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Emory Chan

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Staff Scientist, The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nanoparticles, materials, robotics combinano.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.bsky.social @berkeleylab.lbl.gov

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Artiom Skripka @askripka.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Multi‐Ion Doping in Low‐Phonon‐Energy Nd3+ Based Double Perovskite Unlocks Multimodal Anti‐Counterfeiting and High‐Performance Optical Thermometry - Xin - Advanced Functional Materials - Wiley Online Library advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Multi‐Ion Doping in Low‐Phonon‐Energy Nd3+ Based Double Perovskite Unlocks Multimodal Anti‐Counterfeiting and High‐Performance Optical Thermometry
Multi-ion engineering in low-phonon Nd-based double perovskites enables excitation-programmable multicolor UC/DS emission and record-sensitivity multi-channel optical thermometry for advanced anti-co...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Honored to have our work on #photonAvalanchingNanoparticles with @askripka.bsky.social be selected as one of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's top stories of 2025. Read the original article here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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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 optical responses. A no...
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Sam Blau @samblau.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Out in @natcomputsci.nature.com: A roadmap for inverse design of #nanomaterials heterostructures via HT data gen -> representation dev -> heteroGNN training -> gradient-based global opt! w/ @emorychannano.bsky.social @ewcspottesmith.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43... Free link rdcu.be/eTH72
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Gradient-based optimization of complex nanoparticle heterostructures enabled by deep learning on heterogeneous graphs - Nature Computational Science
Graph neural networks built on physically motivated representations enable gradient-based optimization of complex upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures, revealing photophysical design rules and a...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
For a more digestible summary of our recent @natcomputsci.nature.com article, here's the research brief that @samblau.bsky.social and I wrote... complete with a #BehindThePaper tidbit that thankfully has less drama than a VH1 Behind the Music episode (free link: rdcu.be/eUVIw)
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We're still looking for motivated postdoc candidates for this exciting opportunity. See below and please repost!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Free online access to the @natcomputsci.nature.com paper: rdcu.be/eTH72 Downloadable PDF from chemRxiv (in our original full-length format): chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Gradient-based optimization of complex nanoparticle heterostructures enabled by deep learning on heterogeneous graphs
Nature Computational Science - Graph neural networks built on physically motivated representations enable gradient-based optimization of complex upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures,...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Free online access to the @natcomputsci.nature.com paper: rdcu.be/eTH72 Downloadable PDF from chemRxiv (we prefer this format, but some of the figure captions were cleaned up in press): chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Gradient-based optimization of complex nanoparticle heterostructures enabled by deep learning on heterogeneous graphs
Nature Computational Science - Graph neural networks built on physically motivated representations enable gradient-based optimization of complex upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures,...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Free online access to the @natcomputsci.nature.com paper: rdcu.be/eTH72 Downloadable PDF from chemRxiv (we prefer this format, but some of the figure captions were cleaned up in press): chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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Gradient-based optimization of complex nanoparticle heterostructures enabled by deep learning on heterogeneous graphs
Nature Computational Science - Graph neural networks built on physically motivated representations enable gradient-based optimization of complex upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures,...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Our manuscript on deep learning of upconverting nanoparticle heterostructures w/ @samblau.bsky.social is finally out in @natcomputsci.nature.com! See 🧵for links to free access via Readcube and chemrxiv. @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @mitcheme.bsky.social
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Congrats to @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov users Yunxiang Zhang and Qian Liu for their latest work in @natcomms.nature.com: "Sub-10 nm upconversion nanocrystals for long-term single-particle tracking." doi.org/10.1038/s414.... w/ Chan group postdoc Xiaojing Xia on on the kinetic Monte Carlo #KMC #UCNPs
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Sub-10 nm upconversion nanocrystals for long-term single-particle tracking - Nature Communications
This study presents ultrasmall, bright lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles that overcome surface quenching, enabling high spatiotemporal resolution tracking of membrane proteins with exception...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Love building microscopes? Looking for a #postdoc? Come work w/ me, Ed Barnard, Jim Schuck, Bruce Cohen & others @berkeleylab.lbl.gov developing a #photonAvalanching microscope for bio & environmental sensing! Description below: #jobs #nonlinear #optics #photonics drive.google.com/file/d/1Qcof...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
We have a postdoc opening w/ @samblau.bsky.social on the autonomous synthesis of colloidal upconverting nanoparticles. If you're looking for an exciting postdoc combining #robotics, #nanochemistry, #machinelearning, #UCNPs & simulations, see the link below! combinano.lbl.gov/openings
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Chan Group @ Molecular Foundry - openings
The Chan group welcomes inquiries for motivated, creative, and independent researchers at all levels (postdoctoral fellow, graduate students, undergraduates, and visitors), even in the absence of post...
