NC STATE UNIVERSITY
Orlin D. Velev INVISTA Professor Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
	Research and Academics Essentials
Research group web page Detailed CV (PDF) Short bio (PDF) Scholarly metrics and awards summary List of publications with DOI download links
	Teaching and Outreach
Spring 2013: CHE 465 - Colloidal and Nanoscale Engineering Previous course: CHE 315 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I Course taught during the 2010/11 sabbatical: Colloid Science and Nanoscale Engineering @ TU Berlin Teaching portfolio
	Group Information
Velev Research Group page For postdoctoral applicants Application for graduate study - Chem. Biomol. Engineering
	Personal
My family Town of Cary
	Contact Information
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering EB1, 911 Partners Way (Office 2030) North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7905  E-mail: odvelev@ncsu.edu Phone: (919) 513-4318 Fax: (919) 515-3465
	Useful local links
Faculty in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering College of Engineering North Carolina State University Centennial Campus NCSU Department of Chemistry Information for Graduate Student Applicants
	Professional societies links
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Materials Research Society (MRS) American Chemical Society (ACS) ACS - Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division

	What's New
Directed co-assembly of oppositely charged particles into linear clusters and chains - Sci. Rep. (Nature) paper. Magnetically responsive Pickering foams - JACS paper. Programmable gel-based self-propelling particles - Langmuir paper. I am offering the undergraduate version of my Colloid Science and Nanoscale Engineering course in Spring 2013: Download prospectus. See the web-page of the course I offered in TU-Berlin. We are participants in the Triangle MRSEC on Programmable Assembly of Soft Matter. Here is the press release on the award. A startup company Xanofi was founded on the basis of our patented and patent-pending technologies. Highlighted in NC State Chancellor's Report 2010. I returned from a sabbatical stay at the Technical University - Berlin - hosted by Self-Assembled Soft Matter Nano-Structures IGRTG. Aqueous soft matter based photovoltaic devices - J. Mater. Chem. paper. Featured in more than 100 press releases such as: RSC hot article, ScienceDaily, ACS C&E news, Photonics.com, NC State news release Micro- and Nanoparticle Assembly - The Challenging Path from Science to Engineering - HIGHLY CITED Adv. Mater. review. For more news check out the Velev research group web page
	Recent research highlights
Velev group research overview 2011 - view as image Velev group research overview 2011 - download as PDF For more details check out my graduate student's projects List of publications with DOI links to the journal files Selected recent journal covers 2011 - click to view Field-driven programmed assembly of metallodielectric Janus particles: Dielectrophoretic Assembly - Langmuir paper (2008).   Reversible magnetic assembly - Soft Matter paper (2009). First report of self-propelling Janus particles - Phys. Rev. Lett. paper. NCSU press release about the mobile Janus particles. Remotely powered self-propelling particles and micropumps based on miniature diodes - Nature Materials paper. Highlighted in New Scientist, Science Daily and other media sources. View the supplementary movies for the self-propelling diodes here. Electric field assembly of live cell/particle biocomposites on a chip - Soft Matter paper (2008). Detailed report of programmed biocomposite assembly - Langmuir (2010). Materials of Controlled Shape and Stiffness with Photocurable Microfluidic Endoskeleton - Adv. Mater. (2009). Highlighted in "Advances in Advance". Polyelectrolyte diode made of aqueous ionic gels - JACS paper (2007). Aqueous gel/silica nanofilm diode - Small paper (2010). On-chip micromanipulation and assembly of colloidal particles by electric fields - Soft Matter REVIEW paper (2006)
	Earlier research links and highlights
Assemblies from Microspheres and Nanoparticles in Droplets on a Superhydrophobic Surface - Adv. Mater. paper. Selected press releases: Nature Chemistry, Science Daily, Discovery News, PhysOrg.com, Photonics.com Rapid deposition and long-range alignment of nanocoatings and arrays of electrically conductive wires from tobacco mosaic virus - Small paper (2006) We have pioneered the ways to make the colloidal crystals electrically switchable or rapidly deposit them as large scale coatings Langmuir papers (2004) Earlier nanomaterials results - click image for details Templated Assembly of Colloidal Structures Colloidal Crystallization in 2D and 3D: The Quest for Novel Materials Colloidal Forces, Interactions and Stability: Proteins, Surfactants, Emulsions List of earlier publications with downloadable PDF files
	Earlier press releases and interesting links
We hosted the 82nd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, NCSU, 2008 Resources for undergraduate microfluidics projects Chemists shrink beakers into drops Nature Science Update story from the ACS 2003 meeting Biomedical research tools - Microscopic factory on a chip NCSU Achieve news story Supplementary information for our paper in Nature vol. 294, p. 515 (2003). Researcher Discovers a Way to Wire Electrical Circuits by Self-Assembly NCSU news release Wires grown in liquid may help find toxins Christian Science Monitor NANOTECH AND MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS From Chemical and Engineering News: Chemical Highlights 2001 Microwire paper in Science - Watch the movie of microwire growth 2001 - I have moved to NCSU! Here is a very nice material from the Departmental newsletter UD researchers discover new way to synthesize microstructures UD news release Lab on a Chip? Cheap, disposable UD biosensor uses gold-on-plastic design UD news release "Rainbow metal," similar to opal, suggests light-steering computer parts and catalysts UD news release

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Last partial update December 2012