Research Highlights

Toward an Interoperable Perovskite Description

12/1/2025 | Volker Blum (Duke University)

Large Modulation of the Bottlebrush Diblock Copolymer Morphology and Structural Color through Solvent Selectivity

11/19/2025 | Simon Rogers, Damien Guironnet, and Ying Diao (University of Illinois)

Direct-ink-write Cross-linkable Bottlebrush Block Copolymers for on-the-fly Control of Structural Color

11/19/2025 | Simon Rogers, Charles Sing, Damien Guironnet, and Ying Diao (University of Illinois)

Accelerated Design of Redox-Active Polymers for Metal-Free Batteries

11/18/2025 | Daniel Tabor and Jodie Lutkenhaus (Texas A&M University)

Radiation Hardened Infrared Photodetectors

11/13/2025 | Jason D. Azoulay (Georgia Tech.); Jarrett H. Vella (AFRL)

Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Large Low-bandgap Polymers

11/13/2025 | M. Y. Sfeir and J. D. Azoulay (Georgia Tech.) B. M. Wong (U. CA – Riverside)

First Direct Measurement of a Large Exciton Binding Energy in a 2D Magnet

9/25/2025 | Bing Lv (University of Texas - Dallas)

In this paper, researchers report the first direct measurement of a large exciton binding energy in a 2D magnet, CrSBr. Using high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and self-consistent GW calculations, they show electronic localization and weak dielectric screening boost exciton binding energy in this bulk van der Waals antiferromagnet. They also find surface doping can tune the band gap, suggesting ways to engineer exciton-based optoelectronics and study how anisotropy affects strongly interacting bulk systems.

A Quantum Superhighway for Electrons

9/25/2025 | Fan Zhang (University of Texas - Dallas)

In a paper, researchers report the quantum anomalous Hall effect in a rhombohedral pentalayer graphene–monolayer WS2 heterostructure. Unlike previous QAHE systems, this one needs no magnetic elements or moiré patterns. At charge neutrality, QAHE with C = ±5 appears up to about 1.5 K. The effect stems from strong electron correlations in flat bands, gate tuning, and proximity-induced Ising spin-orbit coupling. This points to new possibilities for 2D materials and chiral Majorana edge states.

Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)