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

• 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
• Circularly polarized luminescence with high dissymmetry factors for achiral organic molecules in solutions

• Revolutionizing 3D vision: How miniaturized snapshot polarization imaging is transforming depth sensing
  Capturing precise 3D details with a single camera has long been a challenge. Traditional methods often require complex dual-camera setups or specialized lighting conditions that are impractical for real-world applications. However, a groundbreaking approach developed at Nanjing University is set to redefine 3D imaging.
• 'Superhuman vision': Powerful 3D imaging technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking
  Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving assistance and industrial engineering. Tracking the movements of the human eye with high accuracy, however, is a daunting challenge.

• 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
• Physicists use quantum entanglement to crack mystery of strange metals
• A cleaner future for tires: Scientists pioneer chemical process to repurpose rubber waste

• 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.