Expert analysis
(From left to right) David Staack - Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University from January 2009 - Gary Friedman and Yury Gogotsi pictured alongside the team's confocal microscope apparatus. The group's nanoscale corona discharge probes suit a range of applications such as localized functionalization, plasma-enhanced deposition, direct nanopatterning and welding, as well as the chemical analysis of liquids. The research is supported by a W.M. Keck Foundation grant. (Image credit: Drexel University)