Designer Ligands for Functional Nanocrystals.

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Aug. 2023: Anne and Nick have been named Wilkes Scholars! We thank the Wilkes Center for their generous support
Jul. 2023: Kefu's Nature Chemistry paper is featured @THEU. Many thanks to science writer Brian Maffly and graphic designer Todd Anderson from University Marketing and Communications.
Jun. 2023: Ming Lee had a great visit to Kyushu University, thanks to support by the NSF IRES program. Many thanks to Prof. Nobuhiro Yanai for hosting and arranging enriching and meaningful discussions with other faculty members!
Apr. 2023: Ming Lee, Lorenzo, Xiaodong & Katerina co-organize "Symposium EL07: Group IV Nanostructures for Emerging Optoelectronics” at the Spring 2023 Materials Research Conference in San Francisco. It was great to see everyone there and get an in-person update on their science!
Jan. 2023: We welcome two new 1st year graduate students to the group!!!
Oct. 2022: Ming Lee gives a plenary talk at the International Symposium on Singlet Fission and Photon Fusion at the University Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Thanks to Angelo Monguzzi and Franco Meinardi for organizing this meeting!
Aug. 2022: Ming Lee gives an invited talk at the SPIE meeting in San Diego. Thanks to Derya Baran and Andrew Musser for the invite. Thanks also to Jenny Lockard and Libai Huang for the invitation to speak at the ACS National Meeting in Chicago!
July 2022: Paulina and Vanessa lead the inaugural 'Nutty about Nanoparticles' camp for 8-10 year old children over the course of a week, sharing nanosized nuggets of science in the form of plasmonic nanoparticles...
May 2022: We attend the Spring MRS meeting in Hawai'i, presenting 2 posters and 2 talks. Ming Lee gives an invited talk in symposium EQ08. Thanks to Shinae Jun, Byungha Shin, Robert Hoye and Laura Schelhas for the organization!
April 2022: Tsumugi's J. Phys. Chem. Lett. paper makes the cover!
Jul. 2023: Kefu's Nature Chemistry paper is featured @THEU. Many thanks to science writer Brian Maffly and graphic designer Todd Anderson from University Marketing and Communications.
Jun. 2023: Ming Lee had a great visit to Kyushu University, thanks to support by the NSF IRES program. Many thanks to Prof. Nobuhiro Yanai for hosting and arranging enriching and meaningful discussions with other faculty members!
Apr. 2023: Ming Lee, Lorenzo, Xiaodong & Katerina co-organize "Symposium EL07: Group IV Nanostructures for Emerging Optoelectronics” at the Spring 2023 Materials Research Conference in San Francisco. It was great to see everyone there and get an in-person update on their science!
Jan. 2023: We welcome two new 1st year graduate students to the group!!!
Oct. 2022: Ming Lee gives a plenary talk at the International Symposium on Singlet Fission and Photon Fusion at the University Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Thanks to Angelo Monguzzi and Franco Meinardi for organizing this meeting!
Aug. 2022: Ming Lee gives an invited talk at the SPIE meeting in San Diego. Thanks to Derya Baran and Andrew Musser for the invite. Thanks also to Jenny Lockard and Libai Huang for the invitation to speak at the ACS National Meeting in Chicago!
July 2022: Paulina and Vanessa lead the inaugural 'Nutty about Nanoparticles' camp for 8-10 year old children over the course of a week, sharing nanosized nuggets of science in the form of plasmonic nanoparticles...
May 2022: We attend the Spring MRS meeting in Hawai'i, presenting 2 posters and 2 talks. Ming Lee gives an invited talk in symposium EQ08. Thanks to Shinae Jun, Byungha Shin, Robert Hoye and Laura Schelhas for the organization!
April 2022: Tsumugi's J. Phys. Chem. Lett. paper makes the cover!
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International Research Experiences for Students (IRES): Prof. Nobuhiro Yanai's & Prof. Nobuo Kimuzuka's group at Kyushu University |
Check out our work in this video presentation.
We can use sunlight to convert near-infrared light to yellow light efficiently!
The ACS is gratefully acknowledged for this professional recording at the ACS national meeting in Philadelphia in August 2016.
We can use sunlight to convert near-infrared light to yellow light efficiently!
The ACS is gratefully acknowledged for this professional recording at the ACS national meeting in Philadelphia in August 2016.