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Molecular Foundry @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov · 29/05/2025
⚡ Level up your research skills! Our 2.5-day Summer School will teach you closed-loop experiment design, data visualization, and robotic synthesis using cutting-edge platforms. Open to all students & postdocs! Register today: bit.ly/3Z5Uf8m #FutureOfScience #Automation
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Congrats to @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov users Rui Chen and Jie Yao on their publication in @natcomms.nature.com! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Room-temperature multiferroicity in sliding van der Waals semiconductors with sub-0.3 V switching - Nature Communications
The authors observe out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization induced by interlayer sliding in a multiferroic van der Waals semiconductor. The switching voltage scales down to 0.3 V at room temperature,...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
2 #S25MRS talks down, 1 proposal submitted (internally). Time to take an ebike ride around Seattle before my flight!It's so nice here... great choice, MRS.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Check out my 2 talks at #S25MRS this week in Seattle!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
@mphendricks.bsky.social, Michael Campos & the rest of Jon Owen's lab were some of the greatest WANDA users of all time. They took LBNL by storm with boxes of distilled solvents and custom precursors. They showed that robots are pointless if the other parts of your workflow are not reproducible.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
WANDA misses you! We look forward to training all the future Skripka lab students on WANDA!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I can't believe it's been 15 years since this paper came out! We introduced a nanocrystal-synthesizing robot called WANDA to the world! Now robots & ML are all the rage, but WANDA was a pioneer & is still going strong. @deliamilliron.bsky.social @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Reproducible, High-Throughput Synthesis of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Optimization in Multidimensional Parameter Space
While colloidal nanocrystals hold tremendous potential for both enhancing fundamental understanding of materials scaling and enabling advanced technologies, progress in both realms can be inhibited by...
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Nature Photonics @natphoton.nature.com · 26/03/2025
New article online: Intrinsic optical bistability of photon avalanching nanocrystals. go.nature.com/3DSOmUC
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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Up-conversion nanoparticles measure medium-sized forces in hard-to-reach places
Squeezing the tiny crystals can dramatically change their photophysics.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
glad you found it useful! I would be happy to chat about future Foundry user proposals whenever you have a potential project in mind.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
That's it! For more information on submitting a @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov, follow the post below! bsky.app/profile/mole...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#10) If your proposal is on the bubble for a bin, you have a better chance of sneaking in if your proposal has: low staff effort, large benefit to @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov, or is a project that a staff member is really excited to work on.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#9) Although you get a score for your proposal, you are really only competing with other proposals in your "bin." Basically this correlates to a specific instrument or staff member's available time. The bin is filled up with the top-ranked proposals until it's full.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#8) Each of the 7 @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov facilities reviews proposals a little differently, so make sure to talk to Staff in the lead facility to understand what their review boards want to see in a proposal.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#7) Use attractive figures that crystallize your proposed work. Reviewers read a ton of these proposals, so graphics will help you stand out and break up big blocks of text.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#6) Make sure to list all the equipment that you need -- you won't be able to add high demand tools like TEM, robots, later. You may need separate proposals for those. Don't pile on random capabilities for fun... The buffet strategy is a red flag for a proposal.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#5) Show how you will contribute to the @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov community! That's what makes us great! Helping to develop new workflows/capabilities, training users, participating in committees -- those all reduce staff effort <-- major brownie points.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#4) Show how your project is feasible! Cite specific processes/reactions, walk reviewers through the important steps, e.g., synthesis, characterization, data analysis. Show preliminary data. Don't say you're going to use water in a glovebox. Show that you've done your homework!
