PhD student Aliaksei Aliakseyeu’s research was recently accepted to Soft Matter! The article, titled “Selective Hydrogen Bonding Controls Temperature Response of Layer-by-Layer Upper Critical Solution Temperature Micellar Assemblies“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Alex!
New publication in Biomaterials!
Victoria Albright’s research was recently published in Biomaterials! The article, titled “Polyphosphazenes Enable Durable, Hemocompatible, Highly Efficient Antibacterial Coatings“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Victoria!
Raman wins poster award at APTEC conference!
PhD candidate Raman Hlushko’s poster presentation won 3rd place at the recent APTEC Symposium! He presented his poster, titled “Synthesis and Temperature Response of Star Polymers: Role of Molecular Architecture and a Small Molecule Competitor”, at the APTEC 8th Annual Research Symposium on Nov. 6, 2020.
Congratulations, Raman!
New publication in Chemical Communications!
Diana Al Husseini’s research has been published in Chemical Communications. The article, titled “All-Nanoparticle Layer-by-layer Coatings for Mid-IR On-Chip Gas Sensing“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Diana!
Research featured in The Economist!
Qing and Zhen’s recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials is featured in another popular news site, The Economist!
Read the article published on the Economist here.

Hlushko successfully defends her dissertation!
Congratulations to Hanna Hlushko for successfully defending her dissertation! Dr. Hlushko earned her degree based on her work on “Synthetic Polymeric Antioxidants: Redox Properties, Metal Binding, and Anticorrosion Performance”.


Aliakseyeu selected for MSEN GSAC representative
Research featured on MSN
Qing and Zhen’s research was featured on MSN! The video, titled “US Army developing self-healing material for ‘Terminator-style’ machines”, can be seen here.
Brito selected for SREB Doctoral Scholars Program
Research featured on Futurity
Qing and Zhen’s recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials is receiving a lot of well-deserved attention!
In addition to the articles on the U.S. Army and TAMU Engineering sites, the research was recently featured in an article on Futurity, titled “Reversible ‘stitches’ give self-healing polymers new powers”.
Additionally, the accompanying YouTube video (see article or previous post) received over 6,000 views! Congratulations to all involved.
