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News : Commentary on Printed Electronics WORLD: Electrospun nanofibers in energy applications online(September 2008)

News : Prof Seeram has been elected to be a Fellow of ASM International for his pioneering research on polymer composites, biocomposites and nanofibers. online(September 2008)

News : Prof Seeram's vision on "Building the ideal research eco-system". Read it on Knowledge Enterprise online(04 June 2008)

Employment : Vacancies available for research fellow and research assistant position (26 May 2008)
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News : Prof Seeram has been elected as the Vice President of the STERMI (Society for Tissue Engineering and Regnerative Medicine, India)(07 April 2008)

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Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna

Email: seeram@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 8596
Fax: (65) 67730339

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HEM Laboratories (E3 05-09 to E3 05-12, E3 05-14, E3 05-15)
Division of Bioengineering, NUSNNI
2 Engineering Drive 3
Singapore 117576





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Prof Seeram participation in ASEAN COST+3: New Energy Forum for Sustainable Environment (NEFSE), May 2008

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Energy
Velmurugan Thavasi, Renu, V, R. Jose, and S. Ramakrishna. Controlled electron injection and transport for the high performance of dye sensitized solar cells, Materials Science & Engineering R: Report (Accepted).

R. Jose, A. Kumar, V. Thavasi, K. Fujihara, S. Uchida, S. Ramakrishna. Relationship between the molecular orbital structure of the dyes and photocurrent density in the dye-sensitized solar cells. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 (2008) 023125.

V. Thavasi, G. Singh, and S. Ramakrishna. Electrospun nanofibers in energy and environmental applications. The Royal Society of Chemistry, Energy & Environmental Science, 2008, article reference number B809074M.

R. Jose, A. Kumar, V. Thavasi, S. Ramakrishna. Conversion Efficiency versus sensitizer for electrospun TiO2 nanorod electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells. Nanotechnology, 19 (2008)

Healthcare
Ma Kun, Casey K. Chan, Susan Liao, William Y.K. Hwang, Qi Feng, Seeram Ramakrishna. Electrospun Nanofiber Scaffolds for Rapid and Rich Capture of Bone Marrow-Derived Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Biomaterials 29 (2008), 2096-2103.

Susan Liao, Casey K Chan and S. Ramakrishna. Stem cells and biomimetic materials strategies for tissue engineering. Materials Science and Engineering C (2008) In press.

Yixiang Dong, Thomas Yong, Susan Liao, Casey K Chan, S. Ramakrishna. Long Term Viability Of Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells On Poly(L-Lactide-co-e-Caprolactone) Nanofibrous Scaffold Indicates Its Potential For Blood Vessel Tissue Engineering. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 5 (2008) 1109-1118.


Process to fabricate continuous micro-yarn made out of nanofibers
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