EMERGING SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
EMERGING SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
Synthesis, Growth, Processing, and Characterization
Synthesis, Growth, Processing, and Characterization
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Novel materials for energy-related applications
Atomically precise synthesis and bulk crystallization processes
Structure-Phase-Physical property relationships
Finely tuned structure, controlled composition, and phase purity
Defects, non-stoichiometry, and disorder
Defect functionalized sustainable energy materials
Recent news:
Jul. 2025
Recent paper, in collaboration with the Collin Broholm group at JHU :
'Quenched disorder in the triangular lattice antiferromagnet YbZn2GaO5'
Feb. 2024
Accepted paper, in collaboration with Julia Mundy, Harvard:
'Defect engineering in epitaxial thin films of the pyrochlore frustrated magnet Tb2Ti2O7 ', J. Chemistry of Materials
Jan. 2024
Accepted paper, in collaboration with Martin Mourigal, Georgia Tech:
'Pressure control of magnetic order and excitations in the pyrochlore antiferromagnet MgCr2O4 ', PRB
May 2023
Received the Johns Hopkins University’s Discovery Award, co-funded by the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI)
Project: High-Entropy Capacitive Energy Storage
More information: https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/rosei-co-funding-three-jhu-discovery-awards/
May 2023
Our article on ‘Quantum paramagnetism in a non-Kramers rare-earth oxide: Monoclinic Pr2Ti2O7’ was accepted for publication in Physical Review Materials (PRM).
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