Rosa Espinosa-Marzal

We are very excited to share our newest publication on nanoscale friction of calcite single crystals, the effects of roughness in dry and aqueous environment, and the implications for understanding mechanisms dictating seismicity. Read more here: pnas.org/eprint/PFI2V8S…

Congratulations Qianlu, and to the whole team! And thanks to the great collaboration with James Batteas and Nate Hawthorne! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Hua Wang, assistant professor, has co-authored a study in @NatureComms on treating poorly immunogenic tumors. The proposed system also prevents tumor recurrence after surgical resection, resulting in 100% metastasis-free survival upon re-challenge. bit.ly/47smfor

🏅 MatSE Department Head Nancy Sottos has been awarded the 2023 Nadai Medal from the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for “pioneering contributions to the development of self-healing polymers and composites.” bit.ly/4038KZN

Outstanding opportunity! Don’t miss it!

Anyone interested in a postdoc with Simon Rogers and me at UIUC on memory formation in colloidal suspensions? This collaboration will include simulations and experiments. The Beckman Postdoc Fellowship might be a great opportunity! beckman.illinois.edu/research/fello…

Getting ready to welcome 200 researchers from 20 countries next week for the 13th Symposium on River, Coastal & Estuarine Morphodynamics #RCEM2023. Coming back to Urbana @UofIllinois after 18 years.

Interested in Flotation chemistry? Then don’t miss the chance to hear from a leader in the field - Associate Professor Kirsten Corin, University of Cape Town. Book your seat to attend ACIS24 in Terrigal, NSW. Learn more: acis2024.org/speaker/associ… Register: acis2024.org/registration/

ACIS24 is excited to announce Associate Professor Qian Chen as our keynote speaker in the Nanocrystals and Nanoparticles session. Read more: acis2024.org/speaker/prof-q… Abstract submissions close this Sunday: acis2024.org/call-for-abstr… Registration: acis2024.org/registration/

We are constantly exposed to phthalates in our environment through plastic products. In a new study, researchers used mice to understand how di-isononyl phthalate affects pregnancy. Learn more at bit.ly/3t1j745.

Very thrilled to share my first article of PhD published on #JCIS about electroresponsivity of “greener” ionic liquids. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00…

New experiments provide a further experimental verification of the shear elasticity at ~Hz frequencies due to confinement in liquid films, an effect we mathematically predicted in 2020: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… for a gentle intro to the theory see Ch. 9 in link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Great collaboration with SungWoo Nam (UC Irvine) on dynamically tuning friction at the graphene interface using the field effect. Well done Gus, Jin Myung and all co-authors! nature.com/articles/s4146…

🗞️ Breaking news! We remain the #2 Materials Science and Engineering undergraduate program in the country. Our legacy of excellence continues. #USNWR

Glad to share our newest work on thin film nanorheology and nanotribology of ionic liquids... pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Congratulations to Xuhui and Mengwei!

Happy to share our new PNAS paper on selective labeling and targeting of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs), led by my excellent graduate student Yang Bo. We developed an ALDH1A1-activatable azido-sugar that can preferentially label ALDH1A1-overexpressing CSCs pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Superionic Phase Transition of Copper(I) Sulfide and Its Implication for Purported Superconductivity of #lk99 now out in @JPhysChem pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… . Essentially follow up of Aug 9 preprint arxiv.org/abs/2308.05222

🗞️The new COMPASS Center, led by Michigan Engineering and MatSE professor Qian Chen serving as a co-PI, aims to approach synthetic particle design the same way nature makes tissues, organs and organisms. The goal? Deliver on nanotechnology's promise. ➡️ bit.ly/45NUMxe

Just like colloids, the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry never settle, we are always on the search for true #science. See how colloids have stimulated the careers of these chemists. #colloidchemistry ow.ly/GS0c30mVy8d

@NSF @TAMU Congrats!

NSF is backing a chemical research center @TAMU where scientists will explore the atomic-level workings inside the crushing and grinding of mechanical chemistry, with the potential to scale up their advances to make chemical manufacturing more sustainable and cost-effective bit.ly/3OulfbH 📸: Daniel Valles and Yerzhan Zholdassov/Advanced Science Research Center/City University of New York