Layering an organic material on top of 2D materials achieves stable, fast phosphorescent light emission without using expensive and hazardous heavy metals.
News by Patricia DeLacey
Screens for TVs, smartphones or other displays could be made with a new kind of organic LED material developed by an international team, co-led by University of Michigan engineers. Continue Reading »
It uses magnetic fields to display images at the same resolution as a squid’s color-changing skin.
By Derek Smith
A flexible screen inspired, in part, by squid can store and display encrypted images like a computer—using magnetic fields rather than electronics. The research is reported today in Advanced Materials by University of Michigan engineers.
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Taking a page from nature’s book could allow humans to mitigate subzero temperatures without harming the environment
New, nontoxic materials could one day keep solar panels and airplane wings ice-free, or protect first responders from frostbite and more, thanks to a new University of Michigan-led project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Continue Reading »
“Soft robots,” medical devices and implants, and next-generation drug delivery methods could soon be guided with magnetism—thanks to a metal-free magnetic gel developed by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany.
The material is the first in which carbon-based, magnetic molecules are chemically bonded to Continue Reading »
Macro recently hosted a grand Banquet Dinner in honor of Professor Uli B. Wiesner, the distinguished recipient of the 2023 Charles G. Overberger International Prize for Excellence in Polymer Research. During the event, Professor Wiesner captivated the audience with his groundbreaking research on block copolymers, showcasing their remarkable applications in healthcare, energy, and the arts. Continue Reading »
More efficient computing — potentially room temperature quantum computing — and recyclable rigid plastics are two projects to be undertaken by a new materials research science and engineering center at the University of Michigan.
Funded with $18 million from the National Science Foundation, the center seeks to build a campuswide ecosystem of researchers that converge Continue Reading »
Professor Joerg Lahann was recently elected a 2022 AAAS Fellow! One of 506 scientists, engineers and innovators nationwide – and one of 17 U-M faculty members selected (but the only one from the College of Engineering) – he was honored by AAAS for distinguished contributions to the field of polymeric materials engineering, including biointerfaces prepared Continue Reading »
Professor Jay Guo received the 2022-23 Wise-Najafi Prize for Engineering Excellence in the Miniature World, which recognizes outstanding research at the meso-scale and smaller. Guo’s broad research interests include nanophotonics and structural colors, organic and hybrid photovoltaics and photodetectors, nanomanufacturing technologies, silicon nanoelectronics, and nanofluidic devices. Read more…
Congratulations to Professor Ted Goodson on being named an inaugural Robert Holland Jr. Award for Research Excellence and Contributions to DEI by the Research Corporation. Check out more about the award on the RSCA website.
Assistant Professor selected to collaborate with Amazon by identifying game-changing discoveries that could lead to products and services that will create a better future for the next generation. Read more…