Orlin Velev Ph.D.
S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Engineering Building I (EB1) 2030
Bio
Dr. Orlin Velev has established a record of innovative interdisciplinary studies, creativity and intellectual leadership in colloid science, nanoscience, and microfluidics. His key contributions are in the area of colloidal assembly. His group advanced the field of directed and programmed colloidal assembly by using electric fields to make structures out of nanoparticles, microspheres, Janus and patchy particles. Velev’s group has also recently discovered and developed new types of self-propelling microdevices, gel-based photovoltaic cells, soft robotic hydrogel actuators and microbot prototypes. His earlier research achievements include the first report of convective assembly of 2D colloidal crystals, the first templated fabrication of “colloidosome” and supraparticle clusters and the synthesis of “inverse opal” structures.
Education
Publications
- A primordial DNA store and compute engine , Nature Nanotechnology (2024)
- Active microparticle propulsion pervasively powered by asymmetric AC field electrophoresis , JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE (2024)
- Capillary-osmotic wearable patch based on lateral flow assay for sweat potassium analysis , SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL (2024)
- Colloidal Engineering of Microplastic Capture with Biodegradable Soft Dendritic "Microcleaners" , LANGMUIR (2024)
- Harvesting and manipulating sweat and interstitial fluid in microfluidic devices , LAB ON A CHIP (2024)
- Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Reveals Entropy-Driven Bisphenol A Epoxy Resin Adhesion to Metal Oxide Surfaces , MACROMOLECULES (2024)
- Sustainable Soft Electronics Combining Recyclable Metal Nanowire Circuits and Biodegradable Gel Film Substrates , ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (2024)
- Transparency-changing elastomers by controlling of the refractive index of liquid inclusions , JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER (2024)
- An integrated chemical engineering approach to understanding microplastics , AICHE JOURNAL (2023)
- Assembly and manipulation of responsive and flexible colloidal structures by magnetic and capillary interactions , SOFT MATTER (2023)