Research

Research Highlights

2013

Layered Ferroics as Superior Microwave Dielectrics
IRG 1 - Strain-Enabled Multiferroics

Thermotropic Phase Boundaries
IRG 1 - Strain-Enabled Multiferroics

Bone-Crack Detection, Targeting and Repair Using Ion Gradients
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Transition between Collective Behaviors of Micromotors in Response to Different Stimuli
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Enzyme Molecules as Nanomotors
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Biocompatible Nanomotors Powered by Ultrasound: Magnetic Steering and Interactions with Live Cells
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Tunable Nanowire Patterning with Acoustic Tweezers
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Non-Mechanical Pumps With a Memory of an Applied Signal
IRG 2 - Powered Motion on the Nanoscale

Quantum Phase Slips and Switching Bistability in Superconducting Nanowires
IRG 3 - Electrons in Confined Geometries

Crystalline Si p-i-n junction flexible fibers
IRG 4 - Electromagnetic Nanostructures

Neal-Ideal Optical Metamaterial Absorbers with Super-Octave Bandwidth
IRG 4 - Electromagnetic Nanostructures

Re-imagining CVD for Nanomaterials
IRG 4 - Electromagnetic Nanostructures

Single-Fluxon Controlled Resistance Switching in Centimeter Long Nanowires
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Building Diversity at the Institutional Level
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