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

• Photoelectrochemical C(sp3)–C(sp3) cross-coupling using native functional groups
• Switchable quantum dot photoluminescence across a broad spectrum with all-visible-light activated diarylethene photoswitches
• RuPHOTACs provide photocontrol over protein degradation with optimized properties for biological applications
• Avoiding the path of LIESST resistance
• Sterically gated Lewis acid and base pairs enable orthogonal defect passivation in perovskite solar cells

• Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials
  When light travels through a strongly scattering material, such as biological tissue or other disordered opaque media, it follows many different paths and produces a seemingly random speckle pattern. Wavefront shaping makes it possible to control this complex interference and focus light through such materials.
• Reading hidden topology in light, even when energy leaks away
  When I explain topology to students, I start with a knot in a rope. You can stretch it, twist it or shake it, but the knot stays until you cut the rope. Physicists have found that some materials and devices carry similar "knots" in how waves move through them. These are topological properties, labeled by […]

• Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water
• Scientists just made a superconductor stronger using “empty space”
• Electrons slow to a crawl in a strange new quantum state
• Caltech physicists finally measure a quantum energy ladder predicted 40 years ago
• Quantum computer simulates matter “popping into existence”

• Scientists just pushed superconductors beyond their usual current limit
  October 2, 2026
  Ultrashort electrical pulses allowed scientists to push superconductors closer than ever to the point where their electron pairs actually break apart. The method revealed hidden differences between superconducting materials and could open new ways to probe and control their quantum behavior.