[October 2009] Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest
Congratulations to Alvin for winning the national 1st prize during the Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest at the 2009 TMS Materials Science and Technlogy Meeting. He presented our work on flash reduction of graphite oxide. Well done, Alvin!
[October 2009] A ‘FLASH’ in the synthesis of graphene
The journal Current Science publishes a Research News article featuring Laura and Rodolfo's JACS paper. Congratulations to Laura and Rodolfo, well done! We also thank Prof. C. Srinivasan for writting the nice article!
[October 2009]
Jiayan Luo joins the group. Welcome!
[September 2009]
Laura is now a Ph.D candidate. Congratulations!
[August 2009]
Congratulations to our summer researchers for graduating from the following programs!
Lacie Bray (MRSEC-Research Experience for Teachers)
Lauren Lessor (NSEC-Research Experience for Undergraduates)
Osman Shawkat (Northwestern Univeristy Summer Research Opportunity Program)
Best wishes for all!
[August 2009] Chemical Communications celemony - ACS Meeting at D.C.
Prof. Huang is recognized as a most-cited author by the journal Chemical Communications at the American Chemical Society Meeting at Washington D.C!
[August 2009] ACS Nano Podcast
Jiaxing is interviewed by ACS Nano to explain our recent work on nanoparticle synthesis[August 2009] More reports on flash reduction - we thank all the writers and "enthusiasts"!
The American Ceramic Society -Ceramic Tech Weekly
[July 2009] Evolutionary tree: Family gold
Kwon Nam, Franklin and Ken's ACS Nano paper is featured in Nanowerk - Spotlight and Nature Nanotechnology - Research Highlight. Nice work!
Nanowerk: An evolutionary tree for nanotechnology particle engineering
Nature Nanotechnology: Nanoparticle synthesis: Family gold
[July 2009] School pride: Flash patterned NU Wildcat logo
Laura and Rodolfo's JACS paper is featured in C&E News and ZDNet.com. Nice work!
C&E News: Making Graphene In A Flash
ZdNet.com: Researchers use ordinary camera flash to create graphene
See "flash reduction" in action at Youtube.com: Reduction and patterning of graphite oxide by camera flash
[July 2009] New group member
Dr. Hee-Dong Jang joins the group from KIGAM. Welcome!
[July 2009] An evolutionary tree of nanoparticles
Kwon Nam, Franklin and Ken's paper is published in ACS Nano. Congratulations and well done!
[July 2009] Flash reduction and patterning of graphite oxide
Laura and Rodolfo's paper is published in JACS as a Full Article. Congratulations and well done!
[June 2009] First class of ISEN cluster fellows announced
Jaemyung (Jay) Kim is among the 1st class of ISEN cluster fellows awarded by the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy (ISEN). Congratulations and well done!
[June 2009] Summer researchers
We welcome our summer visitors: Lacie Bray(MRSEC-Research Experience for Teachers), Lauren Lessor (NSEC-Research Experience for Undergraduates) and Osman Shawkat (Northwestern Univeristy Summer Research Opportunity Program). Welcome!
[April 2009] Undergraduate Research Grants
Congratulations to both Ken and Allen for winning the Undergraduate Research Grants (URG)! Well done!
[April 2009]
Alvin Tan joins the group. Welcome!
[March 2009] Graphene: Carbon As Thin As Can Be
C&E News runs a cover story on graphene. Our work on the LB assembly of graphite oxide single layers and the water lilies JACS cover art are featured! Nice work to Laura and Franklin!
See: Carbon As Thin As Can Be
[Feburary 2009] Vertical organic nanowire arrays
Yongsheng and Jinsong's paper is accepted by JACS as a Communication. Congratulations and well done!
[January 2009] Water Lilies: The Inspiration of a Floating World
Laura and Franklin's JACS paper is featured on the cover! Congratulations!
Also see: C&E News story, McCormick news release, JACS image challenge, and JACS Podcast.
[January 2009] Polyaniline Nanofibers: A Unique Polymer Nanostructure
Prof. Huang's review paper on polyaniline nanofibers is published in Accounts of Chemical Research and featured on the cover!
[January 2009]
Philip Goins joins the group. Welcome!
[January 2009]
Kwon Nam is now Ph.D candidate. Congratulations!
[November 2008]
Kwon Nam is awarded a MRSEC Fellowship. Congratulations and well done!
[October 2008]
Jaemyung Kim joins the group. Welcome!
[October 2008] High aspect ratio gold nanowires
Franklin and Kwon Nam's paper is accepted by JACS as a Communication. Congratulations and well done!
[September 2008] A monolayer of monolayers
Laura and Franklin's paper is accepted by JACS as a Full Article. Congratulations and well done!
[August 2008] Celebrating a beautiful summer
August 31 - First Huang group BBQ at Centennial Park.
[August 2008] Conducting polymer nanofibers: From research discoveries to education and outreach
Prof. Huang's first paper with NU affiliation is published in Journal of Chemical Education. The polyaniline nanofiber sensor experiment is now a student project in Mat_Sci 395.
[June 2008]
Dr. Rodolfo Cruz Silva joins the group. Welcome!
[April 2008]
Congratulations to Laura for winning the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Well done!
[April 2008]
Dr. Yongsheng Zhao joins the group from UCLA. Welcome!
[March 2008]
Allen Tsaur joins the group. Welcome!
[Feburary 2008]
Ken Pradel joins the group. Welcome!
[October 2007]
Congratulations to Julie Dell, Elizabeth Haley, Peter Livins and Jenny Pearson for winning the Service Excellence Awards! We are grateful to their help in lab renovation.
[October 2007]
Kwon Nam Sohn and Laura Cote Join the group. Welcome!
[September 2007]
Dr. Franklin Kim joins the group from UC Berkeley. Welcome!
[July 2007-now]
Our labs are being renovated ...