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#3) Have a clear project plan that has specific metrics for success that can be achieved in 1 year. Reviewers are very wary of fishing expeditions and never-ending projects. State your longer-term objectives in the background section, and add "if time permits" to extra plans.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#2) Emphasize why your project NEEDS the Molecular Foundry. Say things like you need unique instrumentation & staff expertise, co-localization w/ other LBNL facilities. Synergies with staff research and LBNL/DOE initiatives are major brownie points.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#1) Always discuss your proposal with a Foundry staff member and have them review a draft! There's a huge correlation between proposals that rejected and ones that have never been reviewed by staff.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thinking of submitting a user proposal to the @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov or any other scientific user facility? Here are my Top 10 tips for writing a Foundry proposal (due March 27th!). These #ProTips should be relevant for most user facilities! 🧵
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Read all 19 myths and mysteries about photon avalanching nanoparticles by clicking on one of the links below. @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov Special thanks to co-*author @askripka.bsky.social! RSC: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Open access: doi.org/10.26434/che...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Myth #6: ANPs do not photobleach (which is bad for ANP imaging applications)
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Myth #5: The high nonlinearity of photon avalanching (PA) allows ANPs to break the resolution limit, i.e., achieve "super-resolution"
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Myth #4: Photon avalanching nanoparticles (ANPs) amplify incident light.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
OK, back to myths: Myth #3: The giant nonlinearities of ANPs (>30) must mean they have huge anti-Stokes shifts and tiny quantum yields.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Mystery #4: What are avalanching nanoparticles good for?
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Mystery #3: How does photon avalanching actually work?
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Mystery #2: Avalanching nanoparticles are some of the most nonlinear materials ever reported. Why should we care?
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
OK, so maybe you're like, "Hold up, what is an avalanching nanoparticle?" So we answered many mysteries like that, too:
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Myth #2: PA is a parametric nonlinear optical process and happens through virtual states.
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Myth #1: Photon avalanches are avalanches of photons (they're not -- they are avalanches of absorption or avalanches of excited states! The photons are just fun byproducts that come along for the ride...)
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Instead, I thought it would be fun to write a glorified twitter/Bluesky post where we talk about all the bizarre features of avalanching nanoparticles. We also came to the conclusion that typical figure montages wouldn't fit our style, so we drew all the figures as cartoons...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Prologue: When we were invited to submit a focus article for a special RSC issue, we didn't want to write another review on PA materials, which I had just done (doi.org/10.1039/D4CS..., and also seems a bit anachronistic in the age of ChatGPT.
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Advances in the photon avalanche luminescence of inorganic lanthanide-doped nanomaterials
Photon avalanche (PA)—where the absorption of a single photon initiates a ‘chain reaction’ of additional absorption and energy transfer events within a material—is a highly nonlinear optical process t...
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Emory Chan @emorychannano.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Check out our perspective article in @materialshorizons.rsc.org where we bust common myths about Photon Avalanching Nanoparticles! doi.org/10.1039/D4MH... Learn why photon avalanches are not avalanches of photons and many other fun facts about ANPs. #chemsky 🧪 See 🧵 below for more myths and art.
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Unraveling the myths and mysteries of photon avalanching nanoparticles
Photon avalanching (PA) nanomaterials exhibit some of the most nonlinear optical phenomena reported for any material, allowing them to push the frontiers of applications ranging from nanoscale imaging...
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Molecular Foundry @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov · 03/03/2025
📢 The Molecular Foundry's Spring 2025 Proposal Call is now open through March 27! 🎉 Get free access to world-class nanoscale science facilities and expert support to advance your research. Don’t miss this opportunity—get the details now! buff.ly/InlHUYU
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