User Highlights 2024

Nanomaterials Research at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution: Integrating ReaxFF Training with Experiments
Nanomaterials Research at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution: Integrating ReaxFF Training with Experiments
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Undergraduate research transforms studentā€™s conceptions of themselves as scientists andā€¦
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Determining the oxidation stability of SnSe under atmospheric exposure
Determining the oxidation stability of SnSe under atmospheric exposure
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: Understanding surface stability is critically important as 2D materials like SnSe areā€¦
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Tunneling current-controlled spin states in few-layervan der Waals magnets
Tunneling current-controlled spin states in few-layervan der Waals magnets
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: 2D magnets is establishing a new paradigm in spintronics, with a key challenge beingā€¦
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Orbital Ingredients and Persistent Dirac Surface Statefor the Topological Band Structure in FeTe0.55Se0.45
Orbital Ingredients and Persistent Dirac Surface Statefor the Topological Band Structure in FeTe0.55Se0.45
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: FeTe0.55Se0.45 (FTS) occupies a special spot in modern condensed matter physics at theā€¦
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Modeling the Coverage of MoS2 and WS2 thin films using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry
Modeling the Coverage of MoS2 and WS2 thin films using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: In-situ spectroscopicellipsometry(SE) was used to analyze monolayer and few-layerā€¦
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Light-driven C-H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides
Light-driven C-H activation mediated by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides
2024 User Research Highlights
Project Summary: The activation and functionalization of C-H bonds enables new synthetic routes forā€¦
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In-House Highlights 2024

Theory Leading Experiment: ReaxFF simulations on the growth of SnSe Thin Films Using Graphene Mask in MBE
Theory Leading Experiment: ReaxFF simulations on the growth of SnSe Thin Films Using Graphene Mask in MBE
2024 In-House Research Highlights

Project Summary: Controlled thin film growth via molecular beam epitaxy
(MBE) isā€¦

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Examining Computer Vision Models for Thin Film WSe2 Crystal Growth Analysis
Examining Computer Vision Models for Thin Film WSe2 Crystal Growth Analysis
2024 In-House Research Highlights

Project Summary: Computer vision models have become a mainstay in analysis ofā€¦

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Emergent interfacial superconductivity at the interface of topology and magnetism
Emergent interfacial superconductivity at the interface of topology and magnetism
2024 In-House Research Highlights

Heterogeneous interfaces that juxtapose different materials have been known to create emergentā€¦

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Possible evidence of Weyl fermion enhanced thermal conductivity under magnetic fields in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1āˆ’xSbx)2Te4
Possible evidence of Weyl fermion enhanced thermal conductivity under magnetic fields in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator Mn(Bi1āˆ’xSbx)2Te4
2024 In-House Research Highlights

MnBi2Te4 has garnered substantial scientific interest due to its status as theā€¦

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MgSiP2: An Infrared Nonlinear Optical Crystal with a Large Non-Resonant Phase-Matchable Second Harmonic Coefficient and High Laser Damage Threshold
MgSiP2: An Infrared Nonlinear Optical Crystal with a Large Non-Resonant Phase-Matchable Second Harmonic Coefficient and High Laser Damage Threshold
2024 In-House Research Highlights

Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals play a crucial role in converting laser light from one color toā€¦

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Atomic structures and interfacial engineering of ultrathin indium intercalated between graphene and a SiC substrate
Atomic structures and interfacial engineering of ultrathin indium intercalated between graphene and a SiC substrate
2024 In-House Research Highlights

Two-dimensional metals stabilized at the interface between graphene and SiC are attractingā€¦

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Broad Impact Highlights 2024

2024 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium NM03 ā€“ Engineering Ultra-Thin Chalcogenide Films
2024 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium NM03 ā€“ Engineering Ultra-Thin Chalcogenide Films
2024 Broader Impact Highlights

This symposium brought together a diverse set of researchers ā€“ from academia to national labs andā€¦

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REU Site: Nanomanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials and Devices
REU Site: Nanomanufacturing of Emerging 2D Materials and Devices
2024 Broader Impact Highlights

The REU program is jointly organized by the 2DCC-MIP and Penn State Nanofab user facilities. Theā€¦

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Recent advances in 2D material theory, synthesis, properties and applications
Recent advances in 2D material theory, synthesis, properties and applications
2024 Broader Impact Highlights

A review article was published in ACS Nano highlighting advances in the theory, synthesis, propertiesā€¦

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Graphene and Beyond Workshop
Graphene and Beyond Workshop
2024 Broader Impact Highlights

The 2DCC-MIP, in collaboration with the Center for 2D and Layered Materials (2DLM) at Penn State,ā€¦

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Resident Scholar Visitor Program (RSVP) 2023
Resident Scholar Visitor Program (RSVP) 2023
2024 Broader Impact Highlights

RSVP

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