News and Events
03/28/2024 A review paper: "High entropy oxides: New superior supports for single atom catalysts" was accepted for publication in Next Materials, Congratulations!
03/15/2024 Anu Anele passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Environmental Remediation of Bacteria Using a Cobalt Oxide-Carbon Nanodots Hybrid". Congratulations!
01/12/2024 Welcome Dan Yang, a PhD student joining Dr. Wei's group.
11/17/2023 Panesun Tukur won the first-place poster award at the Carolina Science Symposium. Congratulations!
11/02/2023 Panesun Tukur won the 3 Minute Thesis Competition’s People’s Choice Award at UNC Greensboro. Congratulations!
10/16/2023 Welcome Afaf Assaf, a PhD student joining Dr. Wei's group.
08/23/2023 A research paper: "Highly Fluorescent N, B-doped Carbon Nanodots Performing as Optical Turn-Off Probes Discerning Fe(II) " was accepted for publication in the Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry. Congratulations!
08/12/2023 A review paper: "Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as Chemosensors for Organophosphate Pesticide Detection and Environmental Applications", was accepted for publication in TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. Congratulations!
08/10/2023 The new semester starts, welcome new group member, Chenhao Tang, as a PhD student to Dr. Wei's group.
08/01/2023 Welcome Dr. Frank Tukur joined Dr. Wei's group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.
07/25/2023 New grant award notice to Dr. Wei as sub-PI for the project: "A Radio Frequency Quadrupole Stark Decelerator to Identify Isomer and Conformers and Measure their effective dipole moments" from Moires Instruments/NSF SBIR Phase I. Congratulations!
05/15/2023 Drs. Mahsa Azami, Anitha Jayapalan, Mengxin Liu, and Frank Tukur graduated from Dr. Wei's group for their Ph.D. studies. Congratulations!
05/10/2023 Lane Webster passed his qualifying exam. Congratulations!
04/20/2022 Bukola Adesanmi, Raphael Ayivi, and Panesun Tukur passed their pre-proposal defense for Ph.D. candidacies, Congratulations!
03/24/2023 A research paper: "Effect of Doping Heteroatoms on The Optical Behaviors and Radical Scavenging Properties of Carbon Nanodots", was accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
03/20/2023 A review paper: "Molecularly Imprinted Plasmonic Sensors as Nano-Transducers: An Effective Approach for Environmental Monitoring Applications", was accepted for publication in the journal Chemosensors. Congratulations!
03/15/2023 Anitha Jayapalan passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Core-Shell - Cobalt Oxide@Carbon Nanodot Hybrid Nanoparticles – Evaluation for Photocatalytic and Cancer Theranostic Applications". Congratulations!
03/15/2023 Mahsa Azami passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Investigation of Optoelectronic Properties of Carbon Nanodots (CNDs) Doped with Heteroatoms and Oxidative Effects in Cells". Congratulations!
03/14/2023 Frank Tukur passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Plasmon-Exciton Coupling for Signal Amplification and Biosensing: Fundamentals and Applications". Congratulations!
03/13/2023 Mengxin Liu passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Tuning Nanostructured Core-Shell Heterojunction CuS@In2S3 Nanoparticles and Photo-/Electro-Catalytic Activity Evaluation".
03/12/2023 New grant award notice to Dr. Wei as PI for the project: "Versatile Nanostructured Chemosensors for Field Identification and Detection of Mercury Contaminants" from DOE through Battelle Savannah River Alliance. Congratulations!
01/20/2023 Research paper: "Tuning the Core-Shell Ratio in Nanostructured CuS@In2S3 Photocatalyst for Efficient Dye Degradation" was accepted for publication in Cleaner Chemical Engineering. Congratulations!
01/15/2023 Research paper: "Plasmon–Exciton Coupling Effect in Nanostructured Arrays for Optical Signal Amplification and SARS-CoV-2 DNA Sensing" was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials. Congratulations!
11/20/2022 Naghmeh Aboualigaledari passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
11/01/2022 Dr. Wei was awarded a seeding research grant from Syngenta for a project “Nanoparticles-based probes for SERS detection of herbicides.” Congratulations!
