Nano-level collaboration yields big results
With self-assembling particles and complex nanocrystals, Elena Shevchenko and Dmitri Talapin lead the search for new materials with technological promise.
View ArticleSteven Sibener to direct Water Research Initiative at Institute for Molecular...
The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has named a director for its water research initiative. Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor in...
View ArticleDepartment of Chemistry and IME welcome Jiwoong Park to faculty
The University of Chicago’s Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Engineering have jointly appointed Jiwoong Park as a faculty member. He will start the position on July 1, 2016. Park is...
View ArticleResearchers invent tiny, light-powered wires to modulate brain's electrical...
The human brain largely remains a black box: How the network of fast-moving electrical signals turns into thought, movement and disease remains poorly understood. But it is electrical, so it can be...
View ArticleResearchers sew atomic lattices seamlessly together
Joining different kinds of materials can lead to all kinds of breakthroughs. It’s an essential skill that allowed humans to make everything from skyscrapers (by reinforcing concrete with steel) to...
View ArticleScientists design custom nanoparticles with new ‘stencil’ method
Nano-sized particles already make bicycles and tennis rackets lighter and stronger, protect eyeglasses from scratches, and help direct chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells. But their usefulness depends...
View ArticleSupratik Guha to direct nanoscience and technology at Argonne National...
Supratik Guha has been named the next director of the Nanoscience and Technology Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory , as well as director of Argonne’s Center for...
View ArticleNano-level collaboration yields big results
With self-assembling particles and complex nanocrystals, Elena Shevchenko and Dmitri Talapin lead the search for new materials with technological promise.
View ArticleSteven Sibener to direct Water Research Initiative at Institute for Molecular...
The University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has named a director for its water research initiative. Steven Sibener, the Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor in...
View ArticleSupratik Guha to direct nanoscience and technology at Argonne National...
Supratik Guha has been named the next director of the Nanoscience and Technology Division at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory , as well as director of Argonne’s Center for...
View ArticleDepartment of Chemistry and IME welcome Jiwoong Park to faculty
The University of Chicago’s Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Engineering have jointly appointed Jiwoong Park as a faculty member. He will start the position on July 1, 2016. Park is...
View ArticleResearchers invent tiny, light-powered wires to modulate brain's electrical...
The human brain largely remains a black box: How the network of fast-moving electrical signals turns into thought, movement and disease remains poorly understood. But it is electrical, so it can be...
View ArticleResearchers sew atomic lattices seamlessly together
Joining different kinds of materials can lead to all kinds of breakthroughs. It’s an essential skill that allowed humans to make everything from skyscrapers (by reinforcing concrete with steel) to...
View ArticleScientists design custom nanoparticles with new ‘stencil’ method
Nano-sized particles already make bicycles and tennis rackets lighter and stronger, protect eyeglasses from scratches, and help direct chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells. But their usefulness depends...
View ArticleIncoming UChicago President Paul Alivisatos accepts Priestley Medal
Paul Alivisatos, the incoming president of the University of Chicago and the John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, received the Priestley Medal on...
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