@EmoryChanNano

Staff Scientist @molecularfndry @BerkeleyLab Nanoparticles, materials, robotics. @emorychannano.bsky.social

 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
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Joined January 2022
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Check out our perspective on #MachineLearning and upconverting nanoparticles in Accounts of Chemical Research: doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts… #ML #UCNP @molecularfndry @BerkeleyLab @BerkeleyMSE

Leveling Up Upconverting Nanoparticles with Machine Learning

Conspectus. Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) transform low-energy light into higher-energy photons, enabling applications in subwavelength and subsurface

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Congrats to Molecular Foundry users @tomoyahondabio and @YasuoYoshikuni for their new publication in @NatureComms!
Tomoya Honda@tomoyahondabioMar 30
Excited to share my latest work on synthetic biology and host–microbe interactions, now published in Nature Communications! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

CRAGE-RB-PI-seq reveals transcriptional dynamics of plant-associated bacteria during root coloniz...

Nature Communications - This study reveals how plant-associated bacteria dynamically reprogram gene expression during root colonization, using a new high-throughput approach that overcomes low...

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New review on Photon Avalanching Nanoparticles out in Accounts of Chemical Research! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… Part of a special issue on #UCNPs (upconverting nanoparticles).

Photon Avalanching Nanoparticles

Conspectus. Avalanches within nanoparticles seem like science fiction, but if they are avalanches of photons, they open up real-world innovations in imagin

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with @PassiniLuan and Bruce Cohen @molecularfndry @BerkeleyLab !
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Honored to be invited to write this perspective on automated nanoparticle synthesis as part of a collection commemorating the 25th anniversary of @NanoLetters! doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett… See 🧵 for my lessons from the past 25 years, include 1 from Finding Nemo📷 (cited ofc)
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What will happen to automated and ML-guided nanocrystal science in the next 25 years? Precedent suggests that, like lasers and computers, AI and automation will find their role in unexpected and also mundane ways. But the greatest impacts will be found in focusing on the science!
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Here's the link to the manuscript again if you missed it! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Automated Nanocrystal Synthesis: Lessons from 25 Years of Robots, Microfluidics, and Machine...

Abstract. This perspective highlights the evolution of techniques for automating the synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals. Over the past 25 years, microflui

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Honored to have our work with @a_skripka on #photonAvalanchingNanoparticles with intrinsic optical bistability be selected as one of @BerkeleyLab's top stories of 2025. Read the original article here: doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-0…

Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals

Nature Photonics - Intrinsic optical bistability in Nd3+-doped KPb2Cl5 avalanching nanoparticles enables high-contrast switching between luminescent and non-luminescent states and transistor-like...

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@BerkeleyLab17 Dec 2025
2025 was filled with remarkable breakthroughs at our Lab, from developing new materials and exploring the universe to making strides in #AI, #microelectronics, and #quantum science. Plus, we celebrated our 17th Nobel Prize! 🏅 Explore our top stories ➡️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/12/1…

Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2025

To celebrate the end of the year, here’s a roundup of some of our biggest stories, which highlight how Berkeley Lab is delivering solutions.

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Sam Blau@SamMBlau17 Dec 2025
Out in @NatComputSci: A roadmap for inverse design of nanomaterial heterostructures via HT data gen -> representation dev -> heteroGNN training -> gradient-based global opt! w/ @EmoryChanNano nature.com/articles/s43588-0… 🔓rdcu.be/eTH72 @BerkeleyLab @molecularfndry @MITChemE
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For a more digestible summary of our recent @NatComputSci article, here's the research brief that @SamMBlau and I wrote... complete with a #BehindThePaper tidbit that thankfully has less drama than a VH1 Behind the Music episode (rdcu.be link is free)
Nature Computational Science@NatComputSci16 Dec 2025
Replying to @NatComputSci @EmoryChanNano @SamMBlau
An accompanying Research Briefing is now available for this paper! nature.com/articles/s43588-0… 🔓rdcu.be/eUVIw

Deep learning accelerates discovery of complex nanomaterials

Nature Computational Science - A physics-infused heterogeneous graph neural network has been developed to address challenges in designing complex nanomaterials with spatially varying compositions....

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We're still looking for motivated postdoc candidates for this exciting opportunity. See below and please repost!
Emory Chan@EmoryChanNano24 Sep 2025
Love building microscopes? Looking for a #postdoc? Come work with me, Ed Barnard, Jim Schuck, Bruce Cohen & others developing #photonAvalanching microscopes & techniques for bio- & environmental sensing! Description below: #hiring @BerkeleyLab #physics drive.google.com/file/d/1Qco…
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Love building microscopes? Looking for a #postdoc? Come work with me, Ed Barnard, Jim Schuck, Bruce Cohen & others developing #photonAvalanching microscopes & techniques for bio- & environmental sensing! Description below: #hiring @BerkeleyLab #physics drive.google.com/file/d/1Qco…
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Our manuscript on deep learning of upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures w/@SamMBlau is finally out in @NatComputSci ! See 🧵for links to free access via Readcube and chemrxiv. @BerkeleyLab @molecularfndry @MITChemE
Nature Computational Science@NatComputSci8 Dec 2025
📢@EmoryChanNano, @SamMBlau and colleagues develop a DL approach for optimizing the nonlinear optical properties of core-shell upconverting nanoparticles, uncovering photophysical design rules and a roadmap for DL in nanoscience. nature.com/articles/s43588-0… 🔓rdcu.be/eTH72
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