News

  • “Controlled growth and chemical engineering of FeSe-based superconducting films”, accepted by Advanced Physics Research, Nov. 24, 2022.
  • “Chemical tuning Meets Two-Dimensional Molecular Magnets”, accepted by Advanced Materials, Nov. 6, 2022.
  • “3D-Printed Electrically Conductive Silicon Carbide”, accepted by Additive Manufacturing Journal, August 24, 2022.
  • “Dimensional transformation of molecular magnetic materials” is accepted in ACS Nano, August 4, 2022.
  • “Molecular Copper Decomposition ink for Printable Electronics” is accepted in Chemical Communications, July 21, 2022.
  • “Manufacturing Silica Aerogel and Cryogel through Ambient Pressure and Freeze Drying” is accepted in RSC Advances, July 21, 2022.
  • “Tailoring thermalinsulation architectures from additive manufacturing” is accepted in Nature Communications, July 20, 2022.
  • “Low-power anisotropic molecular electronic memristors” is accepted in Applied Materials Today, June 17, 2022.
  • “Switching charge states in quasi-2D molecular conductors” is published in PNAS Nexus, June 13, 2022.
  • Abdullah Islam receives the Deans Undergraduate Achievement Award, Undergraduate Researcher Award, and Zimmer Research Scholar Award
  • “Lithiating Magneto-Ionics in Rechargeable Battery” is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 31, 2022.
  • “Printing Nanostructured Copper for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding” is published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials,  March 25, 2022.
  • “High Temperature Copper-Graphene Conductors via Aerosol Jetting” is published in Advanced Engineering Materials, March 25. 2022. March 25, 2022
  • “High temperature ceramic thermal insulation material” is published in Nano Research, February 14, 2022.
  • Yong Hu received the 1st Place award in the 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Science as Art Competition.
  • “A Predictive Multiphase Model of Silica Aerogels for Building Envelope Insulations” is published in Computational Mechanics, January 27, 2022.
  • “Scalable and robust silica aerogel materials from ambient pressure drying” is published in Materials Advances, January 27, 2022.
  • “Nanoengineering Porous Silica for Thermal Management” is published in ACS Applied Nano Materials, January 27, 2022.
  • “ Printing Air-Stable HighTc Molecular Magnet with Tunable Magnetic Interaction.” is published in Nano Letters, January 4, 2022.
  • Yong Hu received the 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Awards.
  • “Printed copper-nanoplate conductor for electro-magnetic interference.” is published in Nanotechnology, December 7, 2021.
  • “Flexible Copper Nanowire Electronics for Wireless Dynamic Pressure Sensing.” is published in ACS Appl. Electron. Mater., November 22, 2021.
  • “Emerged Metallicity in Molecular Ferromagnetic Wires.” is published in Nano Letters, November 22, 2021.
  • “Ultrahigh Temperature Copper-Ceramic Flexible Hybrid Electronics.” is accepted in ACS Appl. Nano Mater., September 29, 2021.
  • “Cross-Linking and Charging Molecular Magnetoelectronics.” is published in Nano Letters, April 22, 2021.
  • Yong Hu receives the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
  • “Solution-shearing of dielectric polymer with high thermal conductivity and electric insulation” is highlighted in Nanowerk news.
  • “Solution-shearing of dielectric polymer with high thermal conductivity and electric insulation” is accepted in Science Advances, September 29, 2021.
  • “Chemically driven energetic molecular ferroelectrics” is accepted in Nature Communications, September 29, 2021.
  • “Laser-Induced Cooperative Transition in Molecular Electronic Crystal” is accepted in Advanced Materials, August 16, 2021.
  • “Proton switching molecular magnetoelectricity” is accepted in Nature Communications, July 29, 2021.
  • “Cross-Linking and Charging Molecular Magnetoelectronics.” is published in Nano Letters, April 22, 2021.
  • ‘Kevlar-ceramic aerogel nanocomposite material improves thermal protection textiles for harsh environments‘ is highlighted in Nanowerk news.
  • “Multifunctional Prussian Blue Analogue Magnets: Emerging Opportunities.” is accepted for publication as a review article in Applied Materials Today, November, 2020.
  • “The transparent thermal insulation silica aerogel.” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances, 2020.
  • “Emerging Magnetic Interactions in van der Waals Heterostructures.” is accepted for publication in Nano Letters, October, 2020.
  • “A 3D printed molecular ferroelectric metamaterial.” is accepted for publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October, 2020.
  • Yong Hu was selected as a featured student in School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Pratahdeep Gogoi​‘s research on “Cooling clothing: New technology flexes while frozen” is highlighted in UBNow. 
  • Yong Hu received the Dean’s Graduate Achievement Award for his significant contributions to the advancement of their fields through the performance of outstanding research.
