College of Chemistry

Scientists uncover a process that stands in the way of making quantum dots brighter

March 26, 2021
Glennda Chui | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Bright semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots give QLED TV screens their vibrant colors. But attempts to increase the intensity of that light generate heat instead, reducing the dots’ light-producing efficiency. A new study explains why.

Ashok Ajoy announced as a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

June 7, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
CIFAR has named Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ashok Ajoy a 2022 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the Quantum Information Science program.

Why you should stay single: The scientific benefits of using a single photon

October 8, 2020
Kaydren Orcutt |QB3 Berkeley
The scientists in Graham Fleming’s lab at UC Berkeley are used to asking – and answering – difficult questions, usually by creating new and complicated techniques.

An electronic crystal turned flat

February 18, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
In an exciting new study in Nature Communications, a global team co-led by UC Berkeley professor Michael Zuerch, Shanghai Jiao Tong University professors Dao Xiang and Jie Zhang, and UC Los Angeles professor Anshul Kogar, have discovered unexpected phenomenon in an electronic analogue of ice crystals.

Michael Zuerch receives award for quantum electronic and optics research

June 23, 2021
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
The College of Chemistry is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Chemistry Michael Zuerch has been awarded the 2021 Fresnel Prize for Fundamental Aspects for outstanding contributions to the field of ultrafast condensed-matter science and for the application of linear and nonlinear X-ray spectroscopies to the investigation of quantum phenomena.

The search for a nonflammable lithium battery technology

April 26, 2023
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release
In a new study recently published in Nature Materials, an international research team, led by Professor of Chemistry Michael Zuerch, focuses on studying Lithium Lanthanum Titanium Oxide (LLTO), which is a promising candidate material for solid-state electrolytes.

The College welcomes new faculty member Ashok Ajoy

September 24, 2020
by Marge d'Wylde | College of Chemistry
We are really delighted to welcome Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ashok Ajoy to the College of Chemistry.

New $115 Million Quantum Systems Accelerator to Pioneer Quantum Technologies for Discovery Science

August 26, 2020
by Dan Krotz | Berkeley Lab
The DOE has awarded $115 million over five years to the Quantum Systems Accelerator (QSA), a new research center led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) that will forge the technological solutions needed to harness quantum information science for discoveries that benefit the world.

Chemistry alum Rebecca Abergel joins nuclear engineering faculty

September 18, 2018
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley

Rebecca Abergel

Name: Rebecca Abergel
Discipline: Nuclear engineering
Degrees: Ph.D. in chemistry from UC Berkeley, 2006; B.Sc. from Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris, 2002

Research interests:...

Artificial proteins have a firm grasp on heavy metals

December 27, 2019
Theresa Duque | Berkeley Lab

Science illustration

Illustration of peptoid combinations. Each of the metal-binding monomers is represented as a red or blue “claw.” Credit: Rebecca Abergel/Berkeley Lab

A team of researchers at Berkeley Lab, led by alumna Rebecca Abergel, have developed a library of artificial proteins or “...