2019
News Article “Soft double gyroids are unique, but imperfect, crystals” for recently published Nature paper [October 28th, 2019]
Thomas group awarded with Lab Safety Award [September 25th, 2019]
Barbecue Party at Dr.Pavel’s place for his birthday pool party [July 2nd, 2019]
Group meeting with Wenpeng Shan, new postdoc in the group [June 21st, 2019]
2014
Nature article comments on our Science article
”Dynamic mechanical behavior of multilayer graphene via supersonic projectile penetration” published on Science! (DOI: 10.1126/science.1258544)
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Tiny bullets prove graphene is 10x stronger than steel. Rice University scientists use microbullets in experiments to show graphene is 10 times better than steel at absorbing the energy of a penetrating projectile. Edwin Thomas, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, is quoted. Futurity
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Study shows graphene outperforms steel and Kevlar: New uses for super material, International Business Times (Similar articles also appeared in Business Standard and 51 other media outlets.)
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Wonder material graphene better than Kevlar at stopping supersonic bullet, Tech Times.
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The wonder material graphene could be used to make powerful body armor, Io9.com.
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Graphene is stronger than steel or Kevlar: Research, Perfect Science.
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Microbullet hits confirm graphene’s strength: Rice University lab test material for suitability in body armor, spacecraft protection, Nanotechnology Now.
2012
Our new paper , “High Strain Rate Deformation of Layered Nanocomposites”, which was lately published in Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2166) has attracted great attention! Oct 31th, 2012
See also:
Microbullets reveal material strengths (Rice University)
For better body armor, let tiny bullets fly (Futurity.org)
Microscopic ‘bullets’ put new armor to the test (NBCNews.com)
2009
Postdoctoral associate Dr. Jae-Hwang Lee won a best poster award in 2009 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting for his work titled “Nano-indentation Study of Three-dimensional Periodic Nanoframes”.
Also on MRS Website. Dec 1st, 2009
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Prof. Thomas presented the Van Vlack lecture at the University of Michigan.
The Van Vlack Lectureship series was established in honor of Lawrence H. Van Vlack, whose seminal introductory textbooks defined the field of materials science and engineering. It is awarded annually to a materials scientist or engineer of distinguished accomplishment. Oct 20th, 2009
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Professor Thomas elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Also on DMSE News, MIT News Office, AAAS Press Release. April 21st, 2009
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Professor Thomas elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE),
for development of novel photonic materials and determination of the morphology of block copolymers.
Also on DMSE News, MIT News Office, NAE News Release. February 6th, 2009
2008
Professor Thomas receiving the degree Honoris Causa from the University of Ioannina, Greece, September 29th, 2008
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Periodic Materials and Interference Lithography
NEW BOOK coming out in October!
September 9th, 2008
2007
Technology Review: Mass-Producing 3-D Particles, December 3rd, 2007
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National Science Foundation Spotlight Article November 6th, 2007
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Optics.org Photonic Gels Article November 6th, 2007
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Broad Wavelength Tunable Block Copolymer Photonic Crystals October 21st, 2007