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Publications (6)

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

From Photons to Electrons: Accelerated Materials Discovery via Random Libraries and Automated Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

Boris Slautin, Kamyar Barakati, Utkarsh Pratiush +10

The real-world implementation of materials prediction algorithms remains limited by persistent characterization bottlenecks in materials discovery, where photon-based probe techniq…

cs.LG2026

Towards Self-Optimizing Electron Microscope: Robust Tuning of Aberration Coefficients via Physics-Aware Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization

Utkarsh Pratiush, Austin Houston, Richard Liu +2

Realizing high-throughput aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) exploration of atomic structures requires rapid tuning of multipole probe correctors…

physics.ins-det2024

Implementing dynamic high-performance computing supported workflows on Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

Utkarsh Pratiush, Austin Houston, Sergei V Kalinin +1

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) coupled with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) presents a powerful platform for detailed material characterization via rich…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Mic-hackathon 2024: Hackathon on Machine Learning for Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy

Utkarsh Pratiush, Austin Houston, Kamyar Barakati +70

Microscopy is a primary source of information on materials structure and functionality at nanometer and atomic scales. The data generated is often well-structured, enriched with me…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Ultraclean suspended graphene by radiolysis of adsorbed water

Hao Wang, Milinda Randeniya, Austin Houston +2

Access to intrinsic properties of a 2D material is challenging due to the absence of a bulk that would dominate over surface contamination, and this lack of bulk also precludes eff…

physics.optics2026

Direct observation of ultrafast defect-bound and free exciton dynamics in defect-engineered WS monolayers

Tae Gwan Park, Xufan Li, Kyungnam Kang +7

Defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) broadly affect their optical and electronic properties. Directly capturing the ultrafast processes of exciton tr…