Xu – Materials Science & Engineering

Biodegradable fabric research team led by Prof. Ting Xu awarded $10 million from Bezos Earth Fund

In a bold effort to address the growing challenge of textile waste in landfills, the Bezos Earth Fund has awarded $10 million to research led by Prof. Xu and team at UC Berkeley and Californian universities, to develop biodegradable fibers that can rival the strength and flexibility of natural materials. https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/24/uc-berkeley-led-biodegradable-fabric-research-awarded-10-million-from-bezos-earth-fund/

A New Way to Engineer Composite Materials

Silica nanoparticles affixed with a distribution of polystyrene chains (purple) self-assemble into hexagonal lattices. Depending on how the chains are organized on the particle surface, they tangle together (purple) or unravel (blue) when compressed. (Credit: Tiffany Chen; Ting Xu) You can find the article here: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/06/a-new-way-to-engineer-composite-materials/

Professor Ting Xu joins the ranks of the Bakar Fellows

Professor Ting Xu joins the ranks of the Bakar Fellows by Daisy Hernandez July 27, 2018 MSE Professor Ting Xu, was recognized as one of the five UC Berkeley faculty innovators that have been selected for the 2018-19 Bakar Fellows Program. Read full news story here. Read the full interview here. Department of Materials Science and Engineering 210 Hearst…

Capstone Project in Professor Xu’s Lab Wins Best Presentation Award at Showcase

Capstone Project in Professor Xu’s Lab Wins Best Presentation Award at Showcase by Iris Wu May 8, 2017 Professor Xu’s Master of Engineering Capstone Team won the “Best Presentation” award at the Fung Institute’s Capstone Showcase on May 3rd. The award was given to the team with the most compelling and informative presentation, as voted…

Capstone Project in Prof. Xu’s Lab Highlighted

Capstone Project in Prof. Xu’s Lab Highlighted by Daisy Hernandez April 10, 2017 A Masters of Engineering team led by Prof. Xu has been working on new drug-delivery platforms to treat neurologic and brain-related diseases. The work focuses on the development and commercialization of a nano-carrier designed to help transport drugs from the blood to…

Professor Xu Develops Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

Professor Xu Develops Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery by Daisy Hernandez December 14, 2015 Professor Xu’s group has developed a new family of nanoparticles that have been shown to be successful in carrying therapeutics across the brain/blood barrier. These new nanocarriers, which are formed from the self-assembly of amphiphilic peptides and polymer, have been shown to…

Professor Xu Recognized for Research on Quickly Self-Assembling Thin Films

Professor Xu Recognized for Research on Quickly Self-Assembling Thin Films by Materials Science and Engineering June 20, 2014 Professor Xu recently reported in Nature Communications a new technique for the accelerated generation of nanoparticle assemblies. The technique enables self assembly processes that normally require hours to order up, to be formed in just one minute. …

Professor T. Xu has won the Camille-Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

by Materials Science and Engineering May 20, 2011 May 2011 – The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. Department of Materials Science and Engineering 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 Contact Us Phone: (510) 642-3801 Fax: (510)…