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

• Spatial imaging of water oxidation on single-particle catalysts
• Unraveling the mechanistic origins of efficiency and stereoselectivity in EDA-mediated photocatalysis
• Ligand-modulated metal–radical polarity match enables general 1,2-dicarbofunctionalization of ethylene
• A bacteriophytochrome Pr/Pfr heterodimer studied through single-particle time-resolved cryo-electron microscopy
• Oxygen-oxygen bond cleavage enables efficient photocatalytic H2O2 production via an *O2 dissociation pathway

• Engineering quantum Hall stripes in 2D materials inside electromagnetic cavities
  Quantum materials, materials with properties that are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics, have proved to be highly promising for the development of ultra-efficient electronic devices, quantum processors, highly precise sensors and various other technologies. Reliably controlling these materials' quantum phases would be highly advantageous, as it would enable engineers to tailor and optimize […]
• New cavity control strategy improves performance of blue vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers
  GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are promising for displays, sensing and optical communication, but improving efficiency remains challenging. Researchers have now shown that "cavity tuning," which controls resonance wavelength, strongly affects laser performance. By analyzing variations across a VCSEL wafer, the team identified optimal mirror loss conditions and extracted device parameters. Their approach achieved 26.4% […]

• These tiny holes could change how the world cleans water
• AI could uncover new physics faster but there’s a surprising catch
• MIT’s new spacecraft engine could send tiny satellites to Mars
• Scientists think they solved the mystery of the Amaterasu particle
• What is space-time? A mystery at the heart of reality

• These tiny holes could change how the world cleans water
  June 12, 2026
  A new nature-inspired membrane uses perfectly uniform one-nanometer pores to filter molecules with remarkable precision. The technology could transform industries such as pharmaceuticals and textiles by reducing energy consumption, improving water reuse, and delivering separation performance far beyond current filters.

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.