Multifunctional Interface Laboratory of Electrochemistry 
(MILE)

01.26, 2024

Dr. Wang gave a talk about electrochemistry-based biosensors at The Detroit Chapter of the Electrochemical Society at their Coffee Fueled Electrochemistry seminar series in the Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University. Thanks Dr. Luo Long and Dr. Ankun Yang's invitation! 

 

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01.10, 2024

We are proud to share our latest achievement: "OU Chemistry Professor Developing Low-Cost Opioid Detection Device for Law Enforcement." This innovative project by MILEs at OU News is making headlines! Learn more: https://www.oakland.edu/oumagazine/news/cas/2024/ou-chemistry-professor-developing-low-cost-opioid-detection-device-for-law-enforcement.

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12.23, 2023

Christopher Alexopoulos and Lola Davis won the honored thesis awards. Congratulates!

12.19, 2023

Dr. Wang's fellowship has been officially approved by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Sincere gratitude to the Board and Trustees of IOM3 for their support and recognition.

12.09, 2023

Paper "Development of silicon-based anode for lithium-ion batteries and its application in solid-state electrolytes" is accepted by Engineered Science. Congrats to Ethan Burcar!

12.05, 2023

Paper "An overview of green synthesized silver nanoparticles towards bioactive
antibacterial, antimicrobial and antifungal applications" is accepted by Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. Congrats to Erin Witherspoon!​

10.01, 2023

MILEs have received a research award from the National Institute of Justice for our upcoming project titled, "Developing a Portable and Fast Opioid Assessment Tool for Improved Field Decision-Making." Over the next two years, we will be working on this initiative in collaboration with MSU. Stay tuned for more updates on this promising endeavor!

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06.28, 2023

Exciting news! The 2022 Impact Factor for 'Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials' has just been released, and it stands at an impressive 20.1. This is a testament to the high-quality research and dedication of our journal's authors, reviewers, and editors. Congratulations to everyone involved in this achievement!

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06.23, 2023

Paper "Species-selective detection of volatile organic compounds by ionic liquid-based electrolyte using electrochemical methods" is accepted by ACS Sensor. Congrats to Erin Witherspoon!

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05.08, 2023

Welcome new students Aleksandra Kaci and SUMP student Alexa Bajouwa! 

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04.18, 2023

Dr. Wang gave an invited talk titled "The Designed Biosensor for Point-of-Care Diagnosis" at the American Chemical Society's Detroit section-Brewing Chemistry.

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03.18, 2023

Dr. Wang gave an invited talk titled "Small Molecule Drug Assay Derived from Intermolecular Interaction-Enabled Recognition (iMR) for Personal Therapy" at the "Micro- and Nano-Probes and Multifunctional Systems for Enhancing Theranostics" symposium during Pittcon 2023.

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03.03, 2023

The new paper "Chemical composition, pharmacodynamic activity of processed Aconitum Brachypodum Diels. and molecular docking analysis of its active target" is accepted by Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 

04.24, 2023

Fatima and her project is featured by Oakland University News at https://www.oakland.edu/oumagazine/news/chemistry/2023/ou-student-helps-create-new-method-to-detect-early-osteoarthritis

Great work!

02.27, 2023

Erin Witherspoon won the Graduate Fellowship from Michigan Space Grant.

Christopher Alexopoulos won the Faculty Led Undergraduate Fellowship from Michigan Space Grant.

Congrats! Great work!

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01.30, 2023

Erin Witherspoon won the president research award. Congrats!

01.03, 2023

The new paper "Semiconductive Biocomposites Enabled Portable and Interchangeable Sensor for Early Osteoarthritis Joint Inflammation Detection" is accepted by Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. Congrats to Fatima Bhatti and Erin Witherspoon!

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11.20, 2022

Dr. Wang gave a talk at the Chemistry department of the University of Toledo.
 

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11.10, 2022

Dr. Wang gave a talk at the Chemistry department of Michigan State University.
 

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12.29, 2022

The new paper "Superior Photodynamic Effect of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aprotic Media: A Kinetic Study" is accepted by Materials Today Energy. Congrats to Erin Witherspoon!

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10.18, 2022

The new paper "Highly Selective Electrochemical Synthesis of Urea Derivatives Initiated from Oxygen Reduction in Ionic Liquids" is accepted by ACS Omega. Congrats to Erin Witherspoon, Dr. Pinghua Ling and William Winchester!

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10.12, 2022

The new paper "Isolation, Identification and Pathogenic Effects of Trichoderma spp. from Auricularia auricula" is accepted by Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials (IF: 11.8). Congrats to William Winchester!

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08.17, 2022

The new paper "Synthesis and characterization of poly(butanediol sebacate-butanediol) terephthalate (PBSeT) reinforced by hydrogen bond containing amide group with good mechanical properties and improved water vapor barrier." is accepted by Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials (IF: 11.8). Congrats to William Winchester!

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06.09, 2022

The new paper "Fentanyl Assay Derived from Intermolecular Interaction Enabled Small Molecule Recognition (iMSiR) with Differential Impedance Analysis for Point-of-Care Testing" is accepted by Analytical Chemistry. Congrats to Dr. Amit Nautiyal, Christopher Alexopoulos, and Rania Aqrawi!

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05. 25, 2022

Erin Witherspoon's coauthor paper "Sustainable Generator and In-situ Monitoring for Reactive Oxygen Species using Photodynamic Effect of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes in Ionic Liquids" is accepted by Materials Today Sustainability. Congrats!

