Grace Han
@GraceGDHan
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Associate professor @ucsbchemistry | Light-responsive molecules💡 | Thermal energy storage🔋 | Controlled recycling ♻️
Santa Barbara, CA
Joined December 2018
After 7 incredible years at Brandeis, I'm excited to start a new chapter at UCSB today😊 I'm forever grateful to my wonderful colleagues at Brandeis for their support. Looking forward to building an interdisciplinary program in materials & energy @ucsbchemistry🌴☀️🔋
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INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN ACTION: DCB Professor Grace Han (@GraceGDHan) and Graduate Student Han P.Q. Nguyen featured by UCSB Grad Div 🧪 https://t.co/Tb6jknjuxB
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Congratulations to Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Grace Han (@GraceGDHan, @ucsantabarbara), for being named a @MooreFound Inventor Fellow! @ucsbchemistry
https://t.co/i6ghGHQBqf
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Her groundbreaking research on molecular solar fuels aims to capture sunlight, store it in chemical bonds, and release it as heat on demand — a clean, emission-free path toward sustainable energy.
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Thank you @floodgroup_iub for selecting our paper 😆 Very happy to know you enjoyed it 🥰
📢Late POTM winner announcement: Shout out to @GraceGDHan and team: The winner of July's Paper Of The Month #POTM for their awesome design of curved anthracenes to store solar thermal energy efficiently. Check out the paper here. https://t.co/kkMEjZccYo
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Researchers, including Teacher-Scholar @GraceGDHan (@ucsantabarbara @BrandeisU), have made "a curved form of anthracene, an organic compound, that captures and stores sunlight in its chemical bonds, releasing the energy as heat when triggered hours later." https://t.co/Gllf0vXvEe
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Liquid anthracene morphs into high-energy isomer to store solar heat for use on demand hours later
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Isothermal time-resolved DSC, PXRD, and solid-state NMR revealed a complex solid-state energy release mechanism in dianthracene crystals. @JMaterChem by H. Houjou, K. Schmidt-Rohr, G. G. D. Han @GraceGDHan et al. https://t.co/L2Q2sRldAq
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In @NatureChemistry, we report reversible hydroxide emitters that generate highly basic (pH ~13) solns under light & revert to neutral in dark. The compounds, taking advantage of aromaticity effects, can directly capture/concentrate CO2 from ambient air. https://t.co/hy7VUvgNIm
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Thank you to @cenmag for sharing the work that I had the opportunity of being a part of. Have a read and see how curved anthracene molecules can be used to store solar energy. Thanks to @GraceGDHan for this amazing opportunity.
Researchers have made a curved form of anthracene, an organic compound, that captures and stores sunlight in its chemical bonds, releasing the energy as heat when triggered hours later.
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Grateful to @physorg_com for covering our recent research from @GraceGDHan Lab It means a lot to see our work recognized and shared with the broader scientific community.
#Curved anthracene molecules efficiently absorb #VisibleLight, store #SolarEnergy as chemical bonds, and release heat on demand, offering a solvent-free advance in molecular solar thermal storage. https://t.co/WSOBFNn7SK
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Thanks to @cenmag for covering our work! Grateful to @KMothPoulsen and @Diego__Sampedro for sharing their thoughts on the story. And heartfelt thanks to @GraceGDHan for the opportunity to be part of this exciting project.
Researchers have made a curved form of anthracene, an organic compound, that captures and stores sunlight in its chemical bonds, releasing the energy as heat when triggered hours later.
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Thank you, Prachi Patel, for the excellent story🙏 Teamwork @Subhayan_Chem @Usubaaaaan @WritamC @TPqiuqf @cijil_raju Photo Credit: Ben Baker 📸
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Our latest #MOST system using curved anthracene’s Dewar isomerization is now on @cenmag news ☀️🔋Thank you @KMothPoulsen and @Diego__Sampedro for nice quotes 😊 Proud of the team! https://t.co/5SIQ9sINZo
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Liquid anthracene morphs into high-energy isomer to store solar heat for use on demand hours later
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Dewar anthracene with a "cool", highly strained structure exhibits "hot" performance as a MOST material!🔥 Thank you for including me in this work! Congratulations! Team members! @Subhayan_Chem @WritamC @TPqiuqf @cijil_raju and @GraceGDHan
Online now: Curved anthracenes for visible-light photon energy storage via Dewar isomerization https://t.co/m0fSNADOkS
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Online now: Curved anthracenes for visible-light photon energy storage via Dewar isomerization https://t.co/m0fSNADOkS
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MOlecular Solar Thermal (MOST) energy materials at their peak performance
Online now: Curved anthracenes for visible-light photon energy storage via Dewar isomerization https://t.co/m0fSNADOkS
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New from the @GraceGDHan Lab! We designed curved anthracene molecules for solar energy storage — and just realized they resemble the curved architecture of Miami’s skyline! 😄 Stores up to 0.65 MJ/kg in reversible Dewar isomers. https://t.co/E8pxFFdW9b
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#ISMSC2025 favorite anions, in order are BArF, PF6 and BF4. Least favorite is Cl. Favorite write-in was hydride — thanks to @YunLiu_Chem at PKU for the photo
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Yay! To Grace Han for receiving the Cram Lehn Pedersen (CLP) Award in Supramolecular Chemistry at #ISMSC2025
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I am thrilled that we finally had this lunch! Thank you! amazing super supervisors! @afukazawa79 @GraceGDHan #ISMSC2025
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[ISMSC2025 Memorial Lecture & Getting Together] Prof. David A. Leigh will deliver the Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart Memorial Lecture on May 25 (1st day). Following the lecture, the Getting Together will be held at The Westin Miyako Kyoto. We encourage everyone to attend. #ISMSC2025
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