💡 Making light think! Chemical tuning of light-emitting transistors enables brain-inspired devices for display, computing, and noise filtering. The future of “see, compute, decide” technology is looking bright! 🧠 🔗 pubs.acs.org/jacsat/artic...

⚽️ Fullerene goes beyond the sphere! A covalent C₆₀ network harnesses topology for high-density Na⁺ storage and fast NaCl/Cl₂ conversion in Na-ion batteries. A new path for high-performance energy storage via de novo carbon engineering! 🔋 🔗 doi.org/10.1021/acsn...

🎓 Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the ECIS-Syensqo Award 2026! 🧪 This prestigious distinction recognises his pioneering research at the crossroads of chemistry, materials science, and nanotechnology, and his major impact on colloid and interface science

🚀 HYPERSONIC Newsletter #3 is out! From materials to devices, discover: 1️⃣ Printing process optimisation 2️⃣ Device fabrication & testing 3️⃣ Impact & applications 4️⃣ Imaging junctions in 2D semiconductor nanosheet networks 5️⃣ Why it matters 📥 Download: seafile.unistra.fr/f/85451072a8...

🧠 When polymer and 2D materials work together, memory gets a massive upgrade! We paired flexible polymers with 2D nanosheets to create a hybrid film that holds data better with less power. A new class of faster, multi-functional memory transistors! ⚡️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/advs...

🤸 Imagine molecules doing gymnastics under UV light, and remembering the pose! Our new COF-on-MoS₂ devices use reversible molecular shape-shifting to switch and store electronic states using light alone. No voltage required, no data forgotten! 🌈 📄 doi.org/10.1002/anie...

🎓 Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the China-France Chemistry Lectureship Award 2026! 🤝🇨🇳🇫🇷 A prestigious recognition celebrating outstanding contributions to chemical sciences and international collaboration between China and France @ccschemistry.bsky.social @reseauscf.bsky.social

🚀 HYPERSONIC Newsletter #2: Progress & Highlights is out! In this issue, we explore: 1️⃣ Bridging the Gap 2️⃣ The Power of Microscopy 3️⃣ Impact & Applications 4️⃣ Understanding Nanosheet Networks 5️⃣ Why HYPERSONIC Matters 📥 Grab your copy now: seafile.unistra.fr/f/a9d7b4d1cf...

🤖 Is AI-generated peer review enough? Not even close! High-impact science relies on your unique human expertise, critical thinking, and judgment. This ACS Nano editorial reminds us why the human element is the backbone of research integrity 🧠 🔗 doi.org/10.1021/acsn...

🔥 Heating speed shapes graphene oxide! Fast ramps → amorphous-like 2D carbon. Slow ramps → ordered, stacked layers with restored in-plane structure. Control the kinetics, control the properties! 🚀 🔗 Open access in Carbon: doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...

🙌 We’re thrilled to welcome Alessia Russo, joining us as a Master 2 Student from the University of Salento! 👩‍🔬🇮🇹 in 🇫🇷 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

🙌 The team keeps growing! Welcome Giovanni Giglio, Erasmus+ Master 2 Student from the University of Florence 👨‍🔬🇮🇹 in 🇫🇷 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

We warmly welcome Jung-Hua Lin @jhlin39.bsky.social, who joins the group as a CSC Graduate School Master 2 Student! 👨‍🔬🇹🇼 in 🇫🇷 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

🎓 Today at KU Leuven, Prof. Paolo Samorì will deliver his inaugural lecture as the 2025–2026 Francqui Chair in Exact Sciences! 🔬✨ 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social #nano #chemistry #materials #research #science #technology #engineering #innovation

🌈 Thrilled to have contributed to a new Consensus Statement in @natphoton.nature.com, laying out community guidelines for accurate characterization, reporting, and benchmarking of emerging semiconductor photodetectors – and it made the front cover! 🧭 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

⚡️ Cracking methane to ethanol! A machine learning-guided Mo–Cu dual-site cascade catalyst delivers ultra high alcohol selectivity at practical current, turning a greenhouse gas into fuel ♻️ Kicking off 2026 with a leap for sustainable electrocatalysis! 🌍 doi.org/10.1039/d5ee...

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Giuseppe Misia, PhD in Nanotechnology from the University of Trieste, who has just joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher! 🙌👨‍🔬🇮🇹 in 🇫🇷 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social 💰🇪🇺 @ec.europa.eu

🧬 Big leap in biosensing! Our new study shows graphene nanodots can spot membrane proteins at ultra-low levels – stable, fast, and super-sensitive 🔬 Tiny dots, huge impact for drug discovery and diagnostics! 🚀 👉 doi.org/10.1021/acs....

💡 How do you make light work harder? By controlling charge flow at the nanoscale! ⚡ Our 2D V₄C₃Tx/g-C₃N₄ heterostructure doubles carrier lifetime and boosts photosensitivity to white and UV light – powering the future of optoelectronics! 🚀 👉 doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

💡 Turning defects into design! We’ve developed a toposelective way to decorate 2D transition metal dichalcogenides with noble metal nanoparticles 💎 By exploiting defects, we unlock new hybrid materials for sensing, catalysis & electronics 🚀 Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1002/adma...

🌈 No UV needed! Our new thin-film transistor switches states using only low-power visible light ☀️ Combining quantum dots and photochromic molecules for smarter, longer-lasting optoelectronics! 🚀 doi.org/10.1002/adom...

A MoS₂–Prussian Blue nanosystem turns light ☀️ and chemistry 🧪 into a cancer-fighting duo – boosting reactive oxygen species to damage mitochondria and trigger ferroptosis! 🧬 doi.org/10.1016/j.ac...

Big cheers for our newest Visiting Master Student, Wen Xu from Shanghai University! 🙌👩‍🔬🇨🇳 in 🇫🇷 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

Welcome Yingying Xu and Shulei Zhang from Jilin University 🎉 Thrilled to have you in the lab as Visiting PhD Students! 🙌👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🇨🇳 in 🇫🇷 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

A warm welcome to Mónica Andrea Paz Insua, who is spending time with us as a Visiting PhD Student from the University of A Coruña! 🙌👩‍🔬🇪🇸 in 🇫🇷 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Mohamed Soliman, PhD in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at @ipcmslab.bsky.social, who has just joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher! 🙌👨‍🔬🇪🇬 in 🇫🇷 🏫 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social 💰🇪🇺 @ec.europa.eu

🎉 Huge cheers to Dr. Feng Luo @feng-luo.bsky.social for successfully defending his PhD thesis titled “Wearable Graphene-Based Flexible Piezoresistive Sensors: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Integrated Health Monitoring Systems”! 👏👨‍🔬🇨🇳 in 🇫🇷 Best of luck in the next chapter ahead! 🚀

🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Anna Zhuravlova on successfully defending her PhD thesis “Charge transport engineering in solution-processed two-dimensional MoS2”! 👏 Wishing Anna all the best in her scientific journey – 👩‍🔬🇺🇦 talent shining in 🇫🇷!

We’re excited to welcome Osamah Alharbi as a Visiting PhD Student from KAUST! 🙌👨‍🔬🇸🇦 in 🇫🇷 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social #nano #chemistry #materials #research #science #technology #engineering #innovation #phd #student #kaust #thuwal #saudi #arabia #unistra #cnrs #strasbourg #france

🎉 Big congratulations to pour PhD Students Pietro Tordi and Feng Luo for winning Young Researcher Awards at the E-MRS 2025 Spring Meeting in Strasbourg! 🏆👏 🏫🇫🇷🇮🇹 @unistra.fr @cnrs.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social #unifi