This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster

Published April 20, 2018 This content is archived.

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An article on Germany’s Innovations Report reports on a study by Shenqiang Ren, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a researcher at UB’s RENEW Institute, that uses tiny crystal lattices called “self-assembling molecular nanosheets” that expand when exposed to light.

“We’re using light — anything from sunlight to a simple laser — to cause the two-dimensional nanosheet to expand at an incredibly fast rate,” he said. Read the story here.

Articles also appeared on ChemEurope, Science Newsline, Science and Technology Research News and AZoNano.