Aerospace engineering faculty’s research highlighted on journal cover
2/28/2022
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A research paper led by Xin Ning, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, was featured on the September 2021 cover of Advanced Materials Technologies, a technology-related materials applications journal. In the highlighted work, “Ultra-Flexible Visible-Blind Optoelectronics for Wired and Wireless UV Sensing in Harsh Environments,” Ning and colleagues report novel ultra-flexible, visible-blind ultraviolet sensors based on nanocomposites of zinc oxide nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes. Such sensors can survive harsh environments and operate in wired or wireless, battery-free modes. They can be folded into a crease and integrated into origami structures, bringing potential opportunities for UV detection in demanding missions on Earth and in space.