Research Highlights

Neural networks: Directional wiring shapes biologically relevant activity patterns in engineered networks

Published in Neural Networks

Microfluidic brain-on-a-chip platform reveals how hierarchical modularity and axon-to-dendrite connectivity regulate the balance between integration and segregation

02/24/2026

(6,5) Carbon nanotubes: Ultrahigh-purity synthesis achieved through trimetallic catalyst innovation

Published in ACS Nano

NiSnFe catalyst enables 95.8% purity synthesis of semiconductor carbon nanotubes with ideal bandgap properties

01/26/2026

Materials chemistry: Uncovering the low-temperature oxygen storage and release mechanism of Mn–CeO₂ nanoparticles

Published in Chemistry of Materials

Precise continuous-flow synthesis reveals how Mn valence and local structure control lattice oxygen storage and release in ultrasmall ceria-based nanoparticles

12/22/2025

Solid-state ionics: Review article reveals structural blueprint for superionic conductors

Published in Communications Materials

Framework connectivity unlocks secrets of fast ion transport in next-generation battery materials

11/25/2025

Carbon-material analysis: Ultra-high-temperature TPD identifies hidden nitrogen environments

Published in Chem

Novel analytical approach reveals nitrogen bonding states previously inaccessible to conventional techniques

10/27/2025

Quantum metric: Flexible control of electronic-state geometry in real materials

Published in Nature Physics

Researchers demonstrate manipulation of quantum metric in Mn₃Sn/Pt heterostructures under ambient conditions

09/22/2025

Celestial mechanics: New analytical model reveals true cause of orbit bifurcations near Lagrange points

Published in Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

AIMR researchers unify the dynamics of Lissajous, halo, and quasi-halo orbits in the restricted three-body problem