Our lab received an NSF grant on integrated experiment-theory studies of carbon electrode-electrolyte interfaces! This is an international collaboration with Prof. Yingjie Zhang serving as the lead PI. Co-PIs include Profs. Narayana Aluru (UT Austin), Amir Farrokh Payam (Ulster University, Northern Ireland), and Niall English (University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland). Thank NSF for supporting our work!
Author: Yingjie Zhang
New publication as JCP cover
Our work on spectroscopic investigation of the electric double layers of a pyrrolidinium-based ionic liquid is published in The Journal of Chemical Physics! It is also selected as the cover of the journal!
AFOSR Award
Our lab received a three-year $425,000 grant from AFOSR on ionic liquids and electrocatalysis! Thank the U.S. Air Force for the support!
Illinois MatSE news:
Beckman Young Investigator Award
Our lab won the 2021 Beckman Young Investigator Award! Thank the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation for the support!
Award announcement at the Beckman Foundation:
Summary of our proposed research:
https://www.beckman-foundation.org/people/yingjie-zhang/
News by the Grainger College of Engineering and the MatSE Department:
https://matse.illinois.edu/news/38444
News at the Materials Research Lab:
https://mrl.illinois.edu/news/zhang-beckman-young-investigator-award
New paper on electrochemical sensors
Our paper on Bi2Te3-based electrochemical sensors is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! Here is the featured news from the MatSE department.
New paper on molecular imaging of solvation layers
Our work on atomic-scale imaging of solvation layers is published in ACS Nano! Here is the featured news from the MatSE department.
TechnipFMC Fellowship
Kaustubh was awarded the TechnipFMC Fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Congratulations to Kaustubh, and thank TechnipFMC for the recognition and support! Here is the MatSE news.
ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator grant
Our group has received the ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award. Thank ACS for the support! Here is the MatSE news on the award. We are also recruiting a student/postdoc in the area of in-situ imaging of liquid-solid interfaces. If interested, please send your CV and research interest to Prof. Zhang.
New publication on 2D strain superlattices
Our paper on magnetotransport in graphene strain superlattices is published in Applied Physics Letters:
New paper on 3D nanomechanical mapping of wrinkled membranes
Our paper on nanomechanical mapping of wrinkled graphene is published at ACS Applied Nano Materials:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.9b01232