October 4, 2017
t’s possible to produce hydrogen to power fuel cells by extracting the gas from seawater, but the electricity required to do it makes the process costly. UCF researcher Yang Yang has come up with a new hybrid nanomaterial that harnesses solar energy and uses it to generate hydrogen from seawater more cheaply and efficiently than…
September 29, 2017
Students from the Nanoscience Technology Center have won several awards at the recent NanoFlorida 2017 conference held at Florida International University, Miami, on September 23rd and 24th, 2017. Amirah Mathin won third place for her oral presentation titled “Development of anti-metastatic dihydromotuporamine derivatives which target actin filament assembly dynamics” in the Nano-Medicine for Disease category.…
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors with near atom thickness present an unusual combination of extremely high mechanical bendability and superior electrical/optical properties, rendering unprecedented opportunities for flexible electronics/optoelectronics. More interestingly, heterogeneously integrating one 2D semiconductor on top of the other achieving vertical stacks of 2D “hetero” structures is envisioned to project even more exciting functionalities impossible with…
An article titled “MoS2/TiO2 Heterostructures as Nonmetal Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution” from Dr. Yang’s research group has been published by Energy & Environmental Science. In this work, a novel MoS2@TiO2 heterostructured film with periodically patterned morphology, exhibiting an enhanced light absorption within UV-vis-NIR wavelengths, was developed. Both experimental studies and theoretical modeling…
September 27, 2017
In the very small world of nanoscience, Debashis Chanda, an associate professor at UCF’s NanoScience Technology Center and College of Optics and Photonics, is forging huge innovations in the way we view, use and manipulate light. For instance, Chanda led the development of the world’s first full-color, flexible, skin-like display. The invention consists of plasmonic…
September 17, 2017
An article titled “Surface-Modified Porous Carbon Nitride Composites as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Zn-Air Battery” from Dr. Yang’s research group has been published by Advanced Energy Materials. In this work, a scalable nanofabrication route to produce air-breathe electrode for Zn-air batteries has been developed. In such electrode, highly porous carbon nitride (C3N4) flakes were fabricated…
September 16, 2017
University of Central Florida Assistant Professor Yang Yang’s research group has developed two promising energy storage technologies in its work with sustainable energy systems. Yang sees revolutionary systems that can produce and store energy inexpensively and efficiently as a potential solution to energy and environmental crises Read the full article at UCF Today http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-researchers-work-pushes-battery-tech-forward/
August 25, 2017
Sudipta Seal has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Central Florida. The appointment, announced by Michael Georgiopoulos, dean, UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science, came after a search to fill the position that was held by Seal in an interim chair role since 2014.…
August 24, 2017
The annual 2017 Joint Nanoscience and Neutron Scattering User Meeting was held July 31-August 4 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The meeting consisted of plenary lectures, technical sessions with invited presentations, as well as, a poster session including a “Best Poster Competition”. A few of our own UCF-NSTC students were…
August 14, 2017
An article recently published in the ACS Nano Journal by Dr. Thomas and Dr. Jung has been selected for the exclusive virtual issue of “Celebrating 10Years of Energy Research” in ACS Nano. Congratualtions Dr. Thomas and Dr. Jung