· Nov. 2007. “Photoluminescence of a freely suspended monolayer of quantum dots encapsulated into layer-by-layer films” by D. Zimnitsky, C. Jiang, J. Xu, Z. Lin, L. Zhang, and V. V. Tsukruk (Langmuir, 23, 10176 (2007)) was highlighted in the November 2007 issue of Photonics Spectra (Suspended in Film and Placed Over Microcavities, Quantum Dots Become Brighter)　

· Nov. 2007. Suck Won Hong had a baby boy on Sunday, Nov. 11. Congrats! [Photo]　

· Nov. 2007. Jun Wang received the prestigious Catron fellowship to support his Quantum Dots Sensitized Nanostructured Solar Cells project. Congrats!　

· Oct. 2007. "Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites via Directly Grafting Conjugated Polymers onto Quantum Dots" by J. Xu, J. Wang, M. Mitchell, P. Mukherjee, M. Jeffries-EL, J. W. Petrich, and Z. Lin appeared in Journal of the American Chemical Society.

· Sept. 2007. Jun Xu defended his Ph.D. thesis. Congrats! [Photo]

· July 2007. Jun Wang 's paper on "Phase separation of PDLC on a chemically patterned substrate " featured on the cover of Langmuir.[Cover Image]

· May 2007. Suck Won Hong passed the prelim. Congratulations!　

· Apr. 2007. "Spontaneous formation of mesoscale polymer patterns in an evaporating bound solution" by S. W. Hong, J. Xia, and Z. Lin appeared in Advanced Materials.　

· Apr. 2007. Jun Xu got married! 　

· Apr. 2007. Jun Wang passed the prelim. Congratulations!　

· Apr. 2007. Matthew Goodman received the Micron Technology, Inc. Scholarship. Congratulations!　

· Apr. 2007. Jun Xu received The Rohit Trivedi Award for the best MSE graduate student paper. Congratulations!　

· Apr. 2007. Dr. Zhiqun Lin received the MSE Excellence in Teaching Award. 　

· Mar. 2007. Jun Wang 's polarized optical micrograph on "phase separation of polymer dispersed liquid crystals on a chemically patterned substrate" was selected as a finalist in the Science as Art competition at the 2007 Spring Materials Research Society meeting in San Francisco, CA.　

· Mar. 2007. Jun Xu, Suck Won Hong, Jun Wang presented their research work at the March 2007 American Physical Society Meeting in Denver, CO [Pictures].　

· Jan. 2007. "Evaporation-induced self-assembly of nanoparticles from a sphere-on-flat geometry" by J. Xu, J. Xia, and Z. Lin appeared in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 　

· Dec. 2006. "Template assisted formation of gradient concentric gold rings" by S. W. Hong, J. Xu, and Z. Lin appeared in Nano Letters.　

· Oct. 2006. Jun Xu passed the prelim. Congratulations! 　

· Oct. 2006. "Quantum dots confined in nanoporous alumina membranes" published in Applied Physics Letters 89 , 133110 (2006) was selected for the October 9, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology , volume 14 , issue 15. >>> 　

· Aug. 2006. Myunghwan Byun joined in our group. Welcome!　

· Jun. 2006. Suck Won Hong got married. [Picture] 　

· Mar. 2006. The Lin research group was featured in the College of Engineering website. [More] 

· Feb. 2006. "Self-assembly of gradient concentric rings via solvent evaporation from a capillary bridge" by J. Xu, J. Xia, S.W. Hong, Z. Lin, F. Qiu, and Y. Yang appeared in Physical Review Letters.  　

· Feb. 2006. Our work published in Physical Review Letters was highlighted in the College of Engineering E-News. 

· Feb. 2006. "Self-Assembly of Gradient Concentric Rings via Solvent Evaporation from a Capillary Bridge" published in Physical Review Letters 96,066104 (2006), was selected for the February 27, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, volume 13, issue 8. >>>

· Jan. 2006. Jun Xu received the prestigious Catron fellowship through IPRT@ ISU. Congratulations!　

· Jan. 2006. Dr. Zhiqun Lin received the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.