News
March 21, 2018
The group presents at the ACS 255th meeting in New Orleans, LA
Heather, Jin, Sheila, and Kunlin give three talks and present a poster at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society about on food, water and energy.
December 16, 2017
The group enjoys some treats at HardWok Café!
November 3, 2017
Kunlin publishes in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations!
Kunlin’s article is part of the special issue on The Lignin Challenge: Exploring Innovative Applications: K. Song, I. Ganguly, I. Eastin, A.B. Dichiara, Lignin-Modified Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Hybrid Coating as Efficient Flame Retardant, Int J Mol Sci, 2017, 18, 2368. Abstract: To reduce fire hazards and expand high value applications of lignocellulosic materials, thin films comprising graphene…
October 27, 2017
Our recent research is advertised in various media!
Our article entitled “Smart papers comprising carbon nanotubes and cellulose microfibers for multifunctional sensing applications” has been reported in the following media and many others!
October 14, 2017
Anna and Sheila’s article is highlighted as back cover in Journal of Materials Chemistry A!
Anna and Sheila’s recently published article has been selected to make the back cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations! A.B. Dichiara et al. Smart papers comprising carbon nanotubes and cellulose microfibers for multifunctional sensing applications, J Mater Chem A, 2017, 5, 20161-9. Abstract: Composite nanocoating of cationic polyacrylamide and aqueous dispersion of hydroxyl-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs)…
August 16, 2017
Noah leaves the group to start his PhD at UConn.
It has been a real pleasure working with you 🙂 Good luck for your future endeavor!
May 16, 2017
Sydney presents at the UW Undergraduate Symposium
For more than 4000 years, paper has been mostly utilized for the purpose of recording information. At the UW Undergraduate Symposium, Sydney introduces new applications of paper as highly sensitive water detector.
April 10, 2017
Heather publishes a case study in the UW-MAF newsletter. Congrats!
Some of Heather’s research on helical carbon nanotubes has been published in the newsletter of the UW Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute. Great job!
March 5, 2017
Sheila is a finalist of the SPIE best student paper contest. Congrats!
Sheila gives a talk on multifunctional composite papers at the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE conference in Portland, OR and has been selected as finalist for the best student paper contest. Congratulations!
January 6, 2017
Sheila and Noah publish in RSC Advances. Congrats!
S.M. Goodman, N. Ferguson, A.B. Dichiara, Lignin-assisted double acoustic irradiation for concentration aqueous dispersions of carbon nanotubes, RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 5488-5496. Abstract: The full potential of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), one of the most widely used nanomaterials to date, still remains to be realized, and the dispersion of CNTs is one of the main challenging tasks…
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