I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in the lab ... is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him/her like a fairy tale.
If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity.
Madame Curie

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Mar 2024

Sanghyun’s image (PNAS cover) was selected as the Winner of the Cover Art Category of the 2024 SCS Science Image Challenge. Congratulations!

Feb. 2025

Congratulations to Sanghyun for acceptance of his manuscript by Soft Matter! The manuscript is entitled “Large Modulation of Bottlebrush Diblock Copolymer Morphology and Structural Color through Solvent Selectivity”. Thanks to Zhuang, Azzaya, Changhyun, and Jong-Hoon for your contributions to this work.

Jan. 2025

Congratulations to Azzaya and Alec for acceptance of their manuscript by Advanced Materials! The manuscript is entitled “Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Mediated Assembly of Donor Polymers Enhances Performance of Blade-Coated Organic Solar Cells”. Thanks to Pravini , Jasmine Williams, and Jong-Hoon Lee for your contributions to this work! You can find more about the paper here.

Jan. 2025

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Diao has been selected for the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). You can read the official announcement from the White House here

Dec. 2024

Congratulations to Pravini, Yen-Chi, and Janice (co-first authors) for acceptance of their review article, entitled “Chiral Assemblies of &pi-Conjugated Molecules: Fundamentals, Processing Strategies and Applications in (Opto)Electronics” by the Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering!

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