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Our work Opto-Refrigerative Tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured by Optics.org as Laser cooling takes the heat out of optical tweezers (June 2021).

Our work Opto-Refrigerative Tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured by Nanowerk as Opto-refrigerative tweezers can dynamically manipulate objects at a laser-generated cold spot (June 2021).

Our work Opto-Refrigerative Tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured by UT News as Optical Tweezer Technology Tweaked to Overcome Dangers of Heat (June 2021).

Our work Plasmonic Nanotweezers and Nanosensors for Point-of-Care Applications (Advanced Optical Materials 2021) has been selected as a Back Cover Article (May 2021).

Our work Directivity Modulation of Exciton Emission Using Single Dielectric Nanospheres (Advanced Materials 2021) has been selected as an Inside Front Cover Article (April 2021).

Our work Label-Free Ultrasensitive Detection of Abnormal Chiral Metabolites in Diabetes (ACS Nano 2021) as featured by Nanowerk as Ultrasensitive and label-free chirality detection of diabetes-related metabolic molecules (March 2021).

Our work Optothermally Assembled Nanostructures (Accounts of Materials Research 2021) has been selected as a Supplementary Journal Cover Article (March 2021).

Youngsun Kim has been selected to receive a University Graduate Continuing Fellowship for 2021-2022. Congratulations! (March 2021).

Pavana Kollipara has been selected to receive a Graduate Continuing Bruton Fellowship for 2021-2022. Congratulations! (March 2021).

Please join us on March 8, 2021 to explore nanophotonics at Explore UT annual event (March 2021).

Our work Tunable Chiral Optics in All-Solid-Phase Reconfigurable Dielectric Nanostructures (Nano Letters 2021) was featured by Nanowerk as Tunable chiral optics suitable for on-chip devices (February 2021).

Our work Tunable Chiral Optics in All-Solid-Phase Reconfigurable Dielectric Nanostructures (Nano Letters 2021) was featured by x-mol as UT Austin郑跃兵Nano Lett.封面：固相可重构手性超材料 (February 2021).

Our work Decoding Optical Data with Machine Learning (Laser & Photonics Reviews 2021) has been selected as a Back Cover Article (January 2021).

Our work Liquid Opto-Thermoelectrics: Fundamentals and Applications (Langmuir 2021) has been selected as a Front Cover Article (December 2020).

Our work Sensitivity-Enhancing Strategies in Optical Biosensing (Small 2021) has been selected as a Back Cover Article (December 2020).

Our work Tunable Chiral Optics in All-Solid-Phase Reconfigurable Dielectric Nanostructures (Nano Letters 2021) has been selected as a Front Cover Article (December 2020).

Our COVID research was featured by Texas Engineering magazine as Like a Wartime Effort: Texas Engineers Mobile to Battle COVID-19 (November 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Microswimmers (Light: Science & Applications 2020) was featured by SYFY WIRE as Zap! Pow! Laser-Powered Micro-Bots Zoom Through the Body Like Starships in a Video Game (September 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Microswimmers (Light: Science & Applications 2020) was featured by Physics World as Microswimmers benefit from thermoelectric guidance (September 2020).

Our work Deep Convolutional Mixture Density Network for Inverse Design of Layered Photonic Structures (ACS Photonics 2020) was featured by Nanowerk as Applying machine learning to nanophotonic design efforts (September 2020).

Jie Fang has been selected to receive the Jean Bennett Memorial Student Travel Grant to present his work at Frontiers in Optics in recognition of his research excellence. Congratulations! (September 2020).

Our work Deep Convolutional Mixture Density Network for Inverse Design of Layered Photonic Structures (ACS Photonics 2020) will be featured as a Supplementary Cover Article (September 2020).

Our work Atomistic Modeling and Rational Design of Optothermal Tweezers for Targeted Applications (Nano Research 2020) will be featured as a Back Cover Article (September 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Nanotweezers (Nature Photonics 2018) was featured by X-mol as 光热电场中微型泳者的双模式智能操控 (September 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Microswimmers (Light: Science & Applications 2020) was featured by Phys.org (September 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Nanotweezers (Nature Photonics 2018) was featured by 材料科学前沿 as 神操作！一把“镊子”，皆是顶刊！诺奖之后，又有新突破！(September 2020).

Hongru Ding received Cockrell School of Engineering Fellowship Award for 2020-2021. Congratulations! (August 2020).

Zilong Wu has been selected as a Baxter Young Investigator Award recipient. This award program was developed to stimulate and reward research that can be directly used for critical care therapies and the development of medical products that save and sustain patients’ lives. Congratulations! (TMI News) (August 2020).

Yuebing Zheng will be appointed to the William W. Hagerty Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Engineering effective 1 September 2020 (August 2020).

Our work Opto-Thermoelectric Microswimmers (Light: Science & Applications 2020) was featured by Nanowerk as Active optical navigation of individual microswimmers (August 2020).

Our work “Optoelectronic Thinning of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Device Fabrication” by Suichu Huang, Xuezeng Zhao, and Yuebing Zheng won IEEE NANO 2020 Best Poster Award. Congratulations to Suichu! (July 2020).

Our work Enhancing Surface Capture and Sensing of Proteins with Low-Power Optothermal Bubbles in a Biphasic Liquid was featured by Nanowerk as A low-temperature bubble-generating system for enhanced surface capture of proteins (July 2020).

Our work Enhancing Surface Capture and Sensing of Proteins with Low-Power Optothermal Bubbles in a Biphasic Liquid has been selected as Nano Letters Supplementary Journal Cover Article (July 2020).

Jingang Li received Professional Development Award from UT Austin Graduate School to present his work on reconfigurable chiral metamaterials with solid-phase optical nanomanipulations at the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2020. Congratulations! (July 2020).

Youngsun Kim received Professional Development Award from UT Austin Graduate School to present his work on enhancing biosensing with low-power bubbles at the OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2020. Congratulations! (July 2020).

Jie Fang received Professional Development Award from UT Austin Graduate School to present his work on controlling optical emission of 2D materials with dielectric nanoantennas at the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2020. Congratulations! (July 2020).

Our work Biologically Inspired Flexible Photonic Films for Efficient Passive Radiative Cooling (PNAS 2020) was featured by Physics World as Beetle-inspired film reflects 95% of solar radiation (July 2020).

Our work Biologically Inspired Flexible Photonic Films for Efficient Passive Radiative Cooling (PNAS 2020) was featured by PCI Magazine as Longicorn Beetle Inspires Cooling Photonic Film (June 2020).

Our work Biologically Inspired Flexible Photonic Films for Efficient Passive Radiative Cooling (PNAS 2020) was featured by Futurity as Beetles that survive volcanic heat inspire stuff that stays cool (June 2020).

Our work Biologically Inspired Flexible Photonic Films for Efficient Passive Radiative Cooling (PNAS 2020) was featured by Spectrum News as Beetle Inspires Researchers to Develop New Cooling Materials (June 2020).Beetle Inspires Researchers to Develop New Cooling MaterialsBeetle Inspires Researchers to Develop New Cooling MaterialsBeetle Inspires Researchers to Develop New Cooling Materials