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Austin, a vibrant, scenic city and also the capital of Texas, is exceptionally suitable for students to grow academically and personally.
Flowers of April in Texas bloom in brilliant vibrancy, their colors alive with energy and warmth.
With the deepest gratitude, Dr. Fan, along with her students, wish Prof. Chia-Ling Chien a Happy Birthday! Prof. Chien, Dr. Fan’s former supervisor, was born in the Year of the Horse and is a “prince of China” (Prof. Walker, JHU). Like that written in the classic poem, “老骥伏枥,志在千里”, Dr. Chien is still pursuing his noble dream after 50 years working at Johns Hopkins Physics. May abundant blessings be with Dr. Chien!

A blessed, wonderful New Year 2022!
Anti-COVID art, 2020. May the New Year 2021 bring hope!

Boating on the Colorado River in Austin, March 2022

We still had a cake party to see off Xianfu in COVID19.
Farewell party to our materials chemist, Dr. Jianhe Guo, now an Assistant Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, June 2019
Weigu Li, our influential student leader and outstanding researcher received his Ph.D. degree. He published 7 first-author papers on leading journals in 5 years! 2019
We enjoy lab research.
Prof. John Goodenough, a dear colleague and a close friend, has always been inspiring, “Help me O. Lord to live nobly and to the good cheer of my fellow neighbor.” 

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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Electric-Field-Guided Catalytic Nanomotors for Cargo Delivery

Arrays of Rotary Nanomotors Assembled from Nanobuilding Blocks

Ultrahigh Rotation Speed: 18000 rpm Long Durability: 1 Million cycles for 80 hours

Position and Assemble MᴏS₂ Nanoribbons for Opto-electronics at the Click of UV-Light Button

Motorized Sensors Aim to Improve and Speed Up Early-Stage Disease Diagnosis

Nanosensor to speed up detection of trace amounts of biomarkers for early-disease diagnosis

Scalable Production of Molybdenum Disulfide

Material that can decontaminate water and be the basis of the advance, ultra-fast, light-based computers

Music Sensing

Dr. Fan's Music Sensing
Dr. Fan and team created a sensor that can help students improve in music education.

Texas Engineers Build World’s Smallest, Fastest Nanomotor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=s1NkvH98yEE

First-Ever Method for Controlling Nanomotors Developed by UT Engineers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=54gHpWWWMl4

A Rosy Solution To Clean Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOiZE8vNIAA

The first low-pressure solar steamer

Advanced Materials, 31, 1900720 (2019) doi:10.1002/adma.201900720

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