REU Projects (2016-2021)
Year |
REU project |
PARADIM Facility |
2016 |
A next-generation system for artificially engineering quantum materials by molecular beam epitaxy |
Thin Film |
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Seeing and building 3D structures from 2D materials |
Microscopy |
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Understanding nanostructured materials atom-by-atom using scanning transmission electron microscopy |
Microscopy |
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Structural and Electrical Characterization of Oxide Thin Films Grown by Molecular-Beam Epitaxy |
Thin Film |
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Synthesis and Characterization of the Next Generation of Electronic Crystalline Matter |
Bulk Crystal |
2017 |
Design and Manipulation of Ferroelectric Domains in BaTiO3 Thin-Films |
Thin Film |
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Compositional Analysis of Off-Stoichiometric Multiferroic LuMnO3 and Electrode Nanopatterning of (SrTiO3)n (BaTiO3)1 SrO Thin Films |
Thin Film |
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Electrical and Structural Characterization of Superconducting Ruthenate Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) Thin Films |
Thin Film |
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Tracking atoms in 2D materials using subatomic electron beams |
Microscopy |
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Probing Single Crystal Growth Experimentally and through Computational Simulations |
Bulk Crystal |
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Characterization of Multiferroic Thin Films Generated with Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
Thin Film |
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Investigation of Ferroelectric Properties of Oxide Superlattices at Low Temperatures |
Thin Film |
2018 |
Understanding the Structure of Germanium Sulfide (GeS) |
Thin Film |
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STEM Imaging and Composition Mapping of Multiferroic Oxides |
Thin Film |
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Implementing a Functional ARPES System |
Thin Film |
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Investigating the Structure of Multiferroic Oxides with STEM Imaging and Diffraction Mapping |
Thin Film |
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Growing and Characterizing Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (2D TMDs) Materials for PARADIM Users |
Thin Film |
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Growing and Designing 2D Transition Metal Dichalogenide (2D-TMDC) Materials for PARADIM Users |
Thin Film |
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Automating a Cryogenic Transport System for Measuring Quantum Materials |
Thin Film |
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Non-Equilibrium Investigations of Canted Antiferromagnet Under Flowing Electrical Current |
Thin Film |
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Spin-Orbit Torques from SrRuO3-SrIrO3 Epitaxial Heterostructure |
Thin Film |
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Development of a Multipurpose Ultrahigh Vacuum System for Electrical and Optical Measurements of Surface-Modified Quantum Materials |
Thin Film |
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High Dynamic Gas Pressure Single Crystal Growth |
Bulk Crystal |
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Systematic Floating Zone Single Crystal Growth for Machine Learning Objectives |
Bulk Crystal |
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Crystal Growth and Characterization of Boron Carbide |
Bulk Crystal |
2019 |
Improving the Capabilities of PARADIM’s MBE Hardware |
Thin Film |
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Understanding the structure of IV-VI semiconductors |
Thin Film |
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Growing 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (2D-TMDC) Materials for PARADIM Users |
Thin Film |
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Growing 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (2D-TMDC) Materials for PARADIM Users |
Thin Film |
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Electrical and Structural Characterization of Superconducting Ruthenate Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) Thin Films |
Thin Film |
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Growth of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Superstructures with Conducting Interfaces |
Thin Film |
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Automation of Floating Zone Processes using Data Analytics |
Bulk Crystal |
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Crystal Growth of “Active Substrates” for Quantum Material Thin Films |
Bulk Crystal |
2020 |
Atomic-scale control and atomic-resolution identification of superconducting thin films and interfaces |
Thin Film |
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Designing and Building Mechanical Parts for MOCVD Facility |
Thin Film |
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Characterization of epitaxial oxide pyrochlores with unusual physical properties for novel electronic applications |
Thin Film |
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Atomic and Electronic Structure of Nickelate Superconductors |
Theory & Simulation |
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Design of an Improved Ozone Injector Nozzle for Oxide Molecular-Beam Epitaxy |
Thin Film |
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Development of a next-generation Ultra-High Vacuum electrical transport system at PARADIM |
Thin Film |
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Effect of Strain on the Atomic, Electronic, and Vibrational Properites of RuO2 |
Theory & Simulation |
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Understanding the Nucleation Kinetics of Ga2O Suboxide MBE by RHEED Intensity Data Analysis |
Theory & Simulation |
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Using machine learning to quantify the symmetry breaking of STM twisted bilayer graphene data |
Theory & Simulation |
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Simulation of ARPES spectra of quantum materials |
Thin Film |
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Screening of MnBi2Te4 as an axiom insulator through electronic structure calculations |
Bulk Crystal |
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Building open training stacks for image segmentation of boron carbide experiments. |
Bulk Crystal |
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Laue interfacing moving parts with computer and writing program to give real life data about position and how to move crystals. |
Bulk Crystal |
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Understanding the fermionic physics of double-Dirac materials and its physical property characterizations |
Bulk Crystal |
2021 |
Probing 2-dimensional quantum materials at the atomic scale with scanning transmission electron microscopy |
Theory & Simulation |
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Design of in situ Shadow Mask for Molecular Beam Epitaxy |
Thin Film |
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Determination of the influence of non-stoichiometry and disorder on superconductivity and spectral characteristics in a high-temperature superconductor. |
Thin Film |
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Atomic Properties of Hexagonal Boron Nitride from First Principles |
Theory & Simulation |
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Probing structural and electronic phases in novel infinite-layer nickelate thin films with atomic resolution |
Microscopy |
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Characterization of epitaxial oxides on fluorite substrates for novel electronic applications |
Thin Film |
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Ab initio study of mismatch layered superconductors |
Theory & Simulation |
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Development High Pressure Floating Zone Materials |
Bulk Crystal |
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Streaming by Design: A new paradigm to optimize the PARADIM data ecosystem |
Bulk Crystal |
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Tunable spin splitting in the two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides. |
Bulk Crystal |
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Development of New High Pressure Laser Pedestal Synthesis Capabilities |
Bulk Crystal |
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Characterizing lattice and electronic Structure in narrow gap semiconductors with cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy |
Microscopy |
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Structural and Electrical Properties of Dysprosium Barium Copper Oxide (DyBa2Cu3O7-δ) Thin Films |
Thin Film |