08/02/2022 A book chapter: "Metal Oxides Wired on Carbon Nanofibers for Sensors to Detect Biomolecules" was accepted for the book "Nanowires: Recent Progress, Applications, and Future Perspective", Edited by Ram Gupta, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. 2022, Congratulations!
07/26/2022 A collaborative research article: "Impacts of Forest Fire Ash on Aquatic Mercury Cycling" was accepted to publish in Environ. Sci. Technol. Congratulations!
05/10/2022 Bukola Adesanmi, Raphael Ayivi, Jacob Coscarelly, and Panesun Tukur, passed their qualifying exams in the ORP defense, Congratulations!
04/25/2022 Anu Anele passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
04/11/2022 Editorial article: Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanostructure-Based Sensors for Biomedical Applications was published in Frontiers in Nanotechnology, section Biomedical Nanotechnology.
04/08/2022 Anitha and Frank are the finalists of UNCG Graduate Research and Creativity Showcase. Congratulations!
04/06/2022 Research paper: "Dark-Field Microscopic Study of Cellular Uptake of Carbon Nanodots: Nuclear Penetrability" was accepted for publication in Molecules. Congratulations!
03/28/2022 Review article: "Recent Trends and Advances of Co3O4 Nanoparticles in Environmental Remediation of Bacteria in Wastewater" was accepted for publication in Nanomaterials. Congratulations!
11/29/2021 Research paper: "Anti-proliferative and ROS Regulation Activity of Photoluminescent Curcumin-Derived Nanodots" was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials. Congratulations!
11/13/2021 Research paper: "Manipulating Cobalt Oxide on N-Doped Aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers towards Instant Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine Secreted by Living Cells" was accepted for publication in Applied Surface Science. Congratulations!
11/12/2021 Anitha Jayapalan received Best Poster Award (2nd place) at the 2021 Carolina Science Symposium. Her poster title is: "Hybridizing Carbon dots-cobalt oxide nanoparticles with doxorubicin and ligands for selective, targeting anti-cancer effect and studying their uptake mechanism". Great job. Congratulations!
10/22/2021 Dr. Wei was awarded a supplemental funding from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) for project “Supplement-Carbon nanodots for antioxidative and radical scavenging reactions.” This project is supported by funds from the NSF EiR program. Congratulations!
08/17/2021 New semester starts, welcome new group members, Bukola Adesanmi, Raphael Ayivi, Jacob Coscarelly, Alireza Rahimi, and Panesun Tukur, as PhD students to Dr. Wei's group.
05/17/2021 Mahsa Azami passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
05/12/2021 Anu Anele passed her qualify exam in the ORP defense, Congratulations!
04/13/2021 Research paper: "Binary MnO2/Co3O4 Metal Oxides Wrapped on Super-Aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers as Binder Free Supercapacitor Electrodes" was accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels. Congratulations!
03/16/2021 Kokougan Allado passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Binary δ-MnO2/Co3O4 Metal Oxides Wrapped on Super-Aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers: Energy Storage and Electrocatalytic Studies". Congratulations!
03/11/2021 Ziyu Yin passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Hybrid Nanomaterials Based on Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) and Nanofibers (CNFs) for Electrocatalytic and Biosensing Applications". Congratulations!
02/12/2021 Research paper: "Mingled MnO2 and Co3O4 Binary Nanostructure on Well-aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber for Nonenzymatic Glucose Oxidation and sensing" was accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Design. Congratulations!
11/25/2020 A collaborative research paper: "Elemental Core Level Shift in High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles via X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Analysis and First-Principles Calculation" was accepted for publications in ACS Nano. Congratulations!
11/18/2020 Dr. Wei was invited as a Plenary Speaker to give a seminar "Tuning Functional Carbon Nanodots and the Oxidative Stress Effect in Living Cells" at the 27th SfRBM Annual Conference.
11/13/2020 Ziyu Yin received a poster award (2nd place) at the 2020 Carolina Science Symposium. Her poster title is: "Growth Cobalt Oxide Nanograins on Aligned Electrospun N-doped Carbon Nanofibers for Electrochemical Detection of Dopamine Secreted by Living Cells". Great job. Congratulations!