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05. 01, 2022

Welcome New student Emma Knakal joining MILE. She will work on ionic liquid electrochemistry work.

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Feb. 11, 2022

Christopher Alexopoulos and Dr. Wang won the 2022 Michigan Space Grant Awards. Congrats to Chris! Thanks NASA and Michigan Space Grant Consortium!  

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Feb. 6, 2022

William Winchester completed his cumulative tests for Ph.D. Congrats!

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Jan. 15, 2022

Erin Witherspoon is accepted by the OU Ph.D. program starting in fall 2022. Congrats to Erin! 

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Jan,10, 2022

Welcome new student Blaire De Wilde Kohler joining MILE.

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Oct. 15, 2021

Dr. Wang won the 2021 Taylor Travel Award from the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC).

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Oct. 15, 2021

Dr. Wang gave an invited talk at the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) 2021 at The Ohio State University. 

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Oct. 15, 2021

Erin Witherspoon, Christopher Alexopoulos, and Rana Aqrawi gave the poster presentations at Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC) 2021 at The Ohio State University. 

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July, 02, 2021

The paper "Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum exchanges electrons with a platinum electrode via a cytochrome with reduced absorbance maxima at 448 and 605 nm" was accepted by Frontiers in Microbiology. Congrats!

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Mar. 10, 2021

Welcome new students Erin Witherspoon, Christopher Alexopoulos, Rana Aqrawi, Ethan Dimock joining MILE supported through the summer research program.

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Mar. 23, 2021

The review paper "Identification of Human Coronavirus: An Overview on
Conventional, Newly Developed and Alternative Methods" was accepted by ES Food & Agroforestry.

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Mar. 23, 2021

William Winchester won the Graduate Research Assistant Tuition (GReAT) award. Congrats!

Jan. 25, 2021

Dr. Zhe Wang accepted the new position as Associate Editor at ES Materials & Manufacturing.

Jan. 01, 2021

William Winchester won the Student Research Scholarship. Congrats 

Jan. 01, 2021

Welcome, Mr. William Winchestor joining MILE as a Ph.D. Student.

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Jan. 01, 2021

Dr. Wang received the Faculty Research Fellowship entitled “Attachable Sensor Technique for Opioid Drugs Monitoring”.

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Dec. 01, 2020

Co-author paper “Synthesis and Characterization of Antiflammable Vinyl Ester Resin Nanocomposites with Surface functionalized Nanotitania” was accepted by ES Materials & Manufacturing.

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Sep. 01, 2020

Dr. Wang’s review paper “Ionic Liquids as “Green Solvent and/or Electrolyte” for Energy Interface” was accepted by Engineered Science.

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Aug 01, 2020

Dr. Wang accepted an appointment from Oakland University

Wang's Lab starts to accept Ph.D. and MS graduate applications.

 

Feb 28, 2019

Dr. Xu's work is accepted by Journal of Hazardous Materials

This paper titled "Ultra-thin iron phosphate nanosheets for high efficient U(VI) adsorption" was accepted by Journal of Hazardous Materials. Congrats to Dr. Xu

 

Feb 25, 2019

Welcome visiting scholars Dr. Xu and Dr. Ding

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Feb 25, 2019

Welcome New Postdoctral researcher Dr. Amit Nautiyal join MILE

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Sep 01, 2018

DOD research grant

MILE received this 3-year research grant to develop ionic liquid-based electrochemical explosive sensor. Dr. Wang is the PI of this grant.

 

Aug 29, 2018

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Excellence in Research

MILE acts as the Co-investigating group received this NSF-EiR award to conduct the bio-interface research work. Dr. Wang is a Co-PI of this grant.

 

Aug 28, 2018

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Excellence in Research

MILE received this NSF-EiR award to conduct the ionic liquid electrochemical interface research work in the collaborative mechanism. Dr. Wang is the PI of this grant.

 

Jul 30, 2018

Welcome Dr. Lin joining in MILE

Dr. Lin is currently supported by NIH-RCMI research center to conduct biosensor and ionic liquid interface project. 

 

Jun 20, 2018

Welcome new students enrolled in 2018-2019 research loop

Welcome NSF supported student Morgan Reed, Jamie Ferrari, Carmel Marion join MILE.

 

May 21, 2018

Welcome new students for summer research

Welcome new BUILD student William Winchester join MILE.​

 

Apr 11, 2018

Congrats to Dr. Huang

Dr. Zhuangyuan Huang is taking a tenure-track faculty position. He has been working in MILE for three years. Congrats~

 

Mar 26, 2018

MILERs presented their work in the ACS National Conference

Dr. Wang and Dr. Huang gave the oral presentations

D'Laren, Macy, Brandon, and Patricia gave the poster presentations

Carolyn got an accepted abstract.

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Mar 30, 2018

Dr. Yan Zhang and Dr. Huang's paper was accepted by Analytical Chemistry

Titled "Point-of-Care Determination of Acetaminophen Levels with Multi-Hydrogen Bond Manipulated Single-Molecule Recognition (eMuHSiR)"

 

Feb 26, 2018

MILERs presented their work at PITTCON

Brandon Dang and Patrica Pham presented their work at PITTCON conference at Orlando

 

Feb 21, 2018

Dr. Wang present current work at NSF Annual PI meeting at DC

 

Mar 01, 2017

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Research Initiate Award

MILE received this award to conduct small molecule electrochemical conversion in the ionic liquids.