2024

Jul Light-driven C-H activation by 2D materials (Nature Communications 2024) was featured by UT CSE News; EurekAlert!; Phys.org; Nanowerk; MSN; YouTube; SciTechDaily; Mirage News; Environmental News Network; Tech Explorist; Interesting Engineering; Innovazione; Innovations Report; Lab Manager; Design, Products & Applications Magazine; Wonderful Engineering; Novus Light; ZAP; AZoOptics; Basic Thinking; HackDay; NewsBeezer; Enerzine; DOE Office of Science; DOE Twitter; etc. as How Lasers and 2D Materials Could Solve the World's Plastic Problem. Also in 

Optics & Photonics News:  Using Light to Break Down Plastics

Anthropocene Magazine: The next chapter in plastic recycling could be laser focused

Earth. com: Lasers may completely transform the future of plastic recycling

Optics.org: Lasers and 2D materials adapted to fight global plastic threat

The Science Times: Plastics Waste Management Revolutionized As Texas Engineers Use Lasers, 2D Materials for Sustainable Recycling

Electro Optics: Innovative photonic approach may help to break down plastic waste

Futurity: Laser Blasts Could Solve the World's Plastic Problem

Knowridge: Scientists turn plastic waste into treasure with lasers and 2D materials 

2023

Oct Jingang was selected as one of the 2023 Mechanical Engineering Rising Stars, an annual workshop hosted by UC Berkeley, Stanford, and MIT.  

Feb Ultrafast optical nanoscopy (Nano Letters 2023) was featured by Berkeley Engineering as "an innovative tool for measuring electron dynamics in semiconductors". Also see DOE Office of Science; DOE Twitter; Phys.org; Nanowerk; Photonics.com; American Ceramic Society; The Science Times; Tech Explorist; Nanotechnology Now; Nanotechnology World; etc. 

2022

Dec Jingang contributed to the ACS Diversity & Inclusion Cover Art Series and shared his journey as a first-generation student in Nano Letters.

Sep Jingang was featured in two interviews with AZoNano for his work on "Optical Nanomotor Drives Future Innovations in Tiny Power Sources" and "Opto-refrigerative tweezers".

Aug Jingang received the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad. (UT TMI News)

Aug Tunable strong light-matter coupling (Advanced Materials 2022) was featured as a Frontispiece.

Jul Jingang was featured in an interview with MIT Technology Review China for his innovation in new optical manipulation techniques. Also see Sohu; 163.com; Zhihu; WeChat; Sina; Weibo; Tencent; Zaker; Jasve; etc.

Jul Optical nanomotors on solid substrates (ACS Nano 2022) was featured by UT CSE News; TMI News; EurekAlert!; Nanowerk; Mirage News; Phys.org; True Virtual News; Whats New; Swift Telecast; SciTech Daily; Today UK News; Verve Times; Head Topics; Industry Update; StatNano; News Break; Knowledia; My Droll; Samachar Central; TechCodex; Madrid; Inovacao Tecnologica; Noticias de la Ciencia; etc. as Tiny Motors Take a Big Step Forward. Also in

Tech Times: First-Ever Solid-State Optical Nanomotor is Here To Power Various Things

Optics & Photonics News: First Solid-State Light-Driven Nanomotors

Photonics.com: Light-Powered Nanomotors Perform as Ultrasmall Energy Converters

Smart 2.0: Optical nanomotor goes solid state 

The Daily Texan: UT researchers create tiny, light-driven motor

Tech Briefs: Tiny Motors to Power a Network of Nanomachines

Jan Heat-mediated optical manipulation (Chemical Reviews 2022) was selected as a Supplementary Journal Cover Article.

Jan Opto-refrigerative tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured in UT TMI Newsletter and 2022 Texas Mechanical Engineer

2021

Dec Jingang successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations to Dr. Li!

Dec Jingang received the MRS Graduate Student Award from Materials Research Society. (MRS website; UT TMI News)

Jun Opto-refrigerative tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured by a number of media, including:

UT News:  Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat;

Eurekalert!: Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat;

Nanowerk: Opto-refrigerative tweezers can dynamically manipulate objects at a laser-generated cold spot;

Optics.org: Laser cooling takes the heat out of optical tweezers;

AzoOptics: New Optical Tweezers Prevent Overheating Problems;

SciTechDaily: Optical Tweezer Technology Breakthrough Overcomes Dangers of Heat ;

Photonics.com: Opto-Refrigerative Tweezers Overcome a Hot Problem;

Physics World: Opto-refrigerative tweezers prevent trapped particles from overheating;

Explica: Towards a revolution in optical tweezers.

Mar Optothermally assembled nanostructures (Accounts of Materials Research 2021) was selected as a Supplementary Journal Cover Article.

Jan Tunable chiral metamaterials (Nano Letters 2021) was selected as a Front Cover Article and featured by Nanowerk as 

Nanowerk: Tunable chiral optics suitable for on-chip devices.

2020

Mar Optical manipulation on solid substrates (Nature Communications 2019) was selected as Top 50 Physics Articles in Nature Communications.

Feb Jingang has been selected to receive a University Graduate Continuing Fellowship for 2020-2021, one of the highest honors for graduate students at UT Austin.

2019

Dec Optical manipulation on solid substrates (Nature Communications 2019) was featured by Nanowerk as

Nanowerk: The first optical nanomanipulators on solid substrates.

Dec Jingang has been awarded the 2019 Ben Streetman Prize, an annual university-wide award for outstanding research in electronic and photonic materials and devices. (UT TMI News) 

2018

Aug Opto-thermophoretic manipulation (ACS Applied Nano Materials 2018) was featured as a Front Cover Article.

Aug Opto-thermoplasmonic nanolithography (Advanced Functional Materials 2018) was selected as a Back Cover Article and featured by Nanowerk as

Nanowerk: Opto-thermoplasmonic patterning of 2D materials.