The charge-density-wave (CDW) phase is a macroscopic quantum state consisting of a periodic modulation of the electronic charge density accompanied by a periodic distortion of the atomic lattice. Unconventional forms…

For decades, the field of thermoelectricity has been dominated by inorganic materials. The demonstration of reasonably stable polymer-based materials with a figure of merit of 0.1 and above has triggered…

Commerce depends on communications technology now more than ever, demanding improved connectivity, bandwidth, data rates, and latency to grow productivity. With the introduction of 5G technology to the marketplace, new…

Van der Waals (vdW) materials represent a versatile material platform to explore fundamental science of correlated phases (e.g. Mott insulator, superconductivity, and magnetism) and new electronic and photonic devices. When…

Solution processed lead halide perovskites demonstrated unprecedented success in solar cell applications thanks to their defect tolerance and facile solution-based processing. Global scaleup and acceptance by consumers, however, requires further…

Achieving net zero carbon dioxide emissions globally by 2050, as urged by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for limiting the global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, necessitates…

Over the past 20 years, tremendous progress has been made in developing small scale quantum processors, with qubits established in a variety of physical systems. While the most mature quantum…

High entropy alloys (HEAs), multi-principal-element alloys, or complex concentrated alloys (alloys made up of approximately equal proportions of usually five or more elements) were initially studied for their tolerance to…

Over the last decades, as the slowdown of Moore’s Law becomes increasingly imminent, various solutions beyond the Turing/von-Neumann computation paradigms have emerged. One of them takes inspiration from the brain—neuromorphic…