Materials Horizons 2024 Outstanding Paper Award

We are delighted to introduce the winners of our 2024 Outstanding Paper Award in this Editorial

Our selection process remains the same as in previous years (see our introductory Editorial from 2019) retaining the focus on the science presented and the potential future impact of the work. The quality of the articles we published throughout 2024 was excellent, and therefore following from last year we have chosen to award not only our most Outstanding Paper, but also a runner-up and an Outstanding Review for 2024.

Please join us in congratulating our winners; we hope you enjoy reading their outstanding articles as much as we did.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article 2024

Fully bio-based water-resistant wood coatings derived from tree bark

Fengyang Wang, Mohammad Morsali, Jānis Rižikovs, Ievgen Pylypchuk, Aji P. Mathew and Mika H. Sipponen

In this outstanding article ( https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01010H ), the authors upcycle abundant and underutilized tree bark waste into fully biobased wood coatings. By combining spruce bark polyphenols with hydrophobic extract from birch outer bark, they create aqueous particle suspensions that easily spread on wood. Upon drying and thermal curing, a durable polyester network forms, offering water, stain, and abrasion resistance comparable to commercial coatings. This innovative approach quite literally puts bark back on wood—this time as a sleek, protective layer with potential for aesthetic and indoor applications.

This collaborative work originates from the ERA-NET ForestValue project BarkBuild, coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Mika Sipponen at Stockholm University (Sweden). The project brought together experts from six European countries to pioneer the use of tree bark in wooden construction materials. One of its aims was to develop wood protection systems for outdoor applications. Two partners supplied bark fractions: spruce bark polyphenols (VTT, Finland) and suberinic acids from birch outer bark (Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry). The project’s industrial advisory group provided valuable insights for applied research, while access to kilogram-scale quantities of the bark fractions enabled systematic research and in-depth coating characterization. Another key success factor was a strong meeting culture, with in-person meetings and site visits fostering collaboration. As the project nears completion, the collaboration is set to continue, further advancing the use of bark in biobased materials.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article runner-up 2024

High-performance one-dimensional halide perovskite crossbar memristors and synapses for neuromorphic computing

Sujaya Kumar Vishwanath, Benny Febriansyah, Si En Ng, Tisita Das, Jyotibdha Acharya, Rohit Abraham John, Divyam Sharma, Putu Andhita Dananjaya, Metikoti Jagadeeswararao, Naveen Tiwari, Mohit Ramesh Chandra Kulkarni, Wen Siang Lew, Sudip Chakraborty, Arindam Basu and Nripan Mathews

In this outstanding article ( https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MH02055J ), the authors systematically investigate pyridinium-templated one-dimensional halide perovskites for advanced neuromorphic computing applications. By carefully comparing the structural and electronic properties of (propyl)pyridinium and (benzyl)pyridinium lead iodide systems, the authors establish that (PrPyr)[PbI ₃ ] exhibits superior resistive switching characteristics, including a remarkable on/off ratio exceeding 10 ⁵ , high endurance, and long-term data retention. Importantly, they successfully demonstrate these functionalities within large-scale flexible crossbar arrays and precisely define the analog programming regime, enabling reliable handwritten digit recognition through spike-timing-dependent plasticity. This work significantly advances the field of halide perovskite memristors, bridging materials innovation and practical neural network implementation.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Review 2024

Two decades of ceria nanoparticle research: structure, properties and emerging applications

Ali Othman, Akshay Gowda, Daniel Andreescu, Mohamed H. Hassan, S. V. Babu, Jihoon Seo and Silvana Andreescu

In this outstanding review ( https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH00055B ), the authors summarized the current state-of-the-art of ceria nanoparticle research, focusing on their structure, surface properties, and translation into commercial products and applications, including catalysis, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), sensing, and environmental remediation. Ceria nanoparticles (or nanoceria) are versatile materials, exhibiting unique optical, mechanical and catalytic properties. This review highlights the progress made over the past two decades in the development of ceria and ceria-based nanostructures, examining the structural factors that influence their activity, and how these distinct features determine their properties. The key properties, synthesis methods, surface functionalization, surface coating, defects and reaction pathways, are discussed, along with examples of applications, challenges and opportunities for advancing novel products and innovations.

