The research article "Halftone-Encoded 4D Printing of Stimulus-Reconfigurable Binary Domains for Cephalopod-Inspired Synthetic Smart Skins" was published in Nature Communications.

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The research article "Unveiling Multifunctional Synthetic Boundaries for Enhanced Mechanical and Electrochemical Performance in Densified Thick Composite Electrodes" was published in Nature Communications.

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The comment article "All-in-one cathode design for all-solid-state batteries" was published in Nature Reviews Materials.  

Linrui Duan and Juchen Zhang presented their research at Materials Day 2025.

Linrui Duan has passed his Comprehensive Exam! Congratulations! 

Welcome undergraduate students to visit our lab! They will do research projects in our lab 2025 Fall semester.

We are thrilled to have Moonsung Park join our research group!

Penn State researchers, including graduate students Bo Nie, Ta-Wei Wang (pictured), Seok Woo Lee, and Juchen Zhang, recently published their work investigating the application of an advanced manufacturing technique to next-gen solid-state batteries.

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The special issue "Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials and Their Assembled Structures and Interfaces for Energy Applications" was published in ACS Applied Nano Materials, featuring articles, reviews, and letters from researchers spanning seven countries.

The research article "Tailoring Smart Hydrogels through Manipulation of Heterogeneous Subdomains" was published in Nature Communications. 

Welcome undergraduate students to visit our lab! They will do research projects in our lab 2024 Fall semester.

Seok Woo Lee received Peter and Angela dal Pezzo Graduate Fellowship, Penn State IME.

Youth Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing.

The review article "Direct Recycling for Advancing Sustainable Battery Solutions" was published in Materials Today Energy and was featured on the Front Cover. 

Editorial Board Member for ACS Applied Nano Materials

The research article "Liquid Crystal Phase-Regulated Hierarchical Structures for High-Performance Silicon-Graphene Anodes" was published in ACS Applied Nano Materials and was featured on the Front Cover. 

Welcome undergraduate students to visit our lab! They will do research projects in our lab 2023 Fall semester.

Young Star Editor for Nano Research

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Youth Editor for The Innovation (Cell Press)

Guest Editor for ACS Applied Nano Materials

The research article "Alignment does matter: design thick electrodes to improve the comprehensive lithium storage performance" was published in Carbon and was featured on the Front Cover. 

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Ph.D. : Bo Nie

Welcome undergraduate students to visit our lab! They will do research projects in our lab 2022 Fall semester.

The first semester, everyone enjoyed learning Principles of Solidification Processing!