Research
March 22, 2011
Jen et al. describe nanoscale molecular control in Science
Professor Alex Jen and his co-workers have reported in Science the ability to foster an extremely unlikely chemical reaction between two molecules by tethering them into the correct orientation on a gold surface.
March 9, 2011
Spinning Quantum Dots reported in Nature Nanotechnology
Prof. Daniel Gamelin and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Stefan Ochsenbein report the first successful coherent impurity spin manipulation within colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (also known as quantum dots) in Nature Nanotechnology.
February 7, 2011
Dalton research featured in C&E News coverstory
Dalton’s electro-optics research featured as part of C&E News’ cover story highlighting the last decade in chemistry.
October 28, 2010
Pradipsinh Rathod awarded Gates Foundation grant
Pradipsinh K. Rathod, Professor of Chemistry, was awarded a $ 1,000,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the next phase of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage bold and unconventional ideas for global health.
October 26, 2010
Electro-Optic Research featured on cover of Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Stephanie Benight, a 5th year graduate student working with Larry Dalton and Bruce Robinson, is lead author on a paper recently featured as the cover story in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Sept. 23rd issue).
July 19, 2010
UW team builds artificial enzyme
UW Chemistry professors Michael Gelb and Forrest Michael, in collaboration with Prof. David Baker (UW Biochemistry), have engineered an artificial enzyme capable of catalyzing a bimolecular Diels-Alder reaction with high stereoselectivity and substrate specificity.
February 4, 2010
CMDITR research highlighted on two journal covers
Two recent journals have highlighted the research of the UW-based Science and Technology Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR).
December 2, 2009
Goldberg et al. characterize methane-metal complex
Professor Karen Goldberg and researchers at the University of North Carolina and the University of Washington have described the first observation of a metal complex that binds methane in solution.
Gamelin et al. report light-induced spontaneous magnetization in Science
A paper by Professor Daniel Gamelin, members of his research group, and collaborators at the University of Duisberg-Essen appeared in the August 21, 2009 issue of Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
June 12, 2009
Kahr, Kaminsky, et al. determine structural origin of light polarizing properties of herapathite
In a recent paper in Science, a UW group led by Professor Bart Kahr and Research Associate Professor Werner Kaminsky report the atomic structure of herapathite, a historically important source of large aperture light polarizers whose optical properties have long eluded explanation.
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