Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Global warming may have a significant impact on human health because of the growth of the population of harmful bacteria such as Helicobacter pylori infection. It is c [...]

We show that several models of interacting 𝑋⁢𝑋⁢𝑍 spin chains subject to boundary driving and dissipation possess a subtle kind of time-reversal symmetry, making their ste [...]

Developing advanced catalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for sustainable hydrogen production. This study presents a multistage machine learning [...]

Bosonic pure-loss channel, which represents the process of photons decaying into a vacuum environment, has zero quantum capacity when the channel’s transmissivity is less [...]

Trotter and linear combination of unitary (LCU) operations are two popular Hamiltonian simulation methods. The Trotter method is easy to implement and enjoys good system- [...]

Abnormal cancer metabolism causes hypoxia and immunosuppression, limiting the anti-tumor efficacy of radiotherapy. Herein, we report a positively charged, mitochondria-ta [...]

Global impact models represent process-level understanding of how natural and human systems may be affected by climate change. Their projections are used in integrated as [...]

Traditional transistors based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor and metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors are facing significant limitations as devi [...]

As Li-ion batteries are increasingly being deployed in electric vehicles and grid-level energy storage, the demand for Li is growing rapidly. Extracting lithium from alte [...]

This study explores the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus through an industry-focused lens highlighting how innovations in these spaces can go from lab to market. Based on da [...]

Recent predictions suggest that oxides, such as MgO and CaO, could serve as hosts of spin defects with long coherence times and thus be promising materials for quantum ap [...]

External stressors modulate the oligomerization state of photosystem I (PSI) in cyanobacteria. The number of red chlorophylls (Chls), pigments lower in energy than the P< [...]

Rechargeable aqueous batteries based on metallic anodes hold tremendous potential of high energy density enabled by the combination of relatively low working potential an [...]

Measurements and feedback have emerged as powerful resources for creating many-body quantum states. However, a detailed understanding has been restricted to fixed-point r [...]

Charge-trapping defects in crystalline solids play important roles in applications ranging from microelectronics, optical storage, sensing and quantum technologies. On on [...]

The global pursuit of carbon neutrality is driving efforts toward environmentally friendly aqueous electrode manufacturing. However, the inherent chemical reactivity of w [...]

This dissertation presents a set of contributions to engineer a new technology for multiplexed fluorescence detection using a series of nanostructures designed to have un [...]

The design and synthesis of porous carbons for CO₂ adsorption have attracted tremendous interest owing to the ever-soaring concerns regarding climate change an [...]

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as promising atmospheric water harvesters, offering a potential solution to the pressing global issue of water scarcity, w [...]

Mechanical systems have emerged as a compelling platform for applications in quantum information, leveraging advances in the control of phonons, the quanta of mechanical [...]

The ever-increasing demand for electric-vehicle and grid-storage markets necessitates advances in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with higher energy density and longer cycli [...]

Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are the two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), driven by complex interactions among genetic, environmental, [...]

Arrays of atomic emitters have proven to be a promising platform to manipulate and engineer optical properties, due to their efficient cooperative response to near-resona [...]

Adaptivity is a dynamical feature that is omnipresent in nature, socio-economics, and technology. For example, adaptive couplings appear in various real-world systems, su [...]

Water is a critical component in polyelectrolyte anion exchange membranes (AEMs). It plays a central role in ion transport in electrochemical systems. Gaining a better un [...]