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Scientists have been searching for ways to develop materials that are as dynamic as living things, with the ability to change shape, move...

The ability to measure dynamic structural changes within a cell under applied load is essential...

The efficiencies of perovskite solar cells, PSCs, are now reaching such consistently high levels that...

In a recent article published in Nature Energy, researchers in the Jinsong Huang Group used fluid...

The unique properties of 2D materials have motivated the discovery of new atomically thin materials...

Researchers in the You Group, in collaboration with scientist from UNC's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the National Institute...

The University of North Carolina’s Research Opportunities Initiative, UNC ROI, will provide three new grants worth a total of $6.2 million...

The ionic defects at the surfaces and grain boundaries of organic–inorganic halide perovskite films are detrimental...

Ronit Freeman, an associate professor in the UNC Department of Applied Physical Sciences, believes in the power of interdisciplinary endeavors.

Because of their loosely bound electrons, electrides offer physical properties useful in chemical synthesis and...

Organic solar cells, OSCs, have been a rising star in the field of renewable energy since the introduction of the bulk heterojunction...

The mechanism by which self-propulsion through a fluid is achieved has fascinated scientists of...

New photovoltaic materials have been searched for in the past decades for clean and renewable solar energy...

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Daphne Klotsa, who has been selected for an NSF-CAREER award...

We have prepared semi-crystalline polyamide, PA, thermosets using reactive side-group functionalized copolyamides as precursors...

Biopolymeric matrices can impede transport of nanoparticulates and pathogens by entropic or direct adhesive interactions...

The commercialization of nonfullerene organic solar cells, OSCs, critically relies on the response under typical operating conditions, for instance...

In early 2015, Joseph M. DeSimone, then best known as an influential chemist at the University of North Carolina...

Ten years ago, researchers in the Superfine research group, took an engineering approach to understanding...

A beam element is constructed for microtubules based upon data reduction of the results from atomistic...

Living systems employ cilia to control and to sense the flow of fluids for many purposes, such as pumping, locomotion...

In this article, the Greg Forest led team reviews the physical and chemical factors, of both particles and mucus, that dictate...

In order to reduce the cost of hole transporting materials (HTMs) for perovskite solar cells we have prepared triphenylamine-based small molecules using simple amide-bond formation chemistry.

Hybrid perovskites materials made record efficiency solar cells are found to change its shape under electric field, or electrostriction behavior, according to a recent paper...

Addressing a need that affects over 1.8 billion people worldwide, the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub...