🚨 New Publication Alert! 🚨 This work explores how nanotechnology—specifically fluorescent silica nanoparticles—can be used to enhance soybean seed priming, a step forward for nano-enabled agriculture published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org 🌱🔬 #UMNProud 🔗 Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

The Haynes group recently received a patent for their groundbreaking novel nanoparticle research that aims to fight global food insecurity. We're #UMNProud of this powerful research progress! #DriventoDiscover 🍉 cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ha...

Haynes group patents new method to fight global food insecurity

Story by Timmy Nguyen and Melanie LexMINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (2/14/2024) – Novel nanoparticle research from the Haynes group aims to fight global food insecurity by boosting the defenses of food-produc...

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Happy Valentine’s Day from the Haynes Group! Here's a TEM image of gold nanorods surrounded by mesoporous silica nanoparticles by Haynes Alumni! Card made by Timmy Nguyen! #UMNProud #UMNDriven #HaynesGroup #ChemistryofLove

The story about our most recent patent was highlighted by @umnchemistry.bsky.social! Current graduate student Timmy Nguyen contributed to this piece and the corresponding figure! Read about it here: cse.umn.edu/chem/news/ha...

Haynes group patents new method to fight global food insecurity

Story by Timmy Nguyen and Melanie LexMINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (2/14/2024) – Novel nanoparticle research from the Haynes group aims to fight global food insecurity by boosting the defenses of food-produc...

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Check out this new perspective article published in the Journal of Mass Spectrometry by Tian (Autumn) Qiu who is a former graduate student and current @msuchem.bsky.social Assistant Professor! analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Spatial Toxicology Research

The spatial information of xenobiotics distribution, metabolism, and toxicity mechanisms in situ has drawn increasing attention in both pharmaceutical and environmental toxicology research to aid dru...

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Cheng-Hsin's recent patent application served as a basis for for the 3rd place winners of MN Crucible Prize competition who pitched her nanoparticles as "Innovative Elements" for #PFAS remediation. Congrats to the winners + Cheng-Hsin! Read about the patent here: patents.google.com/patent/US202...

We are excited to welcome @sumanlata007.bsky.social to our group! Suman has a Bachelor's from Indian Institute of Guwahati, a Master's in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee, and worked as an engineer at Carin Oil and Gas before joining UMN! She will be working on PFAS remediation while in the Haynes group!

Riley and @clh731.bsky.social contributed to our latest collaborative paper led by Prof. Azam Noori from Merrimack College titled "Phytotoxicity and phytoremediation potential of Lemna minor exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid" published in Frontiers of Plant Sciences! #PFAS #phytoremediation

New review article out in Chemical Society Reviews @roysocchem.bsky.social featuring @clh731.bsky.social + many co-authors providing a historical perspective on Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy! #SERS @umnchemistry.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a half-century historical perspective

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has evolved significantly over fifty years into a powerful analytical technique. This review aims to achieve five main goals. (1) Providing a comprehensive h...

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My favorite #ChemistryDepartment has joined Bluesky - you should all follow @umnchemistry.bsky.social to hear about our #CuttingEdgeScience and the people who do and teach it #UMNProud

We hope our #chemsky community has a restful holiday season!

Couldn't be prouder to see University of Minnesota with HALF of the 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Awardees - congratulations to Profs. Jessica Lamb (@ewerpointe.bsky.social) and Michelle Calabrese on this well-deserved recognition! #UMNProud

New drone photos of our University of Minnesota Department of Chemistry Teaching Building in progress, side-by-side with the original renderings. It is coming along and looking beautiful (even with the #IcyMississippi in the foreground). #UMNProud #Fall2025

Podemos crear hermosos diseños con crochet ...y también lo podemos utilizar para entender los fractales y los copos de nieve! ¡Lee nuestro nuevo blog en donde te explicamos cómo! nano-sostenible.com/2024/12/16/c...

¿Cómo se puede utilizar el crochet para modelar la nanociencia?

Originalmente publicado en inglésPublicado el 11 de abril del 2024Traducido por Regina González Lona,Editado por Wilanyi R. Alvarez Reyes y Lissett G. Diaz ¿Qué tienen que ver las nanopartículas de…

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Some nanospheres making #SciArt to brighten up your feed ✨ #chemsky #nanosky #SERS

@clh731.bsky.social kicking off our department’s biannual Strengthening Climate event yesterday! The topic was on Effective Strategies for Engaging Everyday Conflict led by Julie Showers!

I love working at UMN and living in the Twin Cities. The #QualityOfLife is high, and the #CherryOnTop for this academic is that the airport and the number of direct flights are amazing - fully supported by a recent study published in Forbes, ranking #MSP as the best mega airport in the US

New blog post! Colors of the Aurora Borealis: Nature’s Spectroscopic Spectacle by CSN Director Bob Hamers: sustainable-nano.com/2024/12/06/c... #chemsky

Colors of the Aurora Borealis: Nature’s Spectroscopic Spectacle

Millions of people across the US recently got their first view of the Aurora Borealis, or “Northern Lights”, as the night sky turned a rainbow of unusual colors. When I mentioned the aurora in my l…

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So excited to welcome a new graduate student to the @hayneschemlab.bsky.social - looking forward to collaborating on some exciting chemistry in the coming years! #UMNProud

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Hey #chemsky, meet our new first year, Yu (Cheryl) Chen, who has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Guangdong University and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Northeastern University! Her thesis work will focus on developing silica nanoparticles for agriculture! #nanosky

Hey #chemsky, meet our new first year, Yu (Cheryl) Chen, who has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Guangdong University and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Northeastern University! Her thesis work will focus on developing silica nanoparticles for agriculture! #nanosky

My research group is now on Bluesky, too - follow @hayneschemlab.bsky.social for exciting research updates in #Nanomaterials, #AnalyticalChemistry, #ScienceOutreach, #ScienceCommunication, and more. #UMNProud!

Haynes Group@hayneschemlab.bsky.social · 2y ago

S/o to our first follower (maybe our most important one)! We are excited to be on Bluesky to share our science and outreach with the #chemsky and #nanosky communities! Follow for more updates!

On Thanksgiving weekend in the US, I'm feeling grateful for this amazing crew of chemists. #UMNProud #ItTakesATeam

Our former summer researcher, Chinny, wrote a blog post about her project that also includes a fun #sciart component (scroll to the end)! #chemsky #nanosky #scicomm #pfas sustainable-nano.com/2024/11/14/c...

Carbon Dots and Duckweed: An Artistic Journey

When I received my acceptance to the CSN Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program last spring, I was so excited for the opportunity to immerse myself in a whole new field of chemistr…

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S/o to our first follower (maybe our most important one)! We are excited to be on Bluesky to share our science and outreach with the #chemsky and #nanosky communities! Follow for more updates!