Month: November 2020

Ten NC State faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

Congratulations to Xingao on his passing the prelim exam!

This multi-disciplinary multi-PI project is looking to develop molecule/material hybrid photoelectrodes for cooperative sunlight-driven generation of liquid fuels from carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water

• Photoinduced copper-catalysed deracemization of alkyl halides
• Photoredox cobalt-catalyzed asymmetric desymmetric reductive coupling of cyclobutenes with alkynes
• Asymmetric photooxidation of glycerol to hydroxypyruvic acid over Rb–Ir catalytic pairs on poly(heptazine imides)
• Photoelectrochemical production of disinfectants from seawater
• Visible light-driven dearomative meta-cycloadditions of 2-acetonaphthalenes via triplet energy transfer cascade

• A new wave in ultrafast magnetic control
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) have developed an innovative method to study ultrafast magnetism in materials. They have shown the generation and application of magnetic field steps, in which a magnetic field is turned on in a matter of picoseconds.
• Enhancing light control with complex frequency excitations
  Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) and at Florida International University report in the journal Science their insights on the emerging field of complex frequency excitations, a recently introduced scheme to control light, sound and other wave phenomena beyond conventional limits.

• Study tracks chromium chemistry in irradiated molten salts
• Electrochemical process separates valuable industrial chemicals from animal waste
• Diagnosing a dud may lead to a better battery
• An efficient self-assembly process for advanced self-healing materials
• Chance discovery improves stability of bioelectronic material used in medical implants, computing and biosensors

• Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
  April 1, 2025
  Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.