  • “Magnetically hard ferrite nanoparticles synthesized through aerogel nanoreactor.” is accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, August, 2020.
  • “Ductile Cooling Phase Change Material.” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances, July, 2020.
  • “Rare-earth-free magnetically hard ferrous materials.” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale Advances, July, 2020.
  • “Electroresistance and electro-optic effects in molecular ferroelectrics.” is accepted for publication in APL Materials, July, 2020.
  • “A macromolecular assembly directed ceramic aerogel monolith material.” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C, July, 2020.
  •  “Printable copper sensor electronics for high-temperature.” is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Electronic Materials,June, 2020.
  • “Transparent and Flexible Thermal Insulation Window Material“ is accepted for publication in Cell Reports Physical Science , June, 2020.
  • “Electron transfer induced magnetic ordering of metal-cyanide magnets“ is accepted for publication in Materials Advances, May, 2020.
  • “Multifunctional Smart Electronic Skin fabricated from Two-Dimensional like Polymer Film“ is accepted for publication in Nano Energy, May, 2020.
  • “Eutectic crystallized FePd nanoparticles for liquid metal magnet” is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications, April, 2020.
  • “Strongly Correlated Molecular Magnet with Curie Temperature above 60 K”  is accepted for publication in Matter, April, 2020.
  • “All-Ceramic, Anisotropic, and Flexible Aerogel Insulation Material.” is accepted for publication in Nano Letter, April, 2020.
  • “Magnetically active transition metal cation-substituted alumina” is accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, Nov. 2019
  • “Two-Dimensional Nanoconfined Channels for Heavy Metal Sensor” is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Nov. 2019
  • “Multifunctional Molecular Charge-Transfer Thin Films” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale, Nov. 2019.
  • “Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene” on UB News, Sep. 2019
  • “Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene” on EurekAlert!, Sep. 2019
  • “Light-controlled molecular resistive switching ferroelectric heterojunction ” is accepted for publication in Materials Today, Sep. 2019
  • “Crystallization-mediated magnetoelectric response in two-dimensional molecular charge transfer crystals” is accepted for publication in ACS Applied Electronic Materials, Aug. 2019
  • “Highly Conductive, Transparent Molecular Charge-Transfer Salt with Reversible Lithiation” is accepted for publication in Chemical Communications, June 2019
  • “Magnetoelectric Bistability of Molecular Ferroic Solids,Journal of Materials Chemistry C” is accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C, June 2019
  • “Organic Chiral Charge Transfer Magnets” is accepted for publication in ACS Nano, Mar. 2019
  • “ Integrated Triboelectric Nanogenerators in the Era of the Internet of Things: A review” is accepted for publication in Advanced Science, Mar. 2019
  • “Exciton-dipole coupling in two-dimensional rubrene assembly sensors” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale, Feb. 2019
  • “Strongly Correlated Aromatic Molecular Conductor” is accepted for publication in Small, Feb. 2019
  • “High current carrying and thermal conductive copper-carbon conductors” is accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, Feb. 2019
  • “Alkali-Metal-Intercalated Percolation Network Regulates Self-Assembled Electronic Aromatic Molecules” is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials, Jan. 2019.
  • “Ubiquitous energy conversion of two-dimensional molecular crystals” is accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, Jan. 2019
  • “Smart Sensing Platform Basedon Multimodal Ferrofluid–Infused Surface” is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials, Jan. 2019.
  • “Self-Assembled Metal Molecular Networks by Nanoconfinement” is accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Dec. 2018.
  • “Eutectic melt crystallization of L10- FePt” is accepted for publication in Chemical Communication, Dec. 2018.
  • * “Three-Dimensional Directed Assembly of Organic Charge-Transfer Heterostructures” is accepted for publication in Nanoscale,  Dec. 2018
  • “Kirigami-Inspired Conducting Polymer Thermoelectrics from Electrostatic Recognition Driven Assembly” is accepted by ACS Nano July (2018).
