IMAKS Lab

• Photoinduced ferroelectric phase transition triggering photocatalytic water splitting
• Axial chirality-induced rigidification in aminoboranes enhances persistent room-temperature phosphorescence and circularly polarized luminescence
• Synthesis of polyaniline zirconium for purification of barberry anthocyanins and stabilization via copigmentation against thermal and gastrointestinal conditions
• Enhanced peri-implantitis management through purple-LED irradiation coupled with silver ion application and calcium phosphate gene transfection carrier coating
• Borylated strain rings synthesis via photorearrangements enabled by energy transfer catalysis

• Ultrafast optical technique reveals how electrical double layers form in liquids
  Charged surfaces in contact with liquids—such as biological cell walls or battery electrodes—attract oppositely charged ions from the liquid. This creates two distinct charged regions: the surface itself and a counter-charged region in the liquid: the so-called electrical double layer. While pivotal to energy storage devices, the speed of its formation has remained elusive.
• New quantum optics theory proposes that classical interference arises from bright and dark states of light
  Classical physics theories suggest that when two or more electromagnetic waves interfere destructively (i.e., with their electric fields canceling each other out), they cannot interact with matter. In contrast, quantum mechanics theory suggests that light particles continue interacting with other matter even when their average electric field is equal to zero.

• Structure dictates effectiveness, safety in nanomedicine
• A new recycling process for silicones could greatly reduce the sector's environmental impacts
• Crystal clear design for high-performance flexible thermoelectric semiconductor
• Some protective resin coatings may damage metal artifacts
• New model predicts a chemical reaction's point of no return

• Structure dictates effectiveness, safety in nanomedicine
  April 25, 2025
  Historically, small molecule drugs have been precisely designed down to the atomic scale. Considering their relatively large complex structures, nanomedicines have lagged behind. Researchers argue this precise control should be applied to optimize new nanomedicines.

Remember this annoying color change when you look at your screen at different angles? Professor So group at NCSU Materials Science and Engineering department offers a solution. The article is published in The Journal of the Society for Information Display (https://doi.org/10.1002/jsid.792)

The power has been restored. All IMAKS instruments are up and running. Good luck with your experiments.

All power will be down on NCSU Centennial campus starting at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 2 . The crews will connect power lines to newly constructed buildings. As a result, all instruments have to be powered down and unplugged from wall outlets.

The facilities were planning to do work on secondary power lines (emergency lights, signs, and such). Accidentally, this morning they switched off the HVAC system and lab hoods. As a result, the lab got hot beyond the operating range of ultrafast lasers. facilities have been contacted. The temperature is getting to normal now. We anticipate we can start running experiments around 11 a.m.

to Chris Papa, Anh Thy Bui, and Phil Castellano on their article published in Nature Communications (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10260-7)