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Motility in model self-propelled inertial swimmer

New materials from the lab of UNC researcher Ronit Freeman that can reconfigure on demand have potential for applications in diagnostics, drug delivery and more.

Anna Fraser Awarded NSF Fellowship

Ryan Fox Receives DOE Award

APS Researchers Improve Perovskite Production

UNC #5 in nation for research funding

Daphne Klotsa and colleagues computationally studied the thermodynamic assembly of more than 40,000 hard, convex polyhedra...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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