10/30/2020 Research paper: "Design of Curcumin loaded Carbon Nanodots Delivery System: Enhanced Bioavailability, Release Kinetics and Anticancer Activity" was accepted for publication in ACS Appl. Bio. Mater. Congratulations!
10/15/2020 Dr. Wei was invited to present a seminar "Integrated Nanoplasmonic Biosensors for Protein Biomarkers" at the NANOFANS Forum at Georgia Tech Institute.
10/12/2020 Bhawna Bagra passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Plasmon-Exciton Coupling for Enhanced Energy Conversion". Congratulations!
09/11/2020 Research paper: "The Glucose Effect on Direct Electrochemistry and Electron Transfer Reaction of Glucose Oxidase Entrapped in A Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Matrix" was accepted for publication in ChemistrySelect. Congratulations!
08/07/2020 Dr. Wei and UNCG collaborators (PI Dr. Z. Jia and co-PI Dr. N. Chiu) won a NIH R15 award titled “Novel carbon nanodots for modulation of OxLDL mediated inflammation and inhibition of atherosclerosis". Congratulations!
07/01/2020 Research paper: "Carbon nanodots derived from urea and citric acid in living cells: cellular uptake and antioxidation effect" was accepted for publication in Langmuir. Congratulations!
05/13/2020 Anitha Jayapalan passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
04/14/2020 Dr. Wei was granted a full patent entitled: Nanoplasmonic Device and Applications Thereof, with number: US 10,620,120, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Congratulations!
04/13/2020 Mahsa Azami passed her qualify exam defense (Doctoral Preliminary Examination) and joined Wei's group for research. Congratulations!
04/02/2020 Research paper: "A plasmonic nanoledge array sensor for detection of anti-insulin antibody of type 1 diabetes biomarker" was accepted for publication in Nanotechnology. Congratulations!
03/12/2020 Three students from Dr. Wei's group passed their Ph.D. Dissertation defenses in this week. Dr. Zuowei Ji (3/09/2020), Dr. Durga M. Arvapalli (3/10/2020), Dr. Alex Sheardy (3/12/2020). Congratulations!
02/11/2020 Research paper: "Novel microwave synthesis of near-metallic copper sulfide nanodiscs with size control: experimental and DFT studies of charge carrier density" was accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances, Congratulations
02/05/2020 Research paper: "Experimental and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Modeling Studies on the Optical Properties of Carbon Nanodots" was accepted for publication in J. Phys. Chem. C. Congratulations
01/31/2020 Research paper: "Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon nanodots in living EA.hy926 and A549 cells: oxidative stress effect and mitochondria targeting" was accepted for publication in J. Materials Science. Congratulations.
11/20/2019 Dr. Wei group attended SfRBM 26 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV, and presented work on "Carbon Nanodots in Living Cells: effects on oxidative stress and cytotoxicity".
11/05/2019 Dr. Wei was invited to give a seminar entitled: "Plasmon-Exciton Coupling Effect in Metallic Nanoslits on Energy Conversion" at the Department of Physics, University of North Texas.
11/03/2019 Research paper: "High Quantum Yield Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots for Detection of Fe(III) Ions and Electrochemical Study of Quenching Mechanism" was accepted for publication in Talanta. Congratulations.
06/30/2019 Dr. Wei as PI was awarded a subcontract from 3iNanotech Inc. through NSF SBIR Phase I: A Chip-based Nanosensor for Troponin T Detection in Human Blood, effective on July 15. Congratulations!
06/21/2019 Dr. Wei as Co-PI (PI-Rathnayake) was awarded DOD HBCU/MSI Instrumentation: Acquisition of a High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research and Educational Training, $599,000. Congratulations!
06/18/2019 Research paper: "Plasmon enhanced fluorescence of carbon nanodots in gold nanoslit cavities" was accepted for publication in Langmuir. Congratulations!
05/15/2019 Bhawna Bagra passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
05/14/2019 Ziyu Yin passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
05/02/2019 Kokougan Allado passed his Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
4/21-24/2019 Dr. Wei attended the Nano Boston Conference and gave a talk on A Chip-based Nano-opto-fluidic Biosensor for proteins.
