Bart Kahr and Mike Ward provide a perspective in the December 7, 2018 issue of Science magazine on a report by Chen, et al. that describes epitaxial one-dimensional growth of peptide dimer crystals on molybdenum disulfide substrates. See more here….
Isabel Olson spearheaded a review article "Dislocations in Molecular Crystals" with Alex Shtukenberg, Bart Kahr and Mike Ward, which appeared in Reports on Progress in Physics (Rep. Prog. Phys. 2018, 81, 096501). Congrats, Isabel!
Yuantao Li and co-workers report guest exchange in a seemingly impenetrable hydrogen-bonded framework through a single crystal-to-single crystal transformation facilitated by self-healing microscopic lamella… J. Amer. Chem. Soc. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07065.
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Mike Ward coauthored an editorial with fellow Chemistry of Materials editors Ferdi Schüth and Jillian M. Buriak "Common Pitfalls of Catalysis Manuscripts Submitted to Chemistry of Materials," a top downloaded article with some advice for authors.
Yuantao Li and Mike Ward contributed to a publication with Yale collaborators Tyler Potter and Jon Ellman in Eur. J. Org. Chem., demonstrating that the molecular structure and relative stereochemistry of a novel nitro‐dihydroisocoumarinone, an oil at room temperature, could be determined after its encapsulation in a guanidinium-organosulfonate framework.
Jingxiang Yang was awarded "Best Poster" at the 2018 Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference for research performed in collaboration with his MDI colleagues on the polymorphic-dependent lethality of contact insecticides. Read more here and here. Congrats Jingxiang!
Two day workshop with lectures and hands-on training on the single crystal and powder diffraction. For registration and more information, visit here. Organized by Tony Hu.
Rare Revolution Magazine, an online publication dedicated to promoting awareness of rare diseases, published an article "Cystinuria: In the Spotlight" in its Spring 2018 issue containing an interview with NYU Langone collaborator Dr. David Goldfarb and spotlighting the NYU-Rutgers collaboration that is developing small molecule drugs that mitigate cystine crystal growth and the formtaion of stones.
Tomoyuki Adachi, son of former Ward group postdoc Takuji Adachi, likes the front cover of his Accounts of Chemical Research article "Versatile and Resilient Hydrogen-Bonded Host Frameworks," authored by Takuji and Mike.
Tomoyuki Adachi, son of former Ward group postdoc Takuji Adachi, likes the front cover of the Angewandte Chemie article on "Encapsulation of Isolated Luminophores within Supramolecular Cages" authored by Marcel Handke, Takuji Adachi, Chunhua Hu, and Michael D. Ward.
Isabel Olson and Tiffany Tang will be graduating from New York University in May 2018. Isabel graduates with her PhD in Chemistry and Tiffany graduates with a BS Chemistry. Congrats Isabel and Tiffany!
Tiffany Tang was awarded a grant from the Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund in Spring 2018. She presented her research at the NYU Undergraduate Research Conference on May 4, 2018 and won Best Poster in her group. Read more about nanoswimmers here.
Grand Slam! Christie Passos, William Zhang, Sishuang Tang and Mengdi Qiu (partnering with the Kahr group) received awards from the Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund. Congratulations, All!
Mike Ward was recently elected as a member of the European Academy of Sciences. Learn more here.
Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, a sabbatical visitor in the MDI from the University of Granada hosted a screening of his extraordinary film at NYU on January 23, 2018.
