Research Highlights
Glass Transition Temperature from the Chemical Structure of Conjugated Polymers
2/7/2023
The Tg demarks the transition into a brittle glassy state, making its accurate prediction for conjugated polymers crucial for the design of soft, stretchable, or flexible electronics.
Glass Sponges Inspire Mechanically Robust Lattice
2/5/2023
The predominantly deep-sea hexactinellid sponges are known for their ability to construct remarkably complex skeletons from amorphous hydrated silica. Here, using a combination of finite element simulations and mechanical tests on 3D-printed specimens of different lattice geometries, we show that the sponge’s diagonal reinforcement strategy achieves the highest buckling resistance for a given amount of material.
Machine-learning Spectral Indicators of Topology
10/1/2022
Topological materials are promising for next-generation energy and information applications. However, the experimental determination of topology can be painstaking, with a few limitations such as limited sample types, high technical barriers, and limited sample environment.
Composition Gradient High-Throughput Polymer Libraries Enabled by Passive Mixing and Elevated Temperature
7/1/2022
High-throughput experimentation (HTE) methods are key to enabling informatics-driven workflows to accelerate discovery of high-performance multicomponent materials. Here, we designed a solution coating system able to operate at temperatures over 110 °C to deposit composition gradient polymer libraries. The methodology provides an avenue for efficiently screening multiparameter spaces of a wide range of materials relevant to today’s applications.
Machine Learning on a Robotic Platform for the Design of Polymer-Protein Hybrids
6/11/2022 | Adam Gormley, Michael Webb
Polymer–protein hybrids are intriguing materials that can bolster protein stability in non-native environments, thereby enhancing their utility in diverse medicinal, commercial, and industrial applications
Band Structure Engineering Based on InGaN/ZnGeN2 Heterostructure Quantum Wells for Visible Light Emitters
11/22/2021 | M. R. Karim, B. H. D. Jayatunga, K. T. Zhang, M. L. Zhu, J. Hwang, K. Kash, H. P. Zhao
Common Perovskite Superfluoresces at High Temperatures
6/21/2021
Results of this study show that the creation and manipulation of collective coherent states in hybrid perovskites can be used as the basic building blocks for quantum applications.
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