Category: Research
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Precision health and advanced communications: €9M ($10M) for bio-inspired nanoparticles on demand
Advanced microscopy techniques and AI models will help design complex nanoparticles for specific biological targets with less trial and error.
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Michigan Chemical Engineering leads collaborative effort to address global nitrate pollution
The research led by Bryan Goldsmith and Nirala Singh will develop a low-cost system for nitrate capture and conversion to improve water treatment for resource-limited communities and industries.
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Faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw
Capturing nanoscale ‘packages’ that cancer cells send out, twisting gold nanoparticles use light to distinguish healthy patients from lung cancer patients.
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This screen stores and displays encrypted images without electronics
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
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José Carlos Díaz and Jovan Kamcev receive Pace Fellowship
The fellowship is awarded to student-faculty pairs for their commitment to promoting diversity and student success within the department.
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Sharon Glotzer receives 2025 Peter Debye Award from the American Chemical Society
The award recognizes Glotzer’s inventive contributions to the theory, modeling, and simulation of colloidal particles for self-assembly.
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Morphable materials: Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves
It’s a step toward smart coatings that change color—or other properties—on the fly.
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Tick-borne red meat allergy prevented in mice through new nanoparticle treatment
New approach could offer those with food allergies another option besides avoidance.
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Xiwen Gong and Angela Violi receive funding to drive commercial potential in sustainable transportation
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub awarded over $1.5 million to 15 projects driving commercial potential in transportation technologies.
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Tuebor Energy selected for Biomimicry Institute’s Ray of Hope Accelerator Program
Founded by Nick Kotov, Tuebor Energy develops next generation battery components inspired by nanostructure of cartilage. The Accelerator Program will pave the way for scaling their technology for sustainable energy solutions.
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ACS funding supports research for recyclable, durable electrodes
The research led by Xiwen Gong aims to develop more stable, recyclable plastic electrodes for flexible and wearable electronics.
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Flexible DNA linkers enable “impossible” nanostructures
Nanoparticles that couldn’t fit together with conventional DNA “glue” may now be created with the help of joints added to the rigid DNA.
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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings
New manufacturing method builds tougher materials that were previously considered useless for twisting light into more robust optical devices.
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Jovan Kamcev receives PMSE Early Investigator Award for ion-exchange membrane research
The Early Investigator Award celebrates emerging leaders demonstrating rising talent who have made significant contributions to the field of polymer materials science and engineering.
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A leap toward carbon neutrality, carbon dioxide to methanol
University of Michigan researchers including Nirala Singh have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide — a significant driver of climate change — into renewable fuels such as methanol.
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New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas
With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more.
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A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures
New process can accelerate the production of complex materials needed to advance photonics technologies
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A simple and robust experimental process for protein engineering
Easily interpretable technique can reduce the cost and increase the scale of protein optimization for applications in medicine, biofuels and more.
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David Kitto honored as a North American Membrane Society Student Fellow
The award, presented annually by NAMS, acknowledges outstanding contributions to membrane science and technology by graduate students across North America.