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Journal "Nature Communications" Features Research by Penn Faculty & VIPER Students
December 4, 2015
VIPER students Drew Lilley (Class of '17) and Eric Lu (Class of '16), as part of a study led by Penn Prof. Igor Bargatin, have published research on ultralight shape-recovering metamaterials in the journal Nature Communications. Read more here.
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Research by VIPER's Connor Lippincott and his mentor Eric Schelter of Penn Chemistry published in Chemistry-A European Journal
November 9, 2015
Research by VIPER senior Connor Lippincott, Class of 2016, conducted with his research mentor, Prof. Eric Schelter of Penn Chemistry, has been published in Chemistry-A European Journal. See more here.
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Research by VIPER's David Lim and Prof. Andrew Rappe published in Applied Physics Letters
October 15, 2015
David Lim, a senior in VIPER, and his mentor, VIPER Faculty Co-Director Andrew Rappe, Prof. of Chemistry, have published their research on the electronic phase transition in quadruple perovskite films in the journal Applied Physics Letters. Read more here.
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Research by VIPER's Carol Wang to be Published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
August 6, 2015
VIPER's Carol Wang has contributed to research accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, as part of Penn Prof. Patrick Walsh's group in Chemistry. Their work has revealed how a type of highly reactive organic molecule (a sulfenate anion) is capable of being used as a catalyst for cross-coupling reactions. See more here.
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Press Release on Penn Prof. and VIPER Mentor Eric Schelter: Pioneering Research in Rare-Earth Magnet Recycling
June 18, 2015
Penn Communications has issued a press release featuring pathbreaking new research by Eric Schelter, Penn Professor of Chemistry and VIPER mentor, into the recycling of rare-earth magnets. VIPER student Connor Lippincott conducts research in the Schelter group, which recently marked the publication of findings in Angewandte Chemie (International Edition). Read more here.
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"SAS Frontiers" Features VIPER's Alan Dai, Spotlights His DuPont Research
June 12, 2015
This month's edition of Penn's "SAS Frontiers" features VIPER's Alan Dai, spotlighting his summer research at DuPont in Newark, Delaware. Dai, a 2015 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Scholar, is learning to improve the manufacturing process of agricultural materials. Read more here.
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VIPER's Connor Lippincott, Class of 2016, Published as Co-Author in Journal "Angewandte Chemie"
May 27, 2015
VIPER student Connor Lippincott co-authored a paper with his research mentor, Prof. Eric Schelter of Penn Chemistry, that has been published in Angewandte Chemie, a top chemistry journal. The paper explores a method for separating rare-earth elements, which has implications for the recycling of consumer materials. Read more here.
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VIPER Student Alan Dai Named 2015 SCI Scholar
April 17, 2015
Alan Dai, a VIPER Class of 2016 student with majors in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and whose research has investigated rare earths for clean energy applications, has been named a 2015 SCI (Society of Chemical Industry) Scholar. Read more about this prestigious award here.
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Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine: VIPER's Scientists-In-Training
February 11, 2015
The first goal for most aspiring scientists and engineers is developing a research path—not creating a proposal to pitch to a room full of people. That’s where the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) differs. Read more here.
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Researchers at Penn, Berkeley and Illinois Use Oxides to Flip Graphene Conductivity
February 2, 2015
Prof. of Chemistry Andrew Rappe, Faculty Co-Director for VIPER, has helped show a new way to "dope” graphene, a process necessary for making the 2-D material useful in semiconductor devices. You can read more here.