04/18/2019 Durga Arvapalli won the 1st place in Regional ACS Poster night at Syngenta. Congratulations!
04/08/2019 Bhawna Bagra is one of the 2019 UNCG Graduate Research & Creativity Expo winners. Congratulations!
3/31-4/03/2019 Dr. Wei attended the ACS National Conference and gave a talk on Photoluminescence and Antioxidation of Carbon Nanodots.
03/18/2019 Zuowei Ji passed her Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congratulations!
03/12/2019 Harish Chevva passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Growth of Ag Nanowires in Solid State and Hybrid Au-MoS2 for SERS applications". Congratulations!
02/28/2019 Wendi Zhang passed her Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Carbon Nanodots: A comprehensive study of the photoluminescence, antioxidation and cellular uptake". Congratulations!
02/21/2019 Dr. Wei gave an invited seminar lecture entitled: "Photoluminescence and Antioxidation of Carbon Nanodots" at NC Central University.
02/01/2019 Dr. Wei as PI was awarded a Technology Enhancement Grant (TEG) by North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) for a project: "A Chip-based Nano-opto-fluidic Biosensor for Cardiac Disease Protein Biomarkers", effective 02/01/19-01/31/20. Congrats!
01/22/2019 Research paper: "A solid-state growth of Ag nanowires and analysis of self-growing process on a bio-polymer chitosan film" was accepted for publication in New Journal of Chemistry. Congrats!
01/15/2019 Dr. Wei's research is featured in 2019 UNCG's Research Magazine: The Tell-Tale Heart. Congrats!
12/20/2018 Research paper: "Magnetically-enhanced electron transfer from immobilized galvinoxyl radicals" was accepted for publication in journal Electrochemistry Communications. Congrats!
12/12/2018 Research paper: "Tuning the functional groups on carbon nanodots and antioxidant studies" was accepted for publication in journal Molecules. Congrats!
11/09/2018 Bhawna Bagra was awarded 2nd best poster at Carolina Science Symposium for project "Plasmon-exciton coupling in photosystem I for enhanced energy conversion". Congrats!
11/06/2018 Alex Sheardy passed his Ph.D. pre-proposal defense for PhD candidacy. Congrats!
10/27/2018 Research paper: "A bi-functional configuration for a metal-oxide film supercapacitor" was accepted for publication in Journal of Power Sources, Congrats!
10/17/2018 Taylor Mabe passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense. Congrats!
08/31/2018 Dr. Wei as one of four PIs was awarded an NSF/Excellent in Research (EiR) grant for three years project entitled: "Radical Scavenging Interactions of Carbon Nanodots and Smart Polymer-Carbon Nanodots Systems". Congrats!
08/15/2018 Research paper: "Plasmon-exciton Coupling in Photosystem I based Biohybrid Photoelectrochemical Cells" was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials, Congrats!
06/28/2018 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar: "Metal Oxides on Super-Aligned Carbon Nanofibers and Energy Applications" at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
06/01/2018 3i-Nano Team "D. Wei, Taylor Mabe, Glenn Seymour" on winning the "Spirit of I-Corps Award" in San Francisco at the Bay Area NSF Innovation Corps, Spring 2018 Cohort. Congrats!
05/18/2018 Durga M. Arvapalli passed her PHD pre-proposal defense. Congrats!
05/14/2018 Research paper: "Antioxidant Capacity of Nitrogen, Sulfur Co-doped Carbon Nanodots" was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials, Congrats!
05/08/2018 Research paper: "Hierarchical carbon composite nanofibrous electrode material for high-performance aqueous supercapacitor" was accepted for publication in Materials Chemistry and Physics, Congrats!
04/23/2018 Research paper: "Magnetoreception of photoactivated Cryptochrome 1 in electrochemistry and electron transfer" was accepted for publication in ACS Omega, Congrats!
03/19/2018 Research paper: "Solid state synthesis of silver nanowires by biopolymer thin films" was accepted for publication in Materials Today Nano. Congrats!
03/07/2018 Dr. Wei as PI with I-Corps team members, Taylor Mabe (EL) and Glenn Seymour (MI) was awarded an NSF/I-Corps grant entitled: A chip-based nano-opto-fluidic biosensor, effective date of 04/01/18. Congrats!
