Orlin Velev
Bio
Dr. Orlin Velev is a Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor at NC State University. Velev has contributed more than 210 publications and has presented more than 270 invited presentations. His numerous awards include NSF Career, AIChE Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress and ACS Langmuir Lecturer. Velev has been elected to an ACS Fellow and MRS Fellow. He has established a record of innovative research in the areas of colloids and nanostructures with electrical and photonic functionality, biosensors, microfluidics and nanomanufacturing. Velev has pioneered novel sustainale nanoparticle materials, and nanofibrillated polymer and biopolymer structures. He has been an advocate of incorporating the latest achievements in the areas of nanoscience and soft matter in the engineering curriculum.
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS:
New methods and technologies for microplastics characterization, collection and removal.
https://people.engr.ncsu.edu/odvelev/
Publications
- Biodegradable Chitosan-Based Stretchable Electronics with Recyclable Silver Nanowires , ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2025)
- Chirality-Dependent Magnetization of Colloidal Squares with Offset Magnetic Dipoles , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THEORY AND COMPUTATION (2025)
- Designing of Self-Dispersing Soft Dendritic Microcleaners for Microplastics Capture and Recovery , ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2025)
- Programmable Motion of Optically Gated Electrically Powered Engineered Microswimmer Robots , SMALL (2025)
- Sustainable Biopolymer Colloids: Advances in Morphology for Enhanced Functionalities , LANGMUIR (2025)
- 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)