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Kate McAlpineJanuary 19, 2022

Nanotechnology: Theory predicts new type of bond that assembles nanoparticle crystals

Turns out entropy binds nanoparticles a lot like electrons bind chemical crystals.

Kate McAlpineJanuary 13, 2022

Nanostructures get complex with electron equivalents

Nanoparticles of two different sizes break away from symmetrical designs.

Gabe CherryOctober 11, 2021

Resurrecting quasicrystals: Findings could make an exotic material commercially viable

Self-healing phenomenon could reduce defects that rendered quasicrystals impractical.

Kate McAlpineJuly 5, 2019

‘Digital alchemy’ to reverse-engineer new materials

If you tell this computer program what crystal you need to build, it will design a particle that self-assembles into that crystal.

Kate McAlpineJanuary 24, 2019

Toward protein nanomachines: just add charge

Added electrical charges can harness a protein’s shape and chemical properties to build interesting structures.

Kate McAlpineOctober 13, 2017

Q&A with Sharon Glotzer

The new chemical engineering chair lays out her vision for expanding the curriculum into the high-demand areas of data science and science & technology policy.

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