2019

Our report about the ligands' role in determining EL performance in quantum dot LEDs is featured as ACS editors' choice and among the most-read articles.  

Tian Tian defended his PhD thesis entitled "Modeling and Engineering the Interfacial Properties of Two-Dimensional Materials"

Ligand chemical engineering allows us to demonstrate perovskite nanocrystal LEDs with an external quantum efficiency > 16%!

We review nanomaterial design concept for electrochemical nucleis acid biosensors, following the invitation for the special issue of "Emerging Investigators".

Our group has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council to support our research in nanomaterials engineering.  

We domonstrate a new physical mechanism that rejects salt diffusion through nanoporous graphene even when the pore size is significantly larger than the hydrated radii.  

We comment on the challenges and opportunities of perovskite quantum dots in monochromatic LEDs.  

Tian Tian delivered a talk about our recent work in modeling and experimental demonstration of penetration of van der Waals forces through 2D materials, revealing the a novel perspective of the ubiquitous force on a flatland

In collaboration with the Fromm group (Univ. Fribourg), we report a new high-electron-mobility transport material for efficient perovskite quantum dot LEDs.   

We review how the molecular orientation effects in light outcoupling efficiency of OLEDs. This review is Dedicated to Prof. François Diederich on the occasion of his retirement.

Congratulations to Tian Tian, who has been awarded the Swiss Chemical Society travel grant!

Our work discussing the technological opportunities of perovskite nanocrystal LEDs was recoginized by the Society for Information Display.

Tian was interviewed and explained how our new design can sense ultrasmall surface stress.