  • “Magnetic field-directed hybrid anisotropic nanocomposite” is accepted by Nanotechnology Jun.(2018)
  • “Rare-earth-free high energy product manganese-based magnetic materials” is accepted by Nanoscale, Jun.2018
  • “Freestanding organic charge-transfer conformal electronics” is accepted by Nano Letters, Jun. 2018
  • * “Mechanically strong polymer sheets…” is accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters! Congratulations to Zhuolei! April 2018
  • * “This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster” on UB News, April 18, 2018
  • * “Kirigami Inspired Nanoconfined Polymer Conducting Nanosheets with 2,000% Stretchability” on UB News, April 2018
  • * “Kirigami Inspired Nanoconfined Polymer Conducting Nanosheets with 2,000% Stretchability” on Nanowerk, Science Newsline, R&D Magazine, Nanotechnology Now, Science Daily, Tech Site, Electronics 360 and iConnect 007, April 2018
  • * “Poly(P-Phenylene Terephthalamide) Fibers Reinforced With Ultrathin Ceramic Coatings“ accepted for the publication by Advanced Engineering Materials, April 2018
  • * “Photostriction of molecular 2D nanosheet” on Nanowerk News Spotlight, March 2018
  • * “Light-induced dilation in nano-sheets of charge transfer complexes“ accepted for the publication by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2018
  • * “Kirigami Inspired Nanoconfined Polymer Conducting Nanosheets with 2,000% Stretchability“ accepted for the publication by Advanced Materials, March 2018
  • * “Energy Transduction Ferroic Materials” accepted for the publication by Materials Today, Jan. 2018
  • * “Molecular ferroelectrics” in on Nanowerk News Spotlight, Aug. 2017
  • * “2D organic layers” publication is highlighted by Nanowerk.com, Aug. 2017
  • * “2D organic layers” accepted for the publication by Nature Communications, Aug. 2017
  • * “Molecular ferroelectric” accepted for the publication by Science Advances, Aug. 2017
  • * “RE-doped alumina” publication is highlighted by Nanowerk.com, Jan. 2017
  • * “High Temperature Phase Transformation of Alumina” Accepted by Scientific Report! A collaborative work with Army Research Laboratory, Dec. 2016.
  • * “Magnetic energy harvesting through 3D molecular crystals” accepted for the publication by Advanced Materials. Congratulations to B. Xu! Nov. 2016
  • * “2D Functional Polymer” is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Interface! Congratulations to Zhuolei! Oct. 2016
  • * “Exchange Coupled Ferrite Nanomagnet” Accepted for Publication in Chem. Commu.! July 2016.
  • * “Rare-Earth-Free MnBi nanomagnet” accepted for the publication in Nano Research. July 2016.
  • “Energy conversion and storage through magnetic nanoparticles” accepted for the publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. June 2016
  • Charge transfer ferroelectrics accepted for the publication in Small! May, 2016
  • MnAl based magnetic nanocrystals accepted for the publication in RSC Advance! April, 2016
  • Magnetoconducting hybrid materials accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! Congratulations to Zhuolei! April 28, 2016
  • Multifunctional supramolecular crystals” published by Advanced Materials. March 21, 2016
  • Chemically driven interfacial superstructures” published by Nano Letters. March 21, 2016
  • Solution-processed molecular crystals” published by Chemistry of Materials. March 21, 2016
  • Phase transformation of MnNi nanocrystals accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, January 20, 2016
  • * “Ultrathin Au Nanowire Induced Phase Transformation” accepted for publication by ACS Appl. Mater. Interface. Dec. 2015.
  • * “Polymeric Nanoferronics” accepted for publication by the open access of Science journal. Congratulations to Beibei!, Dec. 2015.
  • Synergistic engineering effect published in Nano Letters, Nov. 2015.
  • Magnetic FeNi nanocrystals published in Chemistry of Materials, Nov. 2015.
  • Electrocatalysis of pyrite (HER) published by ACS Catalysis, Sep. 2015
  • REN group is interviewed by ACS Nano (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugM9XVlJtT4&index=4&list=PLLG7h7fPoH8JrMxNqHXKLEdV3j_nxoawk).
  • Multiferroicity of charge transfer complex published in ACS Nano, Aug. 2015.
  • Metal-redox for the synthesis of MnBi nanoparticles published in Chemistry of Materials, July 2015.
  • REN group moved from KU to Temple University in the summer of 2015!
  • Dr. Ren receives an early promotion to tenured associate professor at the University of Kansas.
  • Dr. Ren receives 2015 NSF-CAREER Award!
  • “Metal-Redox for Nanometal Alloying” Accepted for Publication at Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Congratulations to Alec!
    December 15, 2014
  • “Carbon Nanoferronics” Accepted for Publication at Advanced Materials! Congratulations to Wei!
    October 24, 2014
  • “Phase Transformation Induced Tetragonal FeCo” Accepted for Publication in Nano Letters! Congratulations to Maogang!
    September 30, 2014
  • The Ink Development at REN group Highlighted by “Solar Novus Today” and “KMBZ”
    September 18, 2014
  • Dr. Ren Delivered Invited Talk at REPM 2014 (Annapolis, MD); Maogang Received DOE (ARPA-E) Travel Grant to Attend Meeting
    August 24, 2014
  • Solar Energy Research Features on CJOnline (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
    August 24, 2014
  • Nanocarbon Features on NanotechWeb and PhysicsWorld
    August 21, 2014
  • “Nano-Carbon Solar Cell” Accepted for Publication in Nano Letters! Congratulations to Maogang!
    August 7, 2014
  • Dr. Ren Features on KU News
    August 4, 2014
  • “MFE of Nano-Carbon Complex” Accepted for Publication in Scientific Report! Congratulations to Wei and Maogang!