For over 20 years, our interdisciplinary team of researchers at Clarkson University has focused on advancing the understanding and application of ceria nanoparticles in chemical and biological sensing, environmental remediation, and the CMP process in semiconductor manufacturing. Our collective efforts have led to significant advancements in ceria nanoparticles chemistry, tailoring surface reactivity, optical and mechanical properties through surface design and doping with several notable examples of applications in sensing, remediation, and the CMP process. The team’s contributions have led to a substantial body of work, including over 100 research articles on ceria nanoparticle research, several patents, and the development of technologies successfully translated into commercial products and applications. Most importantly, this research has facilitated the education and training of over 50 PhD students at Clarkson University, most of whom have gone on to enjoy successful careers in these industries.

 

Dr Michaela Muehlberg, Executive Editor

Professor Martina Stenzel, Editorial Board Chair

Author Biographies

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article 2024

Fully bio-based water-resistant wood coatings derived from tree bark

Fengyang Wang is currently a PhD student in Assoc. Prof. Mika Sipponen’s group in the Department of Chemistry at Stockholm University. He earned his MSc Tech degree in chemical, biochemical, and materials engineering from Aalto University in 2022. His research focuses on valorizing tree bark extractives to develop bio-based functional materials as sustainable alternatives to conventional synthetic polymers.

Mohammad Morsali received his BSc in materials science and engineering from Sharif University of Technology and his MSc in chemistry from Bilkent University. He earned his PhD from Stockholm University in 2024, where, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Mika Sipponen, he focused on site-specific reactions of softwood kraft lignin. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at Chalmers University of Technology exploring the applications of biobased materials in organic electronics.

Jānis Rižikovs is a leading researcher and chairman of the Scientific Council at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry (LSIWC), specializing in biomass thermal and chemical processing. His expertise includes pyrolysis, torrefaction, hydrothermal treatment, and extraction, with a strong focus on birch bark valorization. This includes obtaining biologically active substances (betulin) and polymer raw materials (suberinic acids) from birch outer bark – promising raw materials for the synthesis of high added value derivatives for cosmetics, emulsion production and the polymer/adhesives industry. His work has led to innovative bio-based adhesives and high-performance wood composites, particularly using suberinic acids for moisture-resistant materials. Rizikovs has played a key role in several European research projects, including VIOBOND and BarkBuild, focusing on sustainable adhesives and wood protection materials. He has contributed significantly to technology commercialization, including the BetulinLab for betulin extraction and Suberbinder, an ecological adhesive from birch bark. As an expert in biorefining and material sciences, he serves on multiple scientific committees, including the Latvian Science Council and the European Research Programs (Horizon 2020). Recognized for his contributions, he has received prestigious awards such as the Golden Pine Cone for his impact on wood chemistry research. His scientific contributions include numerous high-impact publications on wood-based bioproducts and sustainable materials.

Ievgen Pylypchuk is a researcher at Stockholm University, specializing in sustainable, bio-based materials and green chemistry. He holds a PhD in chemistry and physics of the surface from Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS of Ukraine. He has extensive expertise in lignin-based materials and hybrid nanocomposites tailored for environmental applications. His research focuses on developing sustainable binders, lightweight foams, and functional materials for pollution remediation. As a recipient of the 2024 Competence Development Prize from the Gunnar Sundblad Research Foundation, Pylypchuk has conducted research on lightweight lignin-based materials at MIT (USA) and Kyushu University (Japan). At the Department of Chemistry at Stockholm University, his research focuses on sustainability-driven projects such as TreeCure and BarkBuild, which the aim to develop adhesives based on lignin nanoparticles and bark-derived compounds. Pylypchuk has supervised numerous Bachelor’s and Master’s students, co-supervising doctoral research, and chaired panels at international conferences. Pylypchuk is also a co-founder and CEO of the startup company Lignoflow Technologies AB.

Aji P. Mathew, Professor in materials chemistry, works on biobased nanoparticles and biopolymer based functional materials with specific focus on sustainable, circular and scalable processes and products. She has 25 years of experience in the field and her research interests include nanocellulose and nanochitin processing, characterisation and application, with specific focus on biobased adsorbents and membranes for water treatment. She has extensive experience in processing biobased nanocomposites and hybrids as well as their characterization using mechanical testing, thermal analysis, atomic force microscopy, X-ray scattering and surface analysis. She has co-authored more than 250 publications (H-index 77), holds 12 patents on this topic and also founded a start up on textile recycling. She is currently the Director for Stockholm University Centre for Circular and Sustainable Systems (SUCCeSS), a virtual centre for interdisciplinary research at Stockholm University.