02/27/2018 Research paper: "Surface plasmon resonance of a bimetallic nanostructure film for enhanced optical sensitivity" was accepted for publication in ChemistrySelect (Wiley), Congrats!
02/25/2018 Collaborative research paper: "Simultaneous oxidation of Hg0 and NH3-SCR of NO by nanophase CexZryMnzO2 at low temperature: the interaction and mechanism was accepted for publication in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Congrats!
12/14/2017 Yiyang Liu, is highlighted as one of graduates in the class of UNCG 2017, see more in this link, or at youtube
12/12/2017 Research paper: "Magnetic field enhanced 4-electron pathway by the well-aligned Co3O4@ECNFs design in the oxygen reduction reaction" was accepted for publication in ChemSusChem. Congrats!
12/06-10/2017 Dr. J. Wei attended the 5th Nano Today Conference in Hawaii, USA, and presented work of the Nanoplasonics biosensors and metal oxide/ECNFs for energy.
12/04/2017 Harish Chevva passed his PHD pre-proposal defense. Congrats!
11/09/2017 Taylor Mabe is the winner of the 2017 UNCG 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, Durga is among the final list, Congratulations.
10/18/2017 Yiyang Liu passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Manganese Dioxide-based Nano-architectures and Supercapacitor Energy Storage". He is taking a faculty position in Chemistry at Zhengzhou University, Henan, China. Congratulations to Dr. Liu!
10/12/2017 Research paper: "Alternative SiO2 surface energies direct MDCK epithelial behavior" was accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Congrats!
10/11/2017 Zheng Zeng passed his Ph.D. Dissertation defense entitled: "Nanoscale Reactions in Opto-Magneto-Electro-Systems". Congratulations to Dr. Zeng!
10/08/2017 Research paper: "Uniformly electrodeposited alpha-MnO2 film on super-aligned electrospun carbon nanofibers as a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction" was accepted for publication in Electrochimica Acta, Congrats!
10/04/2017 Research paper: "Stable low-current electrodeposition of alpha-MnO2 on super-aligned ECNFs for high performance energy storage " was accepted for publication in journal Small, Congrats!
09/27/2017 Taylor Mabe, representing Wei group gave an invited talk entitled: "A Point of Care Biosensor" at The Nanomanufacturing Conference 2017, Greensboro, NC. His poster won the 1st place in the poster session.
09/27/2017 Wendi Zhang presented a poster "Carbon nanodots as a new free radical scavenger for nanomedicine application" at The Nanomanufacturing Conference 2017, Greensboro, NC.
09/27/2017 Harish Chevva presented a poster "Surface Enhanced Raman Spectrum Analysis and Detection Study on in-Situ Growth Silver Nanowire Platform" at The Nanomanufacturing Conference 2017, Greensboro, NC.
09/27/2017 Durga M. Arvapalli presented a poster "Carbon nanodots (CNDs) based Nanotheranostics for Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma" at The Nanomanufacturing Conference 2017, Greensboro, NC.
07/31/2017 Research paper: "An Electrochemical Study of DPPH Radical Scavenging for Evaluating the Antioxidant Capacity of Carbon Nanodots" was accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Congrats!
07/28/2017 Dr. J. Wei co-chaired the Session: Plasmonics at the IEEE Nanotechnology Conference (from 7/25-29, 2017) in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, and gave an oral presentation on: "Silver Nanowires (AgNWs) Growth In-situ on Chitosan Polymer Matrix Film for SERS Application".
07/24/2017 Dr. J. Wei visited Prof. Adam Smith group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, OH and gave a talk on: "Nanoplasmonics and Integrated Biosensors".
07/03/2017 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar: "Integrated Nanoplasmonic Sensing and Improving Energy Storage of MnO2-based Supercapacitors" at the Joint Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University-Michigan University, Shanghai, China.
07/03/2017 Research paper "A Fluorescence-electrochemical Study of Carbon Nanodots (CNDs) in Bio- and Photoelectronic Applications and Energy Gap Investigation" was accepted for publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), Congrats!
