VT College of Science Magazine Annual 2014 | Page 21
material from the Earth’s crust to core and all the interesting phenomena in between.”
Like many others in the College of Science, Ross is currently interested in things nano-related. “We are looking at nanoparticles of
metal oxides, such as titanium, cobalt, and iron oxide. We see different structures become stable as the particle size goes down and
I’m interested in what happens when you have this huge surface
area – what happens on the surface of those particles because they
are very reactive. When you leave nanoparticle ́