Materials science

Fully automated lab system learns to grow materials on its own

UChicago PME researchers built a ‘self-driving’ method to make thin films for electronics

Innovation turns building vents into carbon-capture devices

With a newly developed nanofiber filter, air conditioners, heaters and other HVAC systems could remove airborne carbon dioxide while cutting energy costs

UChicago scientists create novel, ultrathin material to make transistors

Molecule and semiconductor combination could open new avenues for technology, discovery

Amanchukwu Lab: Creating better energy storage systems

Step inside the laboratory as Chibueze Amanchukwu and his team investigate the chemistry that could lead to better batteries and systems to turn carbon dioxide into fuels.

UChicago scientists invent breakthrough device to detect airborne signs of disease

Portable tech captures molecules in breath to aid medical care from diabetes to at-risk newborn development

In bioelectronics breakthrough, scientists create soft, flexible semiconductors

UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering study could lead to better brain-machine interfaces, biosensors, and pacemakers

UChicago scientists invent a way to bond diamond layers for quantum devices

New synthetic diamond technique by Pritzker Molecular Engineering scientists could improve electronics