Mika H. Sipponen is a Docent in materials chemistry at Stockholm University and a Wallenberg Academy Fellow. He earned his Doctor of Science (Tech.) in chemical technology from Aalto University, Finland, in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Simo Laakso. His doctoral research focused on lignin chemistry within an industry–academia project on microbial oil production from lignocellulosic feedstocks. Supported by the Academy of Finland, Sipponen was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Monika Österberg and conducted a research stay with Prof. Claudia Crestini. Since 2019, he has lead the Sustainable Materials Chemistry (SUSMATCHEM) research group at Stockholm University in Sweden. The group develops functional materials from renewable biomass and industrial side-streams, building on interdisciplinary science that bridges applied research with fundamental research questions.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article runner-up 2024

High-performance one-dimensional halide perovskite crossbar memristors and synapses for neuromorphic computing

Sujaya Kumar Vishwanath is an Inspire Faculty Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Prior to this, he was a research fellow at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, with Prof. Nripan Mathews. His research focuses on the development of solution-processed oxide and halide perovskite-based electronic devices, particularly for neuromorphic computing and secure electronics. He pioneered the Polymer-Assisted Solution (PAS) Process to fabricate low-temperature, high-quality oxide thin films, with applications in green and flexible electronics. Vishwanath has authored over 28 publications, with more than 800 citations. His research contributions have led to high-performance memristors, physical unclonable functions (PUFs), and scalable crossbar arrays. He is passionate about building a sustainable materials platforms for analog AI and edge computing. He also actively mentors students and early-career researchers and contributes to international collaborations. Vishwanath holds a PhD in advanced materials engineering and is a recipient of the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (2020).

Benny Febriansyah received his BS (1st Class Honors) degree in chemistry and biological chemistry with a Minor in life sciences from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore in 2015. He performed undergraduate research for two years, dealing with hybrid heterogeneous catalysis for CO₂ reduction and alkene epoxidation reactions. He did his doctoral study in the same university where the research focus was to develop and understand the formation and photophysical chemistry of hybrid halometallates for solar cells and solid-state lighting applications. After completing his PhD in 2019, he moved to the Energy Research Institute@NTU (ERI@N) and under the guidance of Prof. Nripan Mathews, he works on improving the chemical stability and large-scale processability of lead–halide perovskite photovoltaics. His research interests include targeted synthesis of well-defined supramolecular frameworks, structure–property correlations in functional organic–inorganic hybrids, quantum-confined soft materials with tunable excited-states, and solution processed optoelectronic devices. His research work has so far resulted in the publication of peer-reviewed research articles (>40), patents (5), as well as participation in various conferences and workshops.

Si En Ng completed his PhD at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His interests lie in novel materials physics and processing techniques for energy and information storage. As a postdoctoral fellow at NTU, he worked on perovskite-based light-emitting and photodetector devices. Using novel heterostructures, he was able to emulate the retina’s colour perception and contrast enhancement capabilities. Recently, he was awarded A*STAR International Fellowship, to pursue his proposal on advancing low-energy neuromorphic devices and sensing circuits. During his stint at Singapore’s national science agency, he will be focused on translating neuron-inspired devices into commercial applications.

Tisita Das is working as a DST INSPIRE Faculty at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Prayagraj (Allahabad), under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India. Das completed her PhD at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata in 2019. Before joining the INSPIRE Faculty she worked as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at HRI. Her main area of research is computational materials science with a focus on energy materials, particularly in the field of catalysis, photovoltaic cells, next generation batteries and neuromorphic computing. She has been awarded the DAE Young Achiever Award from the Department of Atomic Energy and SMC Emerging Scientist Award from the Society of Materials Chemistry in 2024.

Jyotibdha Acharya is a scientist at the Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R), A*STAR, Singapore, where he conducts research in deep learning, computer vision, and multimodal AI systems. He earned his PhD from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he focused on energy-efficient AI models for speech and biomedical signal processing. Prior to that, he completed his Bachelor of engineering in electronics and telecommunication from Jadavpur University, India. Jyotibdha began his career at Philips Healthcare in the imaging systems division and later worked at NTU as a Project Officer. Since joining I²R, he has contributed to projects ranging from 3D semantic segmentation and object tracking to LLM-based conversational agents. His work has been published in top journals such as Nature Communications and IEEE journals and conferences.

