Who we are
The people behind the lab
A multidisciplinary group of chemists, materials scientists, and engineers investigating how molecular crystals move, sense, and adapt.
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Who we are
A multidisciplinary group of chemists, materials scientists, and engineers investigating how molecular crystals move, sense, and adapt.
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Postdoctoral Associate
Marieh designs organic crystals that harvest mechanical energy or actuate under light and heat. Her work also tackles vaccine stabilization and cholesterol crystallization.
Smart materials, self-healing crystals, actuating perovskites, optoelectronic organic crystals
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Bioinspired thermal stabilization of vaccines.
Cryogenically Self-Healing Organic Crystals
Ding, Chengde; Tang, Baolei; Zhou, Yuxing; Jin, Bowen; Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Li, Liang; Naumov, Panče; Zhang, Hongyu
Unveiling the Origins of Toughness in Corymbia calophylla (Marri Tree) Nuts
Awad, Wegood M.; Dalaq, Ahmed S.; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Weston, James; Daqaq, Mohammed; Naumov, Panče
Aeolian Sediment Lithification from Late-stage Aqueous Activity in Gale Crater, Mars: Implications for Habitability
Krishnamoorthi, Vigneshwaran; Atri, Dimitra; Weston, James; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Naumov, Panče
Hollow Hydrogels for Excellent Aerial Water Collection and Autonomous Release
Liang, Shumin; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Chen, Tao; Naumov, Panče*; Zhang, Lidong*
Supramolecular Assembly and Disassembly of Chitosan for Efficiently Antibacterial Lubricous and Biodegradable Hydrogel Urinary Catheters
Guo, Yicheng; He, Qitong; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Chen, Tao*; Naumov, Panče*; Zhang, Lidong*
Self-Healing Crystals
Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Naumov, Panče*
Hybrid and Composite Materials of Organic Crystals
Yang, Xuesong; Al-Handawi, Marieh; Li, Liang; Naumov, Panče*; Zhang, Hongyu*
A Thermosalient and Mechanically Compliant Organic Crystalline Optical Waveguide Switcher
Di, Qi; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Li, Liang; Naumov, Panče*; Zhang, Hongyu*
Bending, Twisting, and Propulsion of Photoreactive Crystals by Controlled Gas Release
Yu, Chunjiao; Jiang, Xiaofan; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Naumov, Panče; Li, Liang; Yu, Qi; Wang, Guoming
Ferroelastic Control of the Multicolor Emission from a Triply Doped Organic Crystal
Commins, Patrick; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Deger, Caner; Polavaram, Srujana; Yavuz, Ilhan; Rezgui, Rachid; Li, Liang; Houk, K. N.*; Naumov, Panče*