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The Real Thing: D-line sample robot serves first user group
Combinatorial thin film research can comprise hundreds of samples grown with slightly different compositions or processing conditions.
Coffee-ring effect leads to crystallization control in semiconductors
Varying the thickness of crystallizing materials facilitates control over the patterns and properties of crystals.
CHESS user Silberstein receives NSF CAREER Award
The prestigious CAREER Program, which was launched in 1996, provides support to junior faculty members and encourages the combining of research and education. Applicants submit a proposal that includes research and education plans. Awardees receive various amounts of funding, typically ranging from around $400,00 to $500,000, for a period of five years.
Formation of high-performance photovoltaic materials from solution
Mixed organic-inorganic halide perovskite materials have been in the spotlight in the photovoltaics research community due to excellent optoelectronic properties and the potential of cost-efficient production via solution processing.
Improving HOIP solar cells by controlling structural instabilities
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have become the most promising next generation solar cell material due to inexpensive processing and high efficiency.
High-energy x-rays probe extreme-temperature materials for atmospheric re-entry
Challenges in aerospace engineering, such as the design of rocket nozzles and atmospheric re-entry vehicles, require lightweight materials which demonstrate high strength at extreme temperatures.
CHESS user Ober wins two awards in photopolymer science and technology
CHESS congratulates long-time user Professor Christopher K. Ober for winning two awards from the Society of Photopolymer Science and Technology – SPST: the Photopolymer Science and Technology Award (No.151100) and the Outstanding Achievement Award 2015 [1].
First-ever epitaxial bismuth platinum pyrochlore thin-films grown at CHESS
Araceli Gutiérrez-Llorente, a visiting scientist from Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain, and a team of researchers from the energy materials center at Cornell (emc2) and CHESS, have produced the first-ever epitaxial Bi2Pt2O7 thin-films.