The QS World University Rankings 2014 placed UCLA 10th in the subject of chemistry. The SJTU Academic Ranking of World Universities also released their 2014 rankings and placed UCLA 12th in the world and 9th in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.   The QS World University rankings considers over 2,000 and evaluates over 700 universities in […]

Professor Richard Kaner’s research on graphene-based supercapacitors was featured on Nasdaq.com. Graphene, a nano-scale wonder material, is one of the hottest areas of materials science research. Discovered in 2004 by two Russian emigre scientists, Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov at the University of Manchester, graphene’s revolutionary physical properties won the two scientists the 2010 Nobel […]

Professor James Liao has been named to Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, the preeminent academic institution in the Republic of China. Liao was one of 18 new academicians and two new honorary academicians that the academy announced on July 4 at its biennial convention. Liao, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the chair of the chemical and […]

Professors Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Neil Garg, and Paul Weiss have been selected for the ACS 2015 National Awards. Arthur C. Cope Scholar AwardsProfessors Garcia-Garibay and Garg have been selected for the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards.  The Cope Scholar Awards recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. It was established in 1984 by the ACS Board […]

Xiangfeng Duan and colleagues have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special graphene material to significantly boost the energy density of electrochemical capacitors. The material, called a holey graphene framework, has a three-dimensional, perforated structure characterized by tiny holes; it not only increases energy density (the amount of […]

Professor Louis Bouchard and colleagues have developed nanodiamonds (ND) which can be used to perform fully correlated optical and electron microscopy. Invention: Universal Bio Diagnostic, Drug Delivery Device & Marker for Correlated Optical & Electron Microscopy Innovation:  Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Chemistry have developed nanodiamonds (ND) which can be used to perform fully correlated […]

A photo collage from the 2014 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony is now available for viewing online. The 2014 UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Commencement Ceremony produced many memorable images as new graduates celebrated the special day with their family, friends, and members of the department. Select photos from the event are […]

Prof. Jim Gimzewski was recently featured on the radio program Pulse of the Planet (presented by the National Science Foundation), where he described the use of atomic force microscopes to listen to the sounds made by a single cell. About the show: Each weekday, Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portrait of […]