Jordan Fonseca
Due to the explosive increase in the amount of information generated throughout our daily lives, one of the key challenges of our society will be storing and manipulating data with high energy efficiency. One promising approach to solving this grand energy consumption challenge is exploring new data storage and computing technologies based on ultra-thin antiferromagnetic materials. The promise of antiferromagnetism lies in the absence of net magnetization, which increases the achievable density of storage, while the large exchange interactions could enable operation speeds in the terahertz regime. Supported by the CEI award, I will apply a variety of optical techniques to probe the exotic...
Minhao He
I plan to study the multiple hot-carrier generation processes in twisted graphene system by engineering the van Hov singularities in its flat bands, which can be revolutionary for photovoltaic technologies. Advisor: Xiaodong Xu - Physics ...
Joshua Mutch
I plan to perform systematic studies of carrier lifetimes and diffusion lengths in hybrid organic perovskites by optoelectronic, magnetotransport, and thermodynamic measurements. Advisor: Jiun-Haw Chu - Physics ...
Xiayu Linpeng
My research interest is on the fundamental spin and optical properties of defects in direct band gap semiconductors. Advisor: Kai-Mei Fu - Physics and Electrical Engineering ...
Nathan Wilson
I will systematically explore heterostructures formed by stacking the atomically thin semiconductors WSe2 and MoSe2 by varying their architecture, for example, by inserting a thin dielectric to quench carrier recombination, thus increasing carrier collection efficiency. ...
Maria Viitaniemi
In order to better understand the nature of carrier localization and recombination in InGaN/GaN quantum wells (QWs) used in blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) , we are developing a stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscope tailored to InGaN QWs. STED microscopy is widely used in biological systems to achieve far-field spatial resolution below the diffraction limit. ...
Joshua “Shua” Sanchez
I will investigate superconductivity in the compound LaAgSb2 by growing chemically substituted single crystals and characterizing their physical properties via electrical transport, thermodynamic and magnetic measurements. ...
Evan Jahrman
I would optimize and apply in-house x-ray spectroscopy, including CEI-XANES, to provide rapid feedback on cathode materials as part of a collaboration between industry, national lab (ANL) and the Seidler group at the UW. ...
Wenjin Zhao
Heterostructures of 2D materials, such as those formed by stacking monolayers of the semiconductors MoSe2 and WSe2, offer potential new routes to efficient, stable and flexible solar cells. ...
Pasqual Rivera
I am a condensed matter physicist studying the coupled optical and electronic properties of 2D materials. ...
Kyle Seyler
My research focuses on understanding the basic optoelectronic physics of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) for solar energy production. Advisor: Xiaodong Xu, Physics ...
Paul Nguyen
Solar energy technology combines materials tailored to exploit the physics at their junctions which enable light energy collection, and extraction as electricity. A promising class of candidate materials is the layered semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Advisor: David Cobden, Physics ...