  • Dr. Ren Receives Army Research Office -Young Investigator Award (ARO-YIP)
    July 21, 2014
  • Our Paper “Interdiffusion Induced Nano-synthesis and Exchange-Coupling” Accepted for Publication in Nano Letters! Congratulations to Alec!
    July 17, 2014
  • Dr. Ren gave an invited talk at 2014 Technical Meeting on Novel Nanomagnetic and Multifunctional Materials, Orgalized by AFOSR
    June 22, 2014
  • Our Paper “Template-Directed FeCo Nanoshells on AuCu” Accepted for Publication in Small! Congratulations to Maogang!
    June 21, 2014
  • REN Group Research Highlighted by Nanotechweb, and IOPselect
    May 1, 2014
  • Our Paper “Magnetic and Optoelectronic Properties of Gold Nanocluster-Thiophene Assembly” Accepted for Publication in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.! Congratulations to Wei and Jess!
    March 26, 2014
  • Our Paper “”Iron Sulfide Ink for Growth of Pyrite Crystals” Accepted for Publication in Nanotechnology! Congratulations to by Alec, Phil, Maogang and Huizhong!
    March 26, 2014
  • Our Paper “Charge-Transfer Magnetoelectrics of Polymeric Multiferroics” Accepted for Publication in ACS Nano, Congratulations to Wei!
    March 25, 2014
  • Our Paper “Graphene Oxide Stabilized Cu2O for Shape Selective Nanocatalysis” Accepted for Publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A! Congratulations to Chenglin, Xin, Jennifer and Jess!
    March 3, 2014
  • ZnO Paper Highlighted in the 2014 Emerging Investigator Themes Issue!
    March 3, 2014
  • Our paper “Thermodynamic control of iron pyrite nanocrystal synthesis with high photoactivity and stability” has been selected as a Hot Article for 2013 by Journal of Materials Chemistry A!
    February 13, 2014
  • Our Paper on “Superhydrophobicity of hierarchical ZnO nanowire coatings” is published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A – Congratulations to Maogang!
    December 18, 2013
  • Our Paper on Carbon Based Molecular Sensor Published by ACS Nano! Highlighted by Nanowerk! Congratulations to Huizhong and Chenling!
    August 29, 2013
  • Dr. Ren Interviewed About Solar Energy Research
    August 20, 2013
  • Dr. Ren featured on the KU Today
    August 19, 2013
  • Pyrite photocapacitor is accepted to publish in Chemical Communications, Congratulations to Maogang!
    August 12, 2013
  • Dr. Ren delivered two invited talks at Air Force Research Laboratory
    July 16, 2013
  • Our Paper on “Iron Pyrite Oriented-Attachment” is Accepted by Nature – Scientific Report, Congratulations to Maogang and Alec!
    June 11, 2013
  • Dr. Ren is Selected to Serve as North American Editor of the Journal of Experimental Nanoscience
    June 3, 2013
  • Our Publication is Selected for Cover in Advanced Materials
    May 30, 2013
  • Dr. Ren Awarded Faculty Fellow for Air Force Summer Program
    May 13, 2013
  • Congratulations to Alec, Phil, Lianna and Jennifer for 2013 Research Scholarships
    May 11, 2013
  • Dr. Ren awarded NSF EPSCoR First Award
    April 15, 2013
  • Graduate Student Alec Received An Honorable Mention for NSF-Fellowship
    March 30, 2013
  • Undergraduate Researcher Lianna Dang Received Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
    March 29, 2013
  • Dr. Ren To Give An Invited Talk and Chair One Session at MRS (Spring 2013)
    March 27, 2013
  • All Carbon Photovoltaic Photodetector Published by Advanced Materials
    March 25, 2013
  • Review Article on Hybrid Solar Cells Accepted by Energy & Environmental Science
    March 25, 2013
  • Nanocatalyst for Biomass Conversion Published by ACS Nano
    January 8, 2013
  • New Growth Model of Iron Pyrite Published as “Hot Article”, Highlighted by J. Mater. Chem.
    December 10, 2012
  • New Publication Selected for Journal Cover
    December 2, 2012
  • Article Accepted at Nano Letters
    November 29, 2012
  • Article Accepted at Advanced Materials
    November 23, 2012
  • Dr. Ren Inverviewed by MIT Technology Review
    November 6, 2012
  • Article Accepted at Physical Review B
    October 26, 2012
  • Dr. Ren Inteviewed by Solar Novus Today
    October 17, 2012
  • Article Published by J Mater. Chem
    October 2, 2012<
  • Paper Named Top 10 Most Read
    September 25, 2012
  • Article Accepted by Nanoscale
    September 21, 2012
  • Undergrad Receives NSF_STEM Scholarship
    September 3, 2012