- - - April 2012 - - -
Wei presented a departmental seminar at the University of New Mexico.
Check out the You group's recent outreach activities! Dr. Liang Yan, Travis, and Sam participated in the most recent NC Science Fair; Robert participated in NanoDays at NC State and volunteered as a judge at the NC Science Olympiad state competition; and Robert, Travis, and Sam all volunteered at the opening of the Nature Research Center at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
One is great, two is even better! Two of our papers were among the "Hottest Research of 2011" by Thomas Reuters
Wei co-organized "Symposium Z: Conjugated Organic Materials- Synthesis, Structure, Device, and Applications" at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting.
Liqiang gave an oral presentation at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting.
Wei and Liqiang made a short video clip to explain their recent JACS paper on a new design for parallel bulk heterojunction solar cells.
Travis won the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Sam A., received "Honorable Mention", also a prestigious recognition. Congratulations, guys!
- - - March 2012 - - -
Wei gave an invited talk at the Spring 2012 ACS Meeting in San Diego.
Wei presented a departmental seminar at UNC Charlotte.
Our collaboration with Prof. Jiangeng Xue's group at the University of Florida resulted in an interesting publication in Energy & Environmental Science.
- - - February 2012 - - -
Wei was selected to receive the 2012 CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award. Congrats, Wei!
Rycel's paper was recently highlighted in SYNFACTS, which highlights significant recent developments and future trends in synthetic chemistry. Congrats, Rycel!
All you have to know about how to design conjugated polymers to achieve high efficiency solar cells! Read our latest Perspective in Macromolecules (also featured on the Cover!)
- - - January 2012 - - -
Using a monlayer of inactive molecules, Yanni shows in her latest article that magnetic nanoparticles can be patterned through solution processable methods, creating a building block toward inexpensive nanoparticle-based devices
- - - December 2011 - - -
Andrew gave a presentation at the Materials Research Society meeting in Boston, MA.
Sam A., Adam, and Dr. Liang Yan join the You group. Welcome!
- - - November 2011 - - -
Changing substituents or engineering aromatics? Rycel attempted to answer this interesting question in her latest article in Macromolecules.
Huaxing defended his thesis and became the third PhD student to graduate from the You group. He now heads to Boston to work with Prof. Jeremiah Johnson at MIT. Congratulations, Huaxing!
- - - October 2011 - - -
Truly flexible solar cell with 2.5% efficiency. Interested? Read our most recent publication by Liqiang.
- - - September 2011 - - -
Andrew and Rycel presented a poster at the 4th Workshop on Sustainable Energy Future, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Check out the photos here!
Travis was awarded a fellowship from the North Carolina Space Grant, an award given to "individuals to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields that support NASA’s mission" . Congratulations, Travis!
- - - August 2011 - - -
Rycel's poster, "Design and Synthesis of a Thienothiazole-based Polymer for Organic Solar Cells” was selected for a poster award at the Denver ACS meeting! Great job, Rycel!
- - - June 2011 - - -
We had a group lunch to celebrate the newly-wed Huaxing. Congratulations, Huaxing! Wish you two a happy ever after.
Wei led a group of twelve graduate students to attend the 2011 Eastman Polymer Focus School Forum hosted by the Polymer Technology Division at Eastman Chemical Company headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee.
- - - May 2011 - - -
Wei wins the prestigious Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Well done, Wei!
Sam defended his thesis and became the 2nd PhD to graduate from our group. He has taken a postdoctoral fellowship at Army Research Laboratory and will start his new life (with his long-time girlfriend) in Maryland. Congratulations, Sam!
Huaxing was awarded the Francis Preston Venable Award, the highest honor from UNC Chemistry for a senior graduate student to help complete the PhD dissertation. Great job, Huaxing!
- - - April 2011 - - -
Our research on polymer solar cells was highlighted in Science Magazine
- - - March 2011 - - -
Congratulations to Huaxing! His paper was among the most read in the past 12 months and and is the #1 most cited paper of all time in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces!
Congratulations to Sam! His paper was among the most cited in the last 3 years in Macromolecules!
Fluorine leads to a dramatic increase in the efficiency of polymer solar cells. Over 7% efficiencies have been achieved in two different materials as reported in Angewante Chemie and JACS. Amazing!
- - - February 2011 - - -
Wei wins the prestigious 2011 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, one of the highest campus wide recognitions for teaching excellence. Great job, Wei!
- - - December 2010 - - -
After two years’ hard work as an undergraduate student, Nabil published his results in Macromolecules. Congratulations!