06/30/2017 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar: "Nanoplasmonics and Integrated Biosensors" at the Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
06/26-29/2017 Dr. J. Wei was invited to visit University of Science and Technology-Beijing, China, and gave a series seminars on "Novel Nanomaterials and Nanostructures for Functional Applications".
05/04/2017 Research paper "Improved Supercapacitor performance of MnO2-Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers ELectrodes by mT Magnetic Field" was accepted for publication in Journal of Power Sources, Congrats!
04/19/2017 Research paper "Label Free Detection of DNA Hybridization with A Compact LSPR-based Fiber-Optic Sensor" was accepted for Publication in Analyst, Congrats!
04/18/2017 Research paper "Protein Trapping in Plasmonic Nanoslit and Nanoledge Cavities: the Behavior and Sensing" was accepted for publication in Analytical Chemistry, Congrats!
04/15/2017 Research paper "Silver Nanowire (AgNWs) growth in-situ on CHitosan Polymer Matrix Film for SERS Application" was accepted for the IEEE-Nano 2017 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, on July 25-28, 2017. Congrats!
04/05/2017 Taylor Mabe won The 2017 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo Award at UNCG, the only one winner in the category: Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences, for the project entitled: "A Point-of Care Biosensor for disease diagnostics". Congrats!
04/02/2017 Alex, Durga, Harish, Taylor, Zheng won UNCG Graduate School 2017 Summer Research Assistantship of $2,000 for each. Congrats!
03/29/2017 Wendi Zhang presented a poster: "A Fluorescence-Electrochemical Study of Carbon Nanodots (CNDs) and Potential Applications" at the 17th Annual Poster & Vendor Night, Central NC ACS, 03/29/2017, Greensboro, NC, USA.
03/29/2017 Alex Sheardy presented a poster: "A Core-shell Nanoparticle for Photothermal Therapy" at the 17th Annual Poster & Vendor Night, Central NC ACS, 03/29/2017, Greensboro, NC, USA.
02/16/2017 A video: "Portable Device for Disease Diagnostics" made by Taylor Mabe/Jenna Schad is the winner of the round of Nano Film contest of The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO). See more at http://www.nano.gov/node/1767, and watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdBKjFVqLuM#action=share. Congrats!
02/06/2017 Drs. S. McFarland (Chemistry), J. Wei (Nanoscience), L. Duffy, C. Cameron (Chemistry) as a team was selected one of the Strategic Seed Grant Awards of UNCG. Congrats!
02/03/2017 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar lecture entitled: "Nanoscale Interactions and Applications: An integrated nanoplasmonic sensing & A study of fluorescence origin from CNDs" at the Chemistry Department, UNCG.
11/04/2016 Yiyang Liu presented a poster: "A Nanoarchitectured Electrode for A High Performance Pseudocapacitor" at MRS/ASM/AVS Joint Symposium at NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695
11/04/2016 Taylor Mabe presented a poster: "Bimetallic Nanostructured Arrays in SPR Biosensing" at MRS/ASM/AVS Joint Symposium at NCSU
09/28/2016 Taylor Mabe won one of the best posters at the JSNN NANO Manufacturing 2016 Conference, poster entitled: "Bimetallic Nanostructured Arrays in Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing", Greensboro, NC. Congrats!
08/19/2016 NIH awarded a R15 grant for a project entitled "Novel Carbon Nanodots against Vascular Inflammation". PI: Jia-biology, Co-Is, N. Chiu-chemistry and J. Wei-Nanoscience. Congrats!
08/02/2016 "Insight into Advection of Organic Contaminate Plume at Drain Outlet Areas" was accepted for publication in Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management. Congrats!
07/15/2016 Dr. J. Wei attended the Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics & Nanophotonics held July 10-17, 2016 at Sunday River in Newry ME united States, presented a poster entitled: A Versatile Plasmonic Nano-opto-fluidic Platform.
06/20/2016 Dr. J. Wei as PI was awarded a UNCG Faculty First Scholarship for research on a bio-chip to monitor biomarkers in saliva. Congrats!
05/03/2016 Taylor Mabe passed his PHD pre-proposal defense. Congrats!
04/26/2016 Zheng Zeng passed his PHD pre-proposal defense. Congrats!