Rohit Abraham John is an accomplished researcher in the fields of memristor-based systems, neuromorphic computing, and semiconductor device physics. His work focuses on leveraging the unique properties of memristors to design energy-efficient, brain-inspired computing systems that can revolutionize artificial intelligence and data processing technologies. John’s research bridges the gap between semiconductor device physics and computational neuroscience, exploring the integration of memristive devices into neuromorphic architectures for adaptive, real-time learning. John has authored several influential publications in leading scientific journals, including Nature Communications, Science Advances, and Advanced Materials. His contributions have significantly advanced the understanding of memristor dynamics and their potential applications in neuromorphic computing, particularly in areas such as synaptic weight modulation and memory storage. His work also explores novel materials and fabrication techniques that are key to developing high-performance, scalable neuromorphic devices. With a deep expertise in semiconductor device physics, John’s research continues to drive innovation at the intersection of materials science and computational technology. His findings have implications for a wide range of applications, from energy-efficient memory systems to the development of next-generation artificial intelligence platforms. Through his groundbreaking research, Rohit Abraham John has made substantial strides in shaping the future of neuromorphic computing and semiconductor technology.

Divyam Sharma received his Bachelor’s in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R), India in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 2021. During which he worked on materials for wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators. He is currently pursuing a PhD from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His research is focused on emerging sensing and memory devices based on halide perovskites for neuromorphic computing.

Putu Andhita Dananjaya is a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received his PhD from NTU in 2021, where he focused on redox-based memristive devices for scalable synaptic electronics. His research interests lie in memristor-based neuromorphic computing systems, particularly in the development of artificial synapses and neurons. Dananjaya has contributed to several high-impact journal articles that advance the understanding of memristive switching mechanisms and their application in brain-inspired computing. His works explore device-level innovation toward system-level neuromorphic functionalities. In addition to journal publications, Dr Dananjaya is also a named inventor on multiple intellectual property filings in the field of emerging memory technologies. His patents cover novel device architectures and methods that support the scalability and functionality of neuromorphic hardware.

Metikoti Jagadeeswararao currently works as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Material Science, University of Valencia, Spain. He received his PhD in chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India, in May 2018. Subsequently, he pursued postdoctoral research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from December 2018 to September 2020, and at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, from February 2021 to January 2023. His research interests primarily focus on solution processable semiconductors in the form of nanocrystals and thin films, with a specific emphasis on designing novel metal halide perovskites and exploring their applications in optoelectronics and photocatalysis.

Naveen Tiwari is a SUSBIO Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland. Previously he was a Marie-Curie Fellow at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He has a strong research background with a PhD focused on materials science and engineering from Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Having a broad research background in chemistry, materials science and engineering, he focuses on innovative solutions in smart polymers and materials for soft electronics. His research interests mainly include self-healing materials, stretchable/soft electronics, wearable sensors, nanomaterials for biomedical applications, and biomimetic/bioinspired based TENG.

Mohit Ramesh Chandra Kulkarni was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore under the supervision of Prof. Nripan Mathews. His research focused on flexible transparent electronics focusing on oxide semiconductors, thin-film transistors, pressure–strain–temperature sensors, mechanical energy harvesting, and neuromorphic electronic devices, prior to moving to an industry position.

Wen Siang Lew is a professor of physics at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. He is also the Head of Physics and Applied Physics. He graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK with a PhD in physics. His research interests are non-volatile memory materials and devices, magnetism and spin electronics devices.

Sudip Chakraborty has led the Materials Theory for Energy Scavenging (MATES Lab) group in India’s premier theoretical research institute, the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) Allahabad (Prayagraj), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, since May, 2021. After completing his PhD in collaboration between the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and the University of Pune, India, he moved to the Max Planck Institute, Düsseldorf, Germany in March, 2011, as a Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow. In February, 2013, he joined the Materials Theory Division, Uppsala University, Sweden as a Førskare (Senior Researcher). Since March, 2019, he started leading his group firstly in the Department of Physics of IIT Indore and later on at HRI. He has been awarded the Rising Stars by ACS Materials Au 2021, among 300+ nominations worldwide, and is the sole recipient from India. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C (ACS), Energy Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry), Electronic Structure (IOP), Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (Elsevier) and Graphene and 2D Materials (Springer). He has recently been invited to be an Associate Editor of Graphene and 2D Materials. He has received a MRSI Medal-2024 from the Materials Research Society of India at IUMRS-ICA (2024).

