Abhijeet’s paper on “Multifunctional Nano-Accordion Structures for Stretchable Transparent Conductors” has been published by the journal Materials Horizons. Congratulations!

This work was featured in a story by CBS News!

Read about the story “Researchers Create Transparent, Stretchable Conductors Using Nano-Accordion Structure,” NC State News Office. Also reported in Chemistry World, Materials Today, Phys.org, the Engineer (UK), Digital Trends, New Electronics, R&D Magazine, EurekaAlert, Nanowerk, ECN Magazine, Product Design & Development, Gizmag, AZoNano, etc.

Research images from Allan’s work has been selected as the June 13, 2015 Biomedical Picture of the Day (BPoD). Managed by the UK Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, the BPoD website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biomedicine.

Chang Group attends the 59^th Int. Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication in San Diego, CA.  Abhijeet and Joong Hee each gave well-received talks on stretchable transparent conductors using nano-accordion structures and controlling cross-sectional wrinkling profiles of metallic thin films, respectively. Abhijeet also presented a poster on mechanical properties on nanolattice materials.

Congratulations to Dr Chang on being awarded the 2015 Outstanding Teacher Award! The announcements are made by the University and the NC State Alumni Association.

Allan’s paper has been featured as the inside front cover of Small. Congratulations!

John’s MS thesis work on “Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Nanostructures using Template-Directed Colloidal Assembly” has been published by the journal Nanoscale. Congratulations!

John completed his MS in 2014 and is currently working for MEMSCAP at RTP.

Allan’s paper on “Sculpting Asymmetric Hollow-Core Three-Dimensional Nanostructures using Colloidal Particles” has been published by the journal Small. Congratulations!

Read about the story “Nanoparticle Allows Low-Cost Creation of 3-D Nanostructures,” NC State News Office. Also reported in NSF.gov, PhysOrg, ScienceDaily, R&D Magazine, Kurzweilai, The Engineer (UK), Nanowerk, 3DPrint, AZonano, Engineering.com, e-Science News, Photonics.com, etc.

Chang Group attends the 58^th Int. Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication in Washington, DC. Allan gave a well-received invited talk on 3D nanolithography using particle scattering. Abhijeet gave a talk on mechanical properties of nano-springs, and Joong Hee had an invited poster for his work on colloidal fabrication of 3D nanostructures. Zhiting and John also made poster presentations on their work on wicking and fabrication of hierarchical nanostructures, respectively.

John successfully defended his Master’s thesis on 3D lithography using template-directed self-assembly.Congratulations!

Allan’s paper has been featured on the front cover for the July issue of ACS Nano. Congratulations!

Abhijeet’s paper “Fabrication of subwavelength periodic nanostructures using liquid immersion Lloyd’s mirror interference lithography” has been published in the journal Optics Letters. Congratulations!

Allan’s paper “Three-Dimensional Nanolithography Using Light Scattering from Colloidal Particles” has been published in the journal ACS Nano. Congratulations!

Read about the story “Light-Carved ‘Nano-Volcanoes’ Hold Promise for Drug Delivery,” NC State News Office. Also reported in NSF.gov, WRAL TechWire, Triangle Business Journal, Materials Views, the Engineer (UK), ScienceDaily, PhysOrg, R&D Magazine, RedOrbit, Photonics.com, e-Science News, Nanowerk, Azonano, and EurekAlert!

Chang Group attends the 57^th Int. Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication in Nashville, Tennessee.  Allan and John each gave well-received talks on 3D nanolithography using colloidal particles and templated colloidal patterning, respectively, and Abhijeet presented a poster on immersion Lloyd’s mirror. Dr. Chang gave an invited talk on multifunctional nanostructured materials.

Congratulations to Dr Chang on being awarded the 2013 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award from ORAU! The press release from ORAU can be seen here.

Qiaoyin’s paper “Antireflection effects at nanostructured material interfaces and the suppression of thin-film interference” has been published in the journal Nanotechnology. Congratulations!

Read about the story “Moth-Inspired Nanostructures Take the Color Out of Thin Films,” NC State News Office. Also reported in NSF.gov, Science 360 (NSF), Materials360 (MRS), R&D Magazine, PhysOrg, the Engineer (UK), ScienceDaily, Laser Focus World, TreeHugger, Gizmag, Azonano, EurekAlert!