IMAKS Lab

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

• Probing resonances in the double-well entry valley of the Cl + NH3 reaction using high-resolution anion photoelectron spectroscopy
• Near-unity charge transfer efficiency on bare semiconductor photoanodes induced by polyols and ammonia co-oxidation
• Taming distonic radical cations for precise γ-C–H functionalization of alkylamines
• External control of photocleavage reactivity in polymer networks to reconcile photodegradability and photostability
• Unlocking the potential of the insulator–metal transition for photocatalysis

• Laser-plasma 'mirror' unlocks a new path to extreme light intensities
  An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a practical route to dramatically boosting the intensity of high-power laser light.
• A new route for plasma-based particle accelerators
  Plasma, the fourth state of matter, consists of a gas in which electrons are no longer bound to atoms, which allows electricity to flow freely. When beams of particles moving close to the speed of light travel through plasma, they disturb electrons and drive so-called plasma waves.

• This “quantum” material fooled scientists and revealed something new
• A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune
• Scientists sculpt Einstein onto a crystal using only light
• Breakthrough discovery reveals hidden oxygen flow deep inside catalysts
• Scientists develop dirt-powered fuel cell that could replace batteries

• A bizarre new state of matter may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune
  April 21, 2026
  Deep inside planets like Uranus and Neptune, scientists may have uncovered a bizarre new state of matter where atoms behave in unexpected ways. Advanced simulations suggest that carbon and hydrogen, under crushing pressures and scorching temperatures, can form a strange hybrid phase—part solid, part fluid—where hydrogen atoms spiral through a rigid carbon framework. This unusual […]

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.