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Chemistry Student Uses Laser Flashes, a Powerful New Technique, to Track Electricity Inside Solar Cells

Saba Mahmoodpour is the lead author of a recent Journal of Physical Chemistry paper, which focuses on a powerful new technique called nonlinear photocurrent spectroscopy, or NLPC, which uses pairs of short laser pulses to measure how quickly electrical charges move inside thin-film solar cells.

Ph.D. Student Uses Machine Learning to Transform Gene Therapy Production

Ph.D. student Kelvin Idanwekhai is using machine learning to transform how viruses—the microscopic couriers of genetic medicine—are purified, making the process faster, cheaper and more precise.

UNC Researchers Create Low-Cost Antibody Test Using Common Glucometers

A team of researchers led by Netz Arroyoa asked themselves whether they could turn antibody testing into something as easy and affordable as checking a person's blood sugar.

UNC Researchers Receive Best Paper Award for Breakthrough Study on African Biomass Smoke

The research revealed a strong, direct relationship between the amount of brown carbon in the smoke and how much light the particles absorb, especially at ultraviolet wavelengths.

Research

Fluorescence shadow imaging of Hypsibius exemplaris reveals morphological differences between sucrose- and CaCl2-induced osmobiotes

Herein, an approach for discriminating between tardigrade morphological states is developed and utilized to compare sucrose- and CaCl2-induced tuns, using the model species Hypsibius exemplaris.

Architectural Editing of Polyesters and Polyurethanes via Palladium(II)-Catalyzed [3,3]-Sigmatropic Oxo-Rearrangements

Herein, we disclose a backbone rearrangement approach to tune the short-chain branching of polymers.

Reductive Dynamic and Static Excited State Quenching of a Homoleptic Ruthenium Complex Bearing Aldehyde Groups

A new homoleptic Ru polypyridyl complex bearing two aldehyde groups on each bipyridine ligand, [Ru(dab)3](PF6)2, where dab is 4,4′-dicarbaldehyde-2,2′-bipyridine, was synthesized, characterized, and utilized for iodide photo-oxidation studies.

Valence can control the nonexponential viscoelastic relaxation of multivalent reversible gels

Here, we propose a model where the relaxation of polymer gels in the dilute regime originates from elementary events in which the bonds connecting two neighboring cross-linkers all disconnect.

Our Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina help define solutions to the pressing scientific problems of the day. A significant and key component of our department’s strategic plan is to cultivate the next generation of scientific leadership. Faculty, from our assistant professors to our most senior and distinguished colleagues, are international leaders in their subfields, garnering local, national, and international recognition and accolades commensurate with their excellence in research and teaching.

Our Graduate Students

Our graduate students form the next generation of scientific leaders. As a department, we seek to recruit and mentor a diverse cohort of students dedicated to excellence in the classroom and research laboratory. The creativity, drive, collegiality, and accomplishments of our graduate students in tackling difficult scientific problems are significant reasons why UNC is an international leader in chemical research.

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