrospun GaN Nanofibers X-Ray Diffraction analysis confirmed dominant hexagonal 101 wurtzite preferential overall orientation. Click on picture for more information.
	June 2010 Understanding PbSe nanorod alignment under an applied field in hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaic cells Nanorod dimensions are on the scale of 3-5 nm in diameter, 20 nm in length. Nanorods are dissolved in toluene solution and are sealed between transparent conducting plates, with 50 mm cell gap. Click on picture for more information.
	June 2010 Soft Matters in Materials Science @ Humacao, Puerto Rico For the 4th consecutive year, PREM has brought together the Puerto Rican science community for this event. Click on picture for more information.

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