2021

12/27/2021

Mottronics: Isolation of a robust room-temperature two-dimensional Mott insulator

Published in Nature Communications

Using low dimensionality to enhance Mott-transition temperature

11/29/2021

Heterogeneous catalysis: Redirecting surface atom migration to the (100) facets of a ceria nanocatalyst

Published in Chemistry of Materials

A new dissolution/re-precipitation method for recycling facet-controlled nanocatalyst

10/25/2021

Bayesian statistics: Deconvolving the many-body problem with numbers

Published in Communications Physics

First-time demonstration of a Bayesian approach to surface spectroscopic data analysis

09/27/2021

Mathematical modeling: Making a link between graphene geometry and properties

Published in Carbon

A mathematical approach that connects experimental and theoretical observations

08/30/2021

Graphene mesosponge: Redesigning a fabrication method around a better template

Published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A

How to make a proof-of-concept experiment scalable

07/26/2021

Calcium batteries: A step toward a high-energy density battery using an abundant, non-toxic alkali-earth metal

Published in Scientific Reports

A designer electrolyte from concept to testing

06/28/2021

Grain-boundary structure: When microscopy and theory stretch beyond two dimensions

Published in Nano Letters

A synergistic approach that can elucidate complex interfacial structures

05/31/2021

Magnetic materials: Hydrodynamics explore a soft material’s magnetic handle

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tracing the nanoscale origins using mesoscale observations of a magnetic liquid

04/26/2021

Materials chemistry: Chemical dealloying synthesizes new porous-carbon anode

Published in Chemistry of Materials

A process that can fabricate a bimodal porous carbon and tune each modal pore size independently

03/29/2021

Magneto-optics: Helical light creates spin at interfaces

Published in Nanophotonics

A new way to generate electron spin using light could lead to ultrafast memory devices with low power consumption

02/22/2021

Grain-boundary structure: Resolving atomic structure into polyhedra

Published in Acta Materialia

The arrangement of atoms near the interface between two crystals can be represented in terms of polyhedra

01/25/2021

Three-dimensional graphene: Amping up graphene by bending it

Published in Advanced Materials

The electronic states of 3D graphene are unaffected even by high curvatures

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