This is Moji’s first summer research and she is investigating the fluorescence in polymeric carbon dots. After synthesizing PCDs from citric acid and urea, she made an unexpected discovery during the purification process of dialysis. The dialysis solution was supposed to be only waste products but turned out to be also fluorescent like the original...
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Ann-Lee has now entered her second year of research. This past month has gone smoothly, and she has definitely enhanced her analytical chemistry skills. From calibration curves to DNA attachment, you can say her results have an R^2 value of 0.999! She’s excited to wrap up this summer with getting final IR results to determine how certain factors can...
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Rob is starting his first summer of research, rising to the challenge and learning new things. So far, his work is focused on synthesizing and analyzing tiopronin gold nanoparticles, attaching different molecules to the surface to enhance their properties and changing their charge. So far he has faced the unique challenge of working almost exclusively out...
Read MoreThe change in seasons marks the end of Lana’s sophomore school year and the start of her second summer of full-time research. Although the weather outside hasn’t fully caught up to the summer memo yet, Lana has already been diving headfirst into her research. In only the first few weeks, she has been switching up various aspects of her experiments, trying...
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Georgia is beginning her final summer of research, which feels especially bittersweet as she reflects on everything she has accomplished in the lab. The GRAB Lab’s most recent paper, featuring the work she has contributed over the past two years, is currently under review, while she has already moved on to developing the next origami project. Currently,...
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Summer is here and research is back! It feels good to put the school year behind us and to focus firmly on the experiments ahead. We have a great group of experienced returning researchers along with some new additions to the group. Welcome to Georgia, Lana, Ann-Lee, Rob, and Moji! We are going to make a great team this summer. We started the summer offer...
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