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High Cited Research in J. Aerosol Science
Dec 20, 2016
Angela's publication "Near-threshold photoionization mass spectra of combustion-generated high-molecular-weight soot precursors", published in 2013 is among the most highly cited papers in the Journal of Aerosol Science. Congratulations to Angela!
The 11th Engineering Graduate Symposium
Nov 11, 2016
Our group members actively participated the 11th Engineering Graduate Symposium at U-M. Professor Angela Violi and Dr Paolo Elvati served as judges. And our Ph.D. student Changjiang Liu presented a poster in the section Engineering in Biological Systems.
ALS posted our research on the formation of toxic furans during combustion
Oct 18, 2016
Oxygenated hydrocarbons produced during combustion can have a wide range of detrimental effects on human health, air quality, and regional and global climate. Many studies have shown that Furans are toxic, whether ingested or inhaled, and thus pose a considerable threat to human health. We used first-principles electronic-structure calculations in conjunction with probabilistic models to study the formation and growth of the particles using atomistic simulations. Read more
We attended the International Combustion Symposium held in Seoul
August, 2016
Doohyun, Qi, Tyler, Angela presented at the International Symposium on Combustion in Seoul, Korea.
New publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS)
July, 2016
Professor Angela Violi's paper is titled "Formation and emission of large furans and oxygenated hydrocarbons from flames" and can be read on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science's site here. Violi is also a professor of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Applied Physics, and Biophysics. Below are the details of the paper. (Read more)
Nature highlighted our research in GQD
April, 2016
Chiral nanoparticles are an exciting class of materials that show promise in areas such as optoelectronics, catalysis, bioanalysis and drug delivery. To date, research in chiral nanomaterials has overwhelmingly focused on inorganic (typically, plasmonic) systems. Our recent study on Chiral Graphene Quantum Dots was just selected to Nature highlight. (Read more)
We presented at the Future Fuels Workshop at KAUST
March, 2016
Tyler and Angela presented at the Future Fuels Workshop at KAUST, Saudi Arabia in March 2016.
Michigan News highlighted our research
Feb, 2016
Our research received Michigan News highlight! ANN ARBOR—Scientists at the University of Michigan have found evidence that some carbon nanomaterials can enter into immune cell membranes, seemingly going undetected by the cell's built-in mechanisms for engulfing and disposing of foreign material, and then escape through some unidentified pathway. (Read more)
SPIE Highlight our research in GQD
Feb, 2016
Our research in graphene quantum dots received highlight from SPIE. Twisted graphene quantum dots, with chiral amino acids around their edges, enable a new biocompatible nanomaterial that displays chiral selectivity when interacting with live cells. (Read more)