Mr. Abdulllah Alamri joined our group as a new PhD student! He earned MSc degree in polymer science from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. His research interests lie at the interface of polymers and nanoparticles areas. Welcome!

Our paper on “Electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols, tripropylamine, and DNA by ligand-free gold nanoclusters on nitrided carbon” was accepted for publication in ChemElectroChem. Congratulations to Huiqin and co-authors!

Our paper on “Multiblock thermoplastic elastomers via one-pot thiol-ene reaction” was accepted for publication in Polymer Chemistry. Congratulations to Hongqiang and co-authors!

Dr. Yu Huang will spend one year with us. He is from Sichuan, and currently an Associate Professor at Ningxia Medical University. Welcome and enjoy, Yu!

Anthony Federico and Aaron Lopes, two undergraduate researchers from Hybrid Materials Laborotary, have presented their research in annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of  the ACS CT Valley on Saturday April 23rd, 2016 at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Anthony gave an oral presentation on his work on the preparation of hollow carbon materials. Aaron did a poster presentation on his research on the ligand-mediated selective oxidation of styrene using metal nanoclusters. Excellent job, folks!

Our paper on “Unconventional structural and morphological transitions of nanosheets, nanoflakes and nanorods of AuNP@MnO2” was accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem. A, Congratulations to Ben and co-authors!        Link

 

Our paper on “Ligand-Free Noble Metal Nanocluster Catalysts on Carbon Supports via “Soft” Nitriding” was accepted for publication in JACS. Congratulations to Ben, Huiqin and co-authors!     Link

Our paper on “A facile synthesis of Fe3C@mesoporous carbon nitride nanospheres with superior electrocatalytic activity” was accepted for publication in Nanoscale.  Link

Congratulations to Ben and co-authors.

Mr. Lei Jin joined our research group early 2016 as a graduate student. Welcome!

Our paper “Colloidal Amphiphile-Templated Growth of Highly Crystalline Mesoporous Nonsiliceous Oxides” by Ben Liu et al. (Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 6173–6176) has been highlighted on the front cover of Chemistry of Materials. The cover designed by Ben illustrates outstanding thermal stability of colloidal-amphiphile templates. We highlighted a colloidal amphiphile-templating method to fabricate non-siliceous mesoporous oxides up to 1000 oC.