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Chen team publishes nanoparticle patterning breakthrough in Nature
- MatSE News
- October 15, 2025
Coming full circle: Hoffmann named I-MRSEC director
- MatSE News
- October 15, 2025
Statt involved in NSF project advancing chip manufacturing
- MatSE News
- October 9, 2025
Leal contributes biomembrane expertise to $2M national project
- MatSE News
- October 3, 2025
Tailoring optical properties of polymers leads to enhanced biosensing
- MatSE News
- October 1, 2025
Faculty wins DARPA award for quantum computing breakthrough
- MatSE News
- September 24, 2025
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Illinois materials researchers are pioneering the crystals, semiconductors and quantum materials that will power tomorrow's computing breakthroughs.
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Innovation means impact as our materials researchers collaborate to address critical challenges. We engineer materials that save lives, build stronger infrastructure and power breakthrough technologies.
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Elite research infrastructure empowers our materials scientists to push boundaries and redefine possibilities. Students and faculty access premier characterization and fabrication tools that accelerate discovery and innovation.
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