04/15/2016 Taylor Mabe won a Graduate School Summer Research Assistantship of $2,000. Congrats!
04/14/2016 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar lecture entitled: "Nanoplasmonic sensing and a nano-opto-fluidic platform" at the Chemistry Department, NC A&T State University.
04/07/2016 Taylor Mabe won The 2016 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo Award at UNCG, the only one winner in the category: Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences. His poster entitled: "Development and fabrication of a handheld point-of-care sensor for disease diagnostics". Congrats!
03/15/2016 "New nitrogen-rich azo-bridged porphyrin conjugated microporous networks for high performance of gas capture and storage", was accepted for publication in journal: RSC Advances. Congrats!
03/02/2016 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited seminar lecture entitled: "Nano-plasmonic biosensors and an analysis of surface plasmon resonance towards an optimal nano-optofluidic device" at the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics (FIP), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
03/01/2016 "Frontiers in nano-architectured carbon–metal oxide electrodes for supercapacitance energy storage: a review" was accepted for publication in journal: Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Congrats!
02/03/2016 "A semi-analytical decomposition analysis of surface plasmon generation and the optimal nanoledge plasmonic device" was accepted for publication in Journal: RSC Advances. Congrats!
02/01/2016 Juan S. D. Peñaranda joined the group for research as a visiting BS student (in chemistry) from Spain. Welcome!
01/12/2016 Shuryl Alotaibi joined the group for 2nd year MS (Nanoscience) research. Welcome!
01/09/2016 Dr. J. Wei was invited to attend "The 2nd International Summit for Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy" hosted by Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China, and gave a talk: "Plasmonic and Polymeric Nanoprobes Towards Cancer Diagnosis".
01/08/2016 Dr. J. Wei gave an invited talk: "Plasmonic Nanoprobe for Cancer Biomarker Detection and A Polymer Imaging Agent for Cancer Cells" at the Guangxi National University, Nanning, China.
09/30/2015 Taylor Mabe presented the work on Subwavelength Bimetallic Thin-Film for Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) at the Nanomanufacturing 2015 Conference, Greensboro.
08/21/2015 Dr. J. Wei and Z. Zeng visited UNC Charlotte, invited by Dr. H. Cho at Department of Mechanical Engineering, gave a talk: "Nanoplasmonics and Sensing".
08/20/2015 Alex Sheardy, Durga Arvapalli, Harish Chewa, Wendy Zhang, Joined the group as the first year PHD students. Welcome!
08/01/2015 Taylor Mabe joined the group as a PHD student (in Nanoscience)
07/02/2015 Yiyang Liu won the travel award for poster presentation to Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials (QEEN) from Manufactured Products” workshop, July 7-8, 2015, Washington DC. Congrats!
07/01/2015 "Recent Advances in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS): FDTD Method for SERS and Sensing Applications" was accepted for publication in Trends in Analytical Chemistry. Congrats!
06/22/2015 "New Evidence for a Quasi-Simultaneous Proton-Coupled Two-Electron Transfer and Direct Wiring for Glucose Oxidase Captured by the Carbon Nanotube–Polymer matrix", was accepted for publication in Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congrats!
06/11/2015 Dr. J. Wei as PI was awarded a three-year NSF research grant on a versatile optofluidic platform for multiplexed bio-detection. Congrats!
01/03/2015 Ashutosh Shah joined the group as a Master student (in Nanoengineering).
11/01/2014 "An enhanced LSPR fiber-optic nanoprobe for ultrasensitive detection of protein biomarkers" published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. Congrats!
08/22/2014 "A Study of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Nanoslit Array and Applications for Chip-based Protein Detection" published in JSM Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine. Congrats!
08/16/2014 Zheng Zeng Joined the group as a PHD student (in Nanoscience).
01/03/2014 Yiyang Liu joined the group as a PHD student (in Nanoscience).
09/06/2013 "A nanocomposite of copper (II) functionalized graphene and application for sensing sulfurated organophosphorus pesticides" was accepted for publication in New Journal of Chemistry. Congrats!
09/01/2013 Dr. J. Wei Joined the faculty at the Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN). UNC at Greensboro.