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Check out our latest paper on Zn-air batteries. Congratulations Jay Ho and all the authors!

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsanm.2c01991

CoNi Nanoparticle-Decorated ZIF-67-Derived Hollow Carbon Cubes as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Zn–Air Batteries CoNi nanoparticle-decorated hollow carbon cubes (CoNi-HCCs) were synthesized using ZIF-67 as a sacrificial template. The synthesis utilizes the thermal instability of ZIF-67, creating hollow carbon nanostructures while facilitating carbonization and introducing metal nanoparticles (e.g., CoNi). Prot...

Check out the feature on Chris!!!
We are super proud of you!!!!

Celebrating the graduates of Fall 2020: Christopher Jay Robidillo Member of the graduating class of Fall 2020 Christopher Jay Robidillo looks back on his time and accomplishments at UAlberta.

Congratulations to our first joint UofA/TUM PhD graduate...Chris Robidillo successfully defended his PhD work today. YAY Chris!!!!!

Here is another paper we are REALLY excited about that we submitted to ChemRxiv to get things rolling quickly.

Thermally-Induced Dehydrogenative Coupling of Organosilanes and H-Terminated Silicon Quantum Dots onto Germanane Surfaces Covalently bonded organic monolayers play important roles in defining the solution processability, ambient stability, and electronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials such as Ge nanosheets (GeNSs); they also hold promise of providing avenues for the fabrication of future generation electr...

This is a new contribution from Alyx that we have wanted to get out quickly so we submitted to ChemRxiv first!

A Tale of Seemingly “Identical” Silicon Quantum Dot Families: Structural Insight into Silicon Quantum Dot Photoluminescence Two quantum dots, both alike in composition, but differing in structure, where we lay our scene. From broader classes, to bring deeper understanding, to the crystalline core that drives the quantum dot's sheen. In this contribution we examine two families of silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) that bring t...

This doesn't happen very often. Two papers...back to back...accepted the same day... Congrats to all the authors

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Lights, quantum, (re)action Christina Gonzalez, a PhD student at U of A, is revolutionizing global security screening with new quantum research that detects the smallest trace amounts of explosive compounds.

We had a fantastic BBQ on Victoria Day 2019 with some of the Veinot Team. Thank you to those who could make it.....and to those who couldn't, YOU WERE MISSED.

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SNO+ drives the hunt for neutrinos underground New experiments at Canadian research facility push our understanding of the “ghost particles” forward as a new phase of testing begins.

May the 4th be with (tomorrow)

May the 4th be with you: Yoda's Fluorescence Friday lightsaber is a solution of silicon nanocrystals dispersed in toluene.

By Alyx Aarbo of the Veinot Group at the University of Alberta.