2018
Our work selected as journal cover highlight
The latest issue of "Small" highlighted our ultrasensitive pressure sensor work as the cover art. Congratulations!!
[ACS Energy Lett.] Mixing Entropy-Induced Layering Polydispersity Enabling Efficient and Stable Perovskite Nanocrystal Light-Emitting Diodes
We report record-high device operational lifetime in perovskite nanocrystal LEDs.
[Small] An Elastic Interfacial Transistor Enabled by Superhydrophobicity
We report the ultimate "softness" that leads to record-high surface pressure sensitivity and detection limit.
Giuseppe Cantarella's ultraflexible perovskite display work received IEEE student paper award
The demonstration of ultraflexible perovskite display conducted by Giuseppe, Sudhir, and Jakub has been awarded the outstanding student paper award in IEEE International Flexible Electronics Technology Conference. This is a collaborative project between us and the Troster group at D-ITET. Congratulations!
Jakub Jagielski delivered a talk at the MaP symposium 2018
Jakub Jagielski delivered a talk about our recent work in aggregation-induced emission quantum dots, presenting a new physical mechanism in colloidal semiconductor system.
[Small] Monolayer Graphene Coupled to a Flexible Plasmonic Nanograting for Ultra-Sensitive Strain Monitoring
Collaborative work led by the Vörös group. New soft strain sensor enabled by graphene-gold NW plasmonic heterostructures.
[SID Symp. Dig. Tech.] Ultrapure Green Light‐Emitting Diodes using Colloidal Quantum Wells of Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites
We present our view about the perovskite colloidal quantum wells in next-generation LEDs.
[ACS Nano] Exploration of Near Infrared-Emissive Colloidal Multinary Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals using an Automated Microfluidic Platform
Collaborative work led by the deMello and the Kovalenko groups. Optimization of CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals in the nIR range.
Jakub wins ECS and SCS travel grants
Congratulations to Jakub Jagielski, who has been awarded the Electrochemical Society (ECS) travel grant and the 2018 Chemistry Travel Award by SCS.
[Nat. Commun.] Asymmetric electric field screening in van der Waals heterostructures
Our quantum capacitance model elucidates the experimentally-observed asymmetric electric field screening in van der Waals heterostructures.
Our invention named among the top 20 Spark award candidates
Our ultrapure green emitter invention has been nominated as one of the most promising patent applications submitted in 2017 by ETH transfer.
[Chem. Mater.] Spectroscopic size and thickness metrics for liquid-exfoliated h-BN
Collaborative work led by the Jonathan Coleman group. Understanding spectroscopic features of liquid-exfoliated h-BN sheets with different sizes and thicknesses.
[Chem. Mater.] Conformal Deposition of Conductive Single-Crystalline Cobalt Silicide Layer on Si Wafer via a Molecular Approach
Collaborative work led by the Copéret group. New method to prepare high-quality CoSi films.
[ACS Energy Lett.] Colloidal CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals 2.0: Zwitterionic Capping Ligands for Improved Durability and Stability
Collaborative work led by the Kovalenko group. New ligand chemistry towards stable CsPbX3 colloidal nanocrystals.
Our first demonstration on the aggregation-induced-emission quantum dots (AIEQDs) highlighted by the media
The AIEQD mechanism and materials may break the longstanding "green gap" challenge in the solid-state lighting community.