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NC STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Orlin D. Velev
S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor
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Research and Academics Essentials
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Teaching and Outreach
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Group Information
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Personal
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Contact Information
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
EB1, 911 Partners Way (Office 2030)
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7905
E-mail: odvelev@ncsu.edu
Phone: (919) 513-4318
Fax: (919) 515-3465
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Useful local links
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Professional societies links
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What's New and Highlights
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Homocomposite Colloidal-Molecular Hydrogels. Nature Comm. report
on the new class of 3D printable hydrogels with synergsitic colloidal-molecular network. Made possible by the soft dendritic colloids - see below.
Some press releases:
Phys.Org.,
EurekAlert!,
ScienceMag,
Nanowerk, others.
See also the CBS 17 interview with Austin.
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Soft dendritic colloids. Nature Materials report
on the discovery and unique properties of this new class of soft matter.
Highlighted in numerous press releases, such as:
Phys.Org.,
SciTechDaily,
Physicsworld,
BBC Interviews,
Nanowerk, others.
Summarized and discussed very nicely in an independent Nature Materials News & Views highlight.
Basis of patent-pending forthcoming nanofabrication technologies.
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Principles of long-term fluids handling in paper-based osmotic-capillary wearables: Editor's choice in
Biomicrofluidics.
Media coverge examples:
ScienceDaily,
Phys.Org.,
EurekAlert!,
Inverse,
others.
New. Detaied report on the method:
Wearable Osmotic-Capillary Patch:
ACS AMI.
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3D-printed soft robots with magneto-capillary reconfiguration: In special issue of
Adv. Mater. Technol. Watch the the videos:
Movie 1,
Movie 2,
Movie 3.
Media coverge examples:
ScienceDaily,
EurekAlert!,
Phys.Org.,
others.
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Self-propelling and active particles:
Engineered Motile Semiconductor Microparticles -
Nature Comm.
Externally Powered Self-Propelling and Self-Reconfiguring Systems -
AFM feature.
Microbots and Microdevices Powered by Magnetic and Electric Fields -
Chem. review.
Electrically Powered Supercolloidal Spinners -
Adv. Funct. Mater..
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Sequence-encoded colloidal origami and microbot assemblies reported in
Science Advances. A few examples of the wide media coverage:
Wired,
Yahoo! News,
TechCrunch,
ScienceDaily,
Phys.org,
Chemistry World,
C&E News,
German National Radio,
Newsy
and
ZD Net.
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Our 3D printing method with multiphasic capillary silicone gel is reported in
Advanced Materials. Highlighted in a
NC State Press release and numerous news sources such as Science daily,
Phys.org and
Adv. Science News.
- Watch the WNCN/CBS interview about the invention of denrimeric particles.
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The results on nanocapillary assembly of ultraflexible filaments are reported in
Nature Materials. Highlighted in a
NC State Press release and numerous news sources.
Featured on the top banner of NSF.gov. Related JACS paper - nanocapillary assembly of patchy particles.
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The work on environmentally-benign nanoparticles is published in
Nature Nanotechnology.
Here is the NC State Press release. See also the excellent C&E News report.
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Congratulations to Alex Richter for winning the highly prestigious
Lemelson-MIT 2015 student award!
See also the NC State Press release.
Alex founded the startup Benanova, which commercializes our patent-pending EbNP technology (above).
- Assembly of Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures by Multidirectional Field-Induced Interactions - Langmuir invited feature paper.
Selected as an ACS Editor's Choice, highly downloaded.
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Our revolutionary shear nanofabrication technique is now described in Adv. Mater.:
Scalable Liquid Shear-Driven Fabrication of Polymer Nanofibers
Here is the NC State press release about the "Nanofiber Gusher". See also the excellent Materials Today news report. The technology is protected by NCSU patents
Overarching patent 2005,
2010,
2012.
- Hydrogel Soft Robotics - Nature Comm. paper (in collaboration with M. Dickey). Highlighted in many press releases including:
Science Daily,
Discovery,
PopSci,
Gizmodo,
Materials Today,
Eureka,
E! science news,
IDG Connect,
The Engineer,
NC state See also the popular
Youtube video.
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Multi-stimuli responsive Pickering foams - Chem. Sci. paper.
Press highlights:
Chemistry World,
ChemEurope.com,
INRA Science and Impact
Also see the first Magneto-Pickering foams we reported in JACS paper &
Langmuir paper.
- Recent progress in the merging of electronic, microfluidic, and biomimetic structures - BMF review of an emerging cross-disciplinary research topic.
- For more news check out the Velev research group web page
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earlier news and press releases check below
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Recent research highlights
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Earlier research links and highlights
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Earlier press releases and interesting links
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