News and Updates
23 Feb 2024A new collaborative research paper with Prof. Alfred Tok applying Joule heating to induce explosive crystallization in sub-20-nm noble metal high entropy film with extraordinary HER performances is now live in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. DOI: 10.1039/D3TA05908A
9 Feb 2024
Wishing everyone a prosperous Dragon Year in 2024!
2 Feb 2024
We have shared a new manuscript by Zoey on the order-disorder-order mesophase transitions in mesoporous alumina systems. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-08fl5
31 Dec 2023
Congratulations to Amber and April who has successfully defended their PhD theses in August and December, respectively. We wish them all the very best in new careers!
22 Dec 2023
A new collaborative research paper with Prof. Alfred Tok of NTU MSE, coupling atomic layer deposition with Joule heating to grow ultrathin high entropy noble metal thin films of sub-20-nm thickness showing extraordinary HER performances has been accepted in Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to all authors!
1 Aug 2023
Congratulations to all recent BEng graduates who completed their FYP with us as well as a great welcome to new undergraduate research assistants! We look forward to your growth and learning journey with us!
16 Feb 2023
A new collaborative research paper with Prof. Alfred Tok of NTU MSE, coupling atomic layer deposition with Joule heating to grow high entropy noble metal thin films showing promising results for HER is published in Langmuir. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03367
15 Jan 2023
Congratulations to Amber's paper in Advanced Functional Materials reporting the phase transformation behaviors of high entropy inorganic nanoparticles by millisecond laser annealing. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202211279
31 Dec 2022
Yue is pursuing new exciting research activities at the SP Group-NTU Joint Laboratory as a visting scientist. We wish her all the best!
14 Nov 2022
Congratulations! Amber's paper on one-pot synthesis of aminated bimodal mesoporous silica nanoparticles with high CO2 capture and antimicrobial capabilities is published in ACS Materials & Interfaces. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c13076
12 Nov 2022
A new collaborative research paper with Prof. Alfred Tok of NTU MSE, coupling atomic layer deposition with Joule heating to grow medium entropy noble metal thin films is published in Advanced Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202201263
31 Oct 2022
Zoey is pursuing new exciting research activities at the NTU's RGE-SusTex Center. We wish her all the best!
25 Aug 2022
A new preprint by Amber describing laser-induced phase transitions of high entropy inorganic nanoparticles for the metal alloy, oxide and nitride systems is now available online. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1993128/v1
8 Aug 2022
Belated update! We welcome new folks to our team, Junhao, Yue, Chonghan and Ziyun!
21 Jul 2022
A new preprint by Amber describing one-pot synthesis of aminated bimodal mesoporous silica nanoparticles with high CO2 capture and antimicrobial capabilities is now available online. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-26vgr
9 May 2022
Our Senior undergraduates have passed their Final Year Research Projects! All the best to their future endeavors!
21 Apr 2022
Congratulations! April's paper on ultrafast crystallization of ordered mesoporous oxides and carbon structures by Joule heating is published in Advanced Materials Interfaces. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202200151
20 Feb 2022
We are very thankful that Kwan has been highlighted by ACS Polymers Au as one of the Rising Stars in Polymers in 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00003
15 Feb 2022
A new collaborative research paper with Prof. Alfred Tok of NTU MSE, coupling atomic layer deposition with Joule heating to grow noble metal thin films is published in Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06595-9
30 Nov 2021
Our invited research paper describing millisecond laser annealing of block copolymer-resols composite thin films has been accepted in ACS Polymers Au. Congratulation to Wei Han, Zoey and Amber! 10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00040
15 Nov 2021
We have submitted a new interdisciplinary paper on ultrafast Joule heating of mesoporous oxides and carbon materials for peer review. The preprint is shared on ChemRxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.14554257.v1
12 Oct 2021
Kwan shared his views on how hierarchical mesoporous oxide materials could fulfill post-combustion carbon capture requirements at the first Singapore Energy Center Webinar. DOI: Youtube
1 Oct 2021
A new collaborative preprint manuscript with Prof. Alfred Tok of NTU MSE, coupling atomic layer deposition with Joule heating to grow noble metal thin films is shared on Research Square. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-952294/v1
22 Jul 2021
Congratulations! Zoey's and April's paper on CO2 capture using hierarchically ordered alumina adsorbents is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c06151
23 Jun 2021
Leyan passed her PhD Qualifying Exam! Congratulations!
1 Jun 2021
A new collaborative paper with Prof. Dalton Tay of NTU MSE is published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
10 May 2021
A new preprint manuscript on Joule heating of self-assembled mesostructures is shared on ChemRxiv.
10 May 2021
Our Senior undergraduates have passed their Final Year Research Projects! All the best to their future endeavors!
6 Oct 2020
Amber passed her PhD Qualifying Exam! Congratulations!
1 Sep 2020
Amber presented her work at the SNIC CHnmSG3 2020 conference. Check out her poster presentation on Youtube: https://youtu.be/iCWXeIFmlHE
13 Aug 2020
Congratulations! Amber's paper on novel soft-chemistry approach toward electrocatalytic active mesoporous nitride is published in Langmuir.
11 Aug 2020
We welcome our new undergraduate students conducting their FYPs in the Group. All the best!
Dec 2019
Our group gave three excellent research presentations at the 2020 Polymer Pacific Conference in Singapore.
Oct 2019
We hosted a highly constructive discussion with Professor Teeraporn Suteewong of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang and her students.
Mar 2019
Our undergraduate researchers enjoying a good lunch after giving their resounding research presentations.
Nov 2018
Professor Uli Wiesner from Cornell Univesity visited NTU and gave a seminar at the University.
