Research news
How intelligent is artificial intelligence?
It may often remain unclear, whether the AI’s decision making behavior is truly ‘intelligent’ or whether the procedures are just averagely successful.
SUTD researchers developed new methods to create microfluidic devices with fluoropolymers
A research team from the SUTD developed a simple method to fabricate microchannels using fluoropolymers.
SUTD researchers developed customizable microfluidic nozzles…
Researchers from the SUTD developed a modular approach to fabricate microfluidic axisymmetric droplet generators with distinct modules of 3D printed fittings, needles and tubes.
NTU and SUTD researchers discover asymmetric chemical reaction with intriguing reaction pathways
In essence, this work communicates a new synthetic ‘tool’ for chemists which operates in an unconventional and intriguing manner, paving the way for the design of other asymmetric reactions based on halogen-bonding interactions.
Multimaterial 3D printing used to develop fast response stiffness-tunable soft actuator
Researchers from the SUTD and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) proposed a paradigm to use finite-element simulations and hybrid multimaterial 3D printing to design and manufacture fast-response, stiffness-tunable (FRST) soft actuators which are able to complete a softening-stiffening cycle within 32 seconds.
Holographic color printing for optical security
Unlike regular diffractive optical elements that have a frosted-glass appearance and projects only single images, these new holographic colour prints can be a stronger deterrent to counterfeiters while looking pretty at the same time.
Researchers resolve a major mystery in 2D material electronics
SUTD researchers have discovered a one-size-fits-all master equation that shall pave the way towards better design of 2D material electronics.
Enantioselective 1,2-Anionotropic Rearrangement of Acylsilane through a Bisguanidinium Silicate Ion Pair
Researchers from NTU (Prof. Choon-Hong Tan) and SUTD (Dr. Richmond Lee) have published a collaborative work on the high impact Journal of American Chemical Society. The work centers on asymmetric acylsilane rearrangement by a bisguanidine ion-pair catalyst. Experiments were first carried out by the NTU lab and computational studies followed in SUTD. Importantly, this paper offers a major step forward in asymmetric silicon chemistry and understanding of its reaction mechanism.
For the full article, please refer to https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.7b13056
Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Phenolate–Oxazoline Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Studies in Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarene
Combined experimental and theoretical studies on a half-sandwich ruthenium catalyst’s reactivity were carried out by our cluster’s faculty fellow Dr. Richmond Lee and his long-standing collaborator Prof. Weiguo Jia from the Anhui Normal University, China. This paper examines the role of the catalyst class towards transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes to anilines which is very relevant to chemical industries. Mechanistic insights gained with theoretical studies could further strengthen the design of more efficient catalysts which is the ultimate aim of Richmond’s research goals here at SUTD. This is his first work as a corresponding author in SUTD published in a major peer-reviewed journal in the field of organometallics.
Breaking the Speed Limits of Phase-Change Memory
The Loke group is very humbled to receive a Web of Science Index’s “Highly Cited Paper” honor for our lab’s effort to make Big Data more accessible for everyone.
