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Helical assembly for circularly polarized luminescence—In their article in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Feng, Jiang, Meng, Lei et al. report an alloying strategy for the preparation of helical microstructures from achiral anthracene/anthracene derivatives or anthracene/tetracene derivatives via

Crystal assembly via microfluidics—In their recent article in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chen, Sha, Zheng, Zhou, et al. report a novel strategy for synthesizing monodisperse 3D DNA single crystals using microfluidic double-emulsion droplets as nanoliter-scale microreactors.

Amorphous organic mechanoluminescent materials—The mechanoluminescent materials are capable of using mechanical energy to alter their light emission. In a recent article by Xie, Chi, Liu, et al. in J. Am. Chem. Soc., the authors introduce new organic amorphous mechanoluminescent materials

Controlled crystallization—Small amounts of organic materials can have a profound effect on the crystallization of inorganic materials, and this concept is central to fields such as biomineralization. In a recent article published in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chen, Gao, Fu, Zou, and colleagues

Biological nanopores—Biological nanopore technology holds great promise for analyzing peptides and post-translational modifications at the single-molecule level. However, its effectiveness is limited due to the non-uniform peptide signals detected by nanopores. In their article

Single-molecule thermometers!— Fluorescence thermometry is important for remote temperature sensing with high accuracy. However, developing noninvasive and reliable small organic fluorescence thermometers has proven to be challenging. In a recent article published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.,

Registration is open for the 10th European Crystallography School! Join us in the beautiful resort town of Ohrid, located on the shores of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia, for a week full of exciting lectures by ten international speakers. The program includes practical exercises such as

New synthetic access to rylenes— The synthesis of long rylene molecules, which are important for applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), solar cells, and bioimaging, is often challenging due to their poor solubility and low stability. In their recent article in

I was incredibly excited to be reunited with one of my hosts, Robert Dinnebier, at the Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research! I want to extend my gratitude to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt-Stiftung for facilitating this more than a decade-long friendship and

Electroluminescence for enzyme analysis— Profiling various enzymatic activities within tissue is essential for understanding complex metabolic and signaling networks. However, this remains challenging with current optical microscopy techniques. In their recent article in

Heteroatomic chiral ferroelectrics—Ferroelectrics with switchable spontaneous polarization are well-known, but traditional ferroelectrics typically undergo structural phase transitions where a change in the crystallographic point group is accompanied by breaking of spatial

ROY reclaims its polymorphic royalty status!—Polymorphism refers to the phenomenon where the same substance can exist in multiple crystalline forms, and this property is crucial in the development of materials and pharmaceuticals. In their recent article in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Weatherston,

Our first review on self-healing crystals, now in Nature Reviews Chemistry. Discover the mechanisms by which molecular crystals can heal themselves and the methods we can use to study this fascinating phenomenon: Nature Reviews Chemistry NYU Abu Dhabi NYU Chemistry nature.com/articles/s4157…

Thermal expansion of chiral crystals—Thalidomide is a sedative that was introduced in the 1950s as a medication for morning sickness, but it had not been tested on pregnant women. This oversight led to one of the biggest medical disasters in history. Now, Matsumoto, Nakagawa,

Glucose measured with attomolar detection—Current blood glucose monitoring methods, such as commercial glucometers, are accurate but often perceived as uncomfortable. Recently, Lopes, Alpuim, Capasso, and colleagues reported an innovative biosensor in J. Am. Chem. Soc.. This device

Our NYU Abu Dhabi graduate student Ibrahim Tahir attended the BCA/CCG Intensive Teaching School in X-Ray Structure Analysis. He says "What stood out to me the most was the pedagogical approach: highly detailed, yet refreshingly accessible." Thank you for representing us, Ibrahim!

How did we perform in 2024? The Nature Index statistics for 2024 are out, and we are pleased to report that the Smart Materials Lab NYU Abu Dhabi produced 32.7% of impactful publications in chemistry and accounted for 40.0% of the fraction count from the United Arab Emirates! We

Organic nanocrystalline photocatalysts—Some of the natural limitations of organic photocatalysts are their high exciton binding energy and short exciton diffusion length. Inspired by the principles of symmetry-breaking charge separation observed in photosystem II, Mao, Wang, and

Invitation for Collaborations — NYU Abu Dhabi is the Center of X-ray and Structure Analysis in the United Arab Emirates We are proud to celebrate that NYU Abu Dhabi was the first institution in the UAE to host single crystal diffractometers, with more than a decade-long

The boroiodates added to the family of SHG-active materials—Discovering new materials that exhibit a strong second harmonic generation (SHG) response and large birefringence is challenging, yet these materials are crucial for non-linear optical applications. In their recent