Arindam Basu received his BTech and MTech degrees in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2005, an MS degree in mathematics and PhD in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Basu received the Prime Minister of India Gold Medal in 2005 from I.I.T Kharagpur. He is currently a professor at the City University of Hong Kong in the Department of Electrical Engineering and was a tenured associate professor at Nanyang Technological University prior to this. He is currently an Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems and an Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors journal, Frontiers in Neuroscience, IOP’s Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering. He served as an IEEE CAS Distinguished Lecturer for 2016–2017. Basu received the best student paper award at the Ultrasonics symposium, 2006, best live demonstration at ISCAS 2010 and a finalist position in the best student paper contest at ISCAS 2008. He was awarded MIT Technology Review’s TR35 Asia Pacific award in 2012 and inducted into the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 40 under 40 class of 2022. He is a technical committee member of the IEEE CAS societies of Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Sensory Systems and was the past Chair of Neural Systems and Applications TC.

Nripan Mathews is a full professor and Provost’s Chair in materials science and engineering at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from NTU and his MSc under the Singapore–MIT alliance at NUS. Following his PhD at Paris VI University, he was a visiting scientist at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He has been listed in the “Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science” consecutively since 2018, with more than 300 research papers, 44 000 citations and an h-index of 96. He is a recipient of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Scientists Award as well as the TR35@Asia-Pacific. His interest lies in the development of novel and inexpensive electronic materials through cost-effective techniques for electronics and energy conversion. These include organic–inorganic halide perovskites, metal oxides, and organic thin films. He is interested both in the fundamental properties of the electronic materials as well as their applications in practical devices such as solar cells, thin-film transistors, and neuromorphic devices.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Review 2024

Two decades of ceria nanoparticle research: structure, properties and emerging applications

Ali Othman received his PhD in chemistry from Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY, USA) in 2019. He was a Postdoctoral Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Clarkson University (2019–2022). His research interests focus on the development of novel functional nanomaterials and their application for (bio)sensing, bioanalytical, chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), and environmental remediation applications. He has co-authored over 25 peer-reviewed papers, 4 patents and 2 book chapters. Currently, Othman is a research scientist leading and working on the development of materials for gas/liquid purification at Pall Corporation, USA.

Akshay Gowda is a process integration engineer at Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM, USA. He received his PhD in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA in 2020. His PhD thesis focused on physico-chemical properties of ceria particles and developing cleaning chemistries for their removal from silicon dioxide film surfaces for wafer cleaning applications post-chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) processes in semiconductor industries. After working as a CMP Process Development Engineer for two years, he currently works on developing and integrating processes for photonics-based chips.

Daniel Andreescu is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science at Clarkson University. He received his MS degree and PhD in chemistry from the University of Bucharest, Romania in 2002. Between 1996 and 2001 he was a researcher at the National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology. In 2003 he joined Clarkson University where he currently works on the synthesis and characterization of nanosized metallic and metal-composite particles and their applications in sensing and environmental remediation.

Mohamed H. Hassan is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his PhD in chemistry from Clarkson University in 2023. His primary research revolves around investigating charge transport in metal–organic materials, with a specific emphasis on their practical applications in water remediation, energy storage, and conversion technologies.

S. V. Babu is a Professor Emeritus at Clarkson University where he was the Director (1999–2016) of the NY State Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP) and Vice Provost, Research (2001–2004). He is now CTO, ChEmpower Corp. His PhD (physics) is from SUNY, Stony Brook (1971). He held research appointments at the Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste and NYU. He started at IIT, Kanpur, in 1972, and moved to Clarkson in 1981. He has published over 290 papers, is the co-author of 33 patents, and has co-edited four books. Babu has supervised 50 PhD and 40 MS students.

Jihoon Seo is an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Clarkson University in NY, USA. He holds a PhD in energy engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering in materials science and engineering from Hanyang University in South Korea. His research focuses on novel planarization and cleaning technologies in manufacturing processes. Seo collaborates with semiconductor manufacturers and equipment suppliers, advancing CMP through the development of cutting-edge processes and materials. Currently, Seo is leading the CMP team at Clarkson University.

Silvana Andreescu is the Egon Matijević Endowed Chair in Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science at Clarkson University. She earned her PhD in 2002 from the University of Bucharest, Romania and the University of Perpignan, France. Andreescu’s research program integrates electroanalytical, biochemical and materials science advances to develop innovative sensing technology for human and environmental health. Her work features the development of easy-to-use chemical and biological sensors based on nanoceria chemistry for field detection of clinical, food and environmental targets. She has published over 190 papers, co-authored 5 patents, delivered more than 250 presentations, and co-edited four books. Andreescu has supervised 28 graduate students and engaged over 150 undergraduates in research in her lab.

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