Condensed Matter/Materials Science II

Presentations

• Graphene Nanoribbon Etching for Quantum Devices

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 8:00 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 8:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mason J Foster

    University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Mason J Foster

    University of California, Merced

  • Tianhui Zhu

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Jairo Velasco Jr.

    University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Imaging anisotropic electron states in elliptical quantum dots in monolayer graphene

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 8:12 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 8:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Tianhui Zhu

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Tianhui Zhu

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Qirong Yao

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Anton Marius Graf

    Harvard University

  • Joonas Keski-Rahkonen

    Harvard University

  • Xincong Liu

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Annette Zoe Samuels Asryan

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Yanzi Lin

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Eric Johnson Heller

    Harvard University

  • Jairo Velasco Jr.

    University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Preliminary photoemission studies of the van der Waals material Fe₂Ga₂S₅

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 8:24 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 8:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Tianfei Zhang

    California State University, Long Beach

  Authors

  • Tianfei Zhang

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Tyler Hadsell

    Yale University

  • Mahfuzun Nabi

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Williams Arch

    Ohio State Univ - Columbus

  • Bowen Yu

    Ohio State Univ - Columbus

  • Jonathan David Denlinger

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Wolfgang E Windl

    Ohio State Univ - Columbus

  • Joshua E Goldberger

    Ohio State Univ - Columbus

  • Claudia Ojeda-Aristizabal

    California State University, Long Beach

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• Large area thin exfoliation of van der Waals magnetic and topological crystals and pickup using a Au-assisted method

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 8:36 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 8:48 PM

  Publication: 1) McKeown-Green, A. S., Zeng, H. J., Saunders, A. P., Li, J., Shi, J., Shen, Y., Pan, F., Hu, J., Dionne, J. A., Heinz, T. F., Wu, S. M., Zheng, F., & Liu, F. (2024). Millimeter-Scale Exfoliation of hBN with Tunable Flake Thickness for Scalable Encapsulation. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(6), 6574–6582. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c00412

  Presenters

  • Kyle Li

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Kyle Li

    University of Southern California

  • Derek C Bergner

    University of Southern California

  • Andrew Koerner

    University of Southern California

  • Ethan P Berg

    University of Southern California

  • Isaac Mottern

    University of Southern California

  • Usama Choudhry

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Alexander Stibor

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Yunqiu (Kelly) Luo

    University of Southern California

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• Atomically Thin Two-Dimensional Materials for Memory Storage Devices

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 8:48 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 9:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Kevin Aguilar

    California State University, San Bernardino

  Authors

  • Kevin Aguilar

    California State University, San Bernardino

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• Constructing Copper Substrate Surface Manipulates Zinc Anode Chemistry

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 9:00 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 9:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mykyta Motin

    Contra Costa College

  Authors

  • Mykyta Motin

    Contra Costa College

  • Xinzhe Xue

    University of California Santa Cruz

  • Yat Li

    University of California Santa Cruz

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• Epitaxial Stabilization of the Superionic Cu_2−xSe Phase at Room Temperature for Memristive Neuromorphic Function

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 9:12 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 9:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Becker Sharif

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Becker Sharif

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • David Lederman

    UCSC

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• Molecular Reorientation of Copper Phthalocyanine Thin Films on Gold Surfaces with Controlled Roughness

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 9:24 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 9:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Fernanda Razo

    California State University, Long Beach

  Authors

  • Fernanda Razo

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Erika Escobar

    Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State University Long Beach

  • Thomas Gredig

    Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State University Long Beach

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• Investigating the performance of various hole-blocking materials for amorphous selenium-tellurium photodetectors

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 9:36 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 9:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Evan Walls

    University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Evan Walls

    University of San Diego

  • Kaitlin L Hellier

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Shiva Abbaszadeh

    University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Bulk Synthesis of Superconducting Polycrystalline ZrN

  ORAL

  Oct. 11, 2025, 9:48 PM – Oct. 11, 2025, 10:00 PM

  Publication: Duan, Defang; Liu, Yunxian; Ma, Yanbin; Shao, Ziji; Liu, Bingbing; Cui, Tian. "Structure and superconductivity of hydrides at high pressures." National Science Review, vol. 4, no. 1 (2017): 121-, doi:10.1093/nsr/nww029.
  Drozdov, A. P.; Kong, P. P.; Minkov, V. S.; Besedin, S. P.; Kuzovnikov, M. A.; Knyazev, D. A.; Eremets, M. I. "Superconductivity at 250 K in lanthanum hydride under high pressures." Nature, vol. 569, no. 7757 (2019): 528-531, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1201-8.
  Mei, A. B., Rockett, A., & Cooper, S. L. "Electron/phonon coupling in group-IV transition-metal and rare-earth nitrides." Journal of Applied Physics 114, 193708 (2013). doi:10.1063/1.4832400

  Presenters

  • Tyler Barton

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Tyler Barton

    University of California, Santa Cruz

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