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Kourkoutis’ cryo-imaging continues to drive quantum discoveries
A team led by Judy Cha collaborated with the late Lena Kourkoutis to use cryo-electron imaging to study how defects in the microstructure of the nanomaterial tantalum disulfide affects its properties.
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There’s two sides to this semiconductor, and many simultaneous functions
A Cornell-led collaboration has developed the first dual-sided – or “dualtronic” – semiconductor that combines photonic and electronic functions simultaneously.
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David Muller wins Cowley Medal and Keithley Award
David Muller, professor of applied and engineering physics, has been honored with the 2023 John M. Cowley Medal from the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy and the 2024 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science from the American Physical Society.
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Imaging technique reveals first 2D chainmail-like material
An advanced imaging technique developed at Cornell has revealed the first two-dimensional, mechanically interlocked polymer – resembling the links in chainmail – confirming a breakthrough in both material design and electron microscopy.
Upcoming Events
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LASSP & AEP Seminar: Zhiqiang Mao (Penn State)
Nonlinear Hall Effect from Spin-Valley Locking and Nonreciprocal Hall Effect via Asymmetric Scattering at Room Temperature Spin-valley locking in the band structure of monolayers of MoSâÃÂàan…
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Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Session
The Office of Inclusive Excellence is sponsoring its annual Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Session in Duffield Atrium. This event will feature the work of students who received Cornell Engi…
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LPS Colloquium: Karol Lang (Texas)
How to Improve a Modern Radiation Treatment of Cancer: A dream? Naivety? Arrogance? … Or a Necessity? About 50% of all cancer patients are subjected to radiation therapy that may be further impr…
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LPS Colloquium: Howard Milchberg (Maryland)
Relativistic optics and multi-GeV laser-driven particle accelerators During the past 30-plus years, the remarkable increase in peak laser intensity – greater than six orders of magnitude –…
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