collaborators

5 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

From Stacking Disorder to Cubic Order: Ice Crystallization from Deeply Supercooled Water

Yulin Lin, Weimin Guo, Suvo Banik +9

Crystallization far from equilibrium can generate morphologies that defy classical crystal habits, yet the microscopic mechanisms linking atomic-scale disorder to emergent macrosco…

physics.chem-ph2026

Imaging nanoscale photocarrier traps in solar water-splitting catalysts

Levi D. Palmer, Wonseok Lee, Pushp Raj Prasad +12

Defects trap photocarriers and hinder solar water splitting. The nanoscale photocarrier transport, trapping, and recombination mechanisms are usually inferred from ensemble-average…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Visualizing Nanoscopic Acoustic Mode Competition in van der Waals Ferroelectric

Zhaodong Chu, Carter Fox, Zixin Zhai +7

Understanding how low-dimensional ferroelectrics respond to ultrafast excitation at nanoscales is essential for controlling energy flow and mechanical functionality in next-generat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Imaging Nanoscale Carrier, Thermal, and Structural Dynamics with Time-Resolved and Ultrafast Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Wonseok Lee, Levi D. Palmer, Thomas E. Gage +1

Time-resolved and ultrafast electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) is an emerging technique for measuring photoexcited carriers, lattice dynamics, and near-fields across femtosec…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Nanoscale and Element-Specific Lattice Temperature Measurements using Core-Loss Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

Levi D. Palmer, Wonseok Lee, Daniel B. Durham +5

Measuring nanoscale local temperatures, particularly in vertically integrated and multi-component systems, remains challenging. Spectroscopic techniques like X-ray absorption and c…