Cory joins OPERA
We are pleased to welcome Cory Pope as the latest member of the OPERA lab. Cory joins us from BCIT and will be working on the next generation of durable anti-icing surfaces. Welcome!
Chat with the PM
The OPERA Lab was honoured to chat with PM Trudeau and Minister Joyce Murray about our face shield project with PRE Labs Inc. You can see Anu, Brad Field, and I below amongst the other invited guests!
PFC-free textiles video
UBCO put together a great video on Sadaf’s latest publication, Rational design of perfluoro-compound free textiles
Sadaf’s work on sustainable textiles is published!
Our collaboration with Arc’teryx towards the development of an oil-repellent textile finish that doesn’t utilize toxic perfluoro-chemicals has produced its first publication. Sadaf’s work was published today in Nature Sustainability. Congratulations Sadaf and co-authors! Rational design of perfluorocarbon-free oleophobic textiles I was also asked to write a ‘Behind the Paper’ by the Nature folks, and […]
Sadaf becomes a PhD candidate!
Sadaf has passed her candidacy exam with flying colours and is now a full fledged PhD Candidate. Congratulations Sadaf!
Behrooz’s work gaining media attention!
Behrooz’s work for making any surface omniphobic has started to receive media attention! UBC’s press release Infotel.ca ScienceDaily phys.org Sciences Avenir (in French) Asia Pacific Coatings
NSERC COVID-19 Grant Awarded!
I am pleased to announce that NSERC has funded our project developing upgraded face shields for enhanced COVID-19 protection, in partnership with PRE Labs Inc. Great job Drs. Pillai and Zhao on putting together an excellent application. We will be investigating how coatings can allow face shields to be disinfected with water alone, and not […]
New Publication!
Behrooz’s work on making any substrate highly liquid repellent is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! His artwork was also selected as a Supplementary Cover image! Check out Design and High-Resolution Characterization of Silicon Wafer-like Omniphobic Liquid Layers Applicable to Any Substrate. His coatings were so good we had to come up with a […]
Anti-fogging quick fix
Doing what we can!
Doing what we can to help battle COVID
With research halted, sometimes it feels a little disheartening that we cannot do more towards the fight against COVID-19. Luckily, with friends around town, sometimes it’s just a matter of connecting the right people! Collaboration helps frontline workers see clearly during long hours at work