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Frank Leibfarth’s trailblazing work on PFAS and upcycling plastics has earned him the Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in the chemical sciences category.
Carribeth Bliem and Anna Curtis contributed important insights to the fourth edition of Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach.
The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that David N. Beratan, R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry at Duke University, will deliver the 2025 Pariser-Parr Lectureship at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new approach to create better rubber-like materials more quickly by combining artificial intelligence with human expertise.
When perovskites are hit with light, they can form “polar states” that last an unusually long time—up to microseconds, or millionths of a second.
Researchers, including Charles Reece Teeples, have discovered a new way to make two rare molecular shapes more easily and with more design flexibility.
Ashlee Falls presented her work at the ASMS conference, focusing on how to accurately measure PFAS in beer brewed around the world.
As as a senior scientist in P&G’s Baby, Feminine and Family Care Analytical division, Lauren McRae uses a problem-solving mindset to transform everyday products.
UNC researchers will study tiny airborne particles smaller than the width of a human hair and linked to asthma, heart disease and other serious health problems.
Netz Arroyo is an expert in creating electrochemical biosensors—tiny, highly sensitive devices that can continuously monitor molecules in the body.
Jordan Shanahan showed a way to make an important step in organic solar cell manufacturing happen at a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius, lower than normal.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Eastman have renewed their research partnership through 2031, doubling down on a shared investment in innovation.