2019
Matt Tirrell elected to National Academy of Sciences
June 30, 2019
Matthew Tirrell, the dean and Founding Pritzker Director of the Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
UChicago team glimpses phenomena that underlie black holes, other extreme physics
June 28, 2019
A team of physicists at the University of Chicago has built a quantum system to simulate the physics of this Unruh radiation.
For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell
June 28, 2019
Discovery accelerates understanding of the physics of living matter
Scientists connect quantum bits with sound and over record distances
June 25, 2019
Two studies show breakthroughs that could boost quantum technology
Monolayer Two-Dimensional Polymers for Wafer-Scale Heterostructures
May 28, 2019
The MRSEC team developed synthesis of two-dimensional polymers (2DP) with wafer-scale homogeneity in the ultimate limit of monolayer thickness using a general and scalable growth method called laminar assembly polymerization.
Building Strongly Interacting Photonic Materials
May 27, 2019
A collaboration of the Simon and Schuster group have realized a photonic strongly interacting Mott insulator using a 1D lattice of superconducting qubits.
2018
Auxetic metamaterials from disordered networks
June 28, 2018
A collaboration between the groups of Sid Nagel, Juan de Pablo and Heinrich Jaeger explored opportunities for designing strain transmission in disordered, network-based meta-materials.
2017
Materials Origami
July 7, 2017
New design principles for self-folding materials
2016
Shaken Bose-Einstein Condensate
September 9, 2016
Universal dynamics of bosons across a quantum phase transition
Controlling Material Fracture by Curvature
August 8, 2016
Fracture in sheets draped on curved surfaces
Bidirectional Optical Control
July 7, 2016
Optical gating of a topological insulator
2015
Controlled Deposition of Droplets
July 31, 2015
Splashing of droplets containing small suspended particles
Structures of Flow in an Active Network
May 5, 2015
Quantifying the spatial structure of flow in actin filament networks
New Lasing Media
January 1, 2015
Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lasing using Colloidal Quantum Wells
2014
Particle Shape Effects
May 5, 2014
Shape controls stress-strain