Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
91²Ö¿â Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
91²Ö¿â has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with 91²Ö¿â for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in the School of Art and Metin Eren, Ph.D., in the Department of Anthropology.
DNA & NAS: 91²Ö¿â Professors Publish Comprehensive Research Article
It doesn’t take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of “gapped†DNA duplexes. Samuel Sprunt, Ph.D…
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…
Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant
Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Torsten Hegmann, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry as well as the Materials Science Graduate Program and Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), may be working in different fields of research, but th…Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research Mentorship Awards
From 91²Ö¿â's Division of Research & Economic Development 91²Ö¿â is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nomi…
91²Ö¿â Receives More Than $3 Million In Grants From National Science Foundation
91²Ö¿â has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences.
Chemistry Professor Continues ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ Streak
There are just a handful of chemists worldwide with h-indices above 200. The h-indices of chemists awarded the Nobel Prize during the last five years range from about 30 to 160. Mietek Jaroniec, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has an h-index of 125, which places him among the top chemists worldwide.
The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently selected an article by Materials Science Graduate Faculty Members as a 2021 HOT PCCP article
The Royal Society of Chemistry has recently selected an article by Materials Science Graduate faculty members, Dr. Antal Jakli and Dr. Samuel Sprunt as a 2021 HOT PCCP article. The article is titled: The interplay between spatial and heliconical orientational order in twist-bend nematic materials. Y…
91²Ö¿â Researchers Use Liquid Crystal to Control Bacteria Movement
A liquid crystal research group at 91²Ö¿â led by Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., is knocking on the doors of the biomedical industry with its current project. The recent publication of research explains a technique of controlling bacteria movement with liquid crystal structures that could have a potential impact in many areas of research and medical care.