Molecular engineering

Researchers turn herbal tea ingredient into soft gels for biomedical use Changxu Sun

Researchers turn herbal tea ingredient into soft gels for biomedical use

University of Chicago scientists find way to make malva nuts into hydrogels

UChicago scientist seeks to make plastic more recyclable Photo of A scientist with black gloves and blue lab coat and a mustache holding a small item

UChicago scientist seeks to make plastic more recyclable

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering grad student Sam Marsden works to create new forms of polymers

Engineer designs molecules for our quantum future Chloe Washabaugh inside the lab

Engineer designs molecules for our quantum future

Ph.D. student Chloe Washabaugh excited to be part of a ‘historic moment’ in the tech revolution

UChicago scientists develop a plastic that can be re-formed as needed Scientist in a white lab coat and black gloves holds two different shaped pieces of plastic with tweezers, one in each hand

UChicago scientists develop a plastic that can be re-formed as needed

Plastic can change from stretchy and bendy to stiff and rigid—and back

UChicago researchers develop stretchable OLED display Prof. Sihong Wang in a lab coat standing in lab with hands in a glove box, looking at camera

UChicago researchers develop stretchable OLED display

Scientists with Pritzker Molecular Engineering design flexible electronics with range of applications

Two UChicago scientists awarded NIH grants for ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research Closeup of fingers holding a tiny device smaller than a fingernail

Two UChicago scientists awarded NIH grants for ‘high-risk, high-reward’ research

Robot-aided assembly could help scientists speed pace of discovery for new technologies Robotic 4D pixel stacking mockup

Robot-aided assembly could help scientists speed pace of discovery for new technologies

Technique by UChicago scientists creates ‘assembly line’ for integrating new materials

To build the quantum internet, UChicago engineer teaches atoms how to remember Building Quantum Internet hero image

To build the quantum internet, UChicago engineer teaches atoms how to remember

Asst. Prof. Tian Zhong is using rare-earth atoms to fight quantum decoherence

UChicago researchers and South Side teachers work together to engage students in quantum technology Kenwood Academy teacher Joseph Blake with Shankar Menon, PME graduate student

UChicago researchers and South Side teachers work together to engage students in quantum technology

UChicago scientists design ‘nanotraps’ to catch and clear coronavirus from tissue Electron microscope image of a 3D sphere with tiny particles on its surface

UChicago scientists design ‘nanotraps’ to catch and clear coronavirus from tissue