Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films, Electronic and Lattice Properties II

Presentations

• Large critical field and enhanced critical temperature in superconducting thin film epitaxial TaC

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Olivia Walsh

    • National Laboratory of the Rockies

  Authors

  • Olivia Walsh

    • National Laboratory of the Rockies

  • Ian Leahy

  • Brooks Tellekamp

  • Julia Martin

    • National Renewable Energy Lab

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• Understanding Origin of Unexpected Nonlinear Optical Response in TaTe₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nathaniel Lowe

    • University of Alabama

  Authors

  • Nathaniel Lowe

    • University of Alabama

  • Hussam Mustafa

    • Auburn University

  • pradip karki

    • Auburn University

  • Luca Moreschini

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Cheng Hsun Wu

  • Swapneal Jain

    • University of Alabama

  • Maximilian Huber

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jerzy Sadowski

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Christopher Jozwiak

  • Aaron Bostwick

  • Zhiqiang Mao

    • Pennsylvania State University

  • Wencan Jin

    • Auburn University

  • Alessandra Lanzara

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Yi Lin

    • University of Alabama

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• Synthesis of Large-scale 2D Organic Framework/graphene Heterostructure with Observing Dirac and Flat Bands

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Publication: 1. Xin Zhang, et al. Large-scale 2D heterostructures from hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks and graphene with distinct Dirac and flat bands. Nature Communications 15,5934 (2024).
  2. Minghu Pan, et al. Growth of Mesoscale Ordered Two-Dimensional Hydrogen-Bond Organic Framework with the Observation of Flat Band, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 036203(2023) (Editors' Suggestion)

  Presenters

  • Minghu Pan

    • Shaanxi Normal University

  Authors

  • Minghu Pan

    • Shaanxi Normal University

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• Theoretical Study of MAPbI₃/P3HT Hybrid Interfaces: Strategies for Enhanced Charge Transfer and Interface Design

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Results presented in this abstract are part of a manuscript in preparation for submission to a peer-reviewed journal.

  Presenters

  • Somayyeh Alidoust

    • Sabanci University

  Authors

  • Somayyeh Alidoust

    • Sabanci University

  • Veli Ongun Özçelik

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• High-Speed and Hysteresis-Free Near-Infrared Optical Hydrogen Sensor Based on Ti/Pd Bilayer Thin Films

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Publication: Ashwin Magar et al. Nanomaterials 2025, 15(14)

  Presenters

  • Ashwin Magar

  Authors

  • Tho Nguyen

    • University of Georgia

  • Ashwin Magar

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• Possible spin transport in NbSe₃ nanowires

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Ryuta Yagi

    • AdSE, Hiroshima University

  Authors

  • Ryuta Yagi

    • AdSE, Hiroshima University

  • Kaiki Hamada

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science

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• Investigating and optimizing Ion migration and degradation at Cu-SiO₂ interfaces in advanced electronics packaging

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nathaniel Bunker

    • Binghamton University

  Authors

  • Nathaniel Bunker

    • Binghamton University

  • Manuel Smeu

    • Binghamton University

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• Thermodynamics and structural distortions of SiC inclusion in silicon

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Logan Hennes

    • University of Notre Dame

  Authors

  • Logan Hennes

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Marco Govoni

    • University of Modena & Reggio Emilia

  • Francois Gygi

    • University of California, Davis

  • Giulia Galli

    • University of Chicago

  • Jonathan Whitmer

    • University of Notre Dame

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• Bonding at the SiC-Graphite Interface: Quantum Mechanical Calculations

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Sajjana Madduma Kumarage

    • University of Tulsa

  Authors

  • Sajjana Madduma Kumarage

    • University of Tulsa

  • Mosiur Rahaman

  • Mark Olima

  • Hema Ramsurn

  • Michael Keller

  • Matthew Ryder

    • United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

  • Sanwu Wang

    • University of Tulsa

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• Development of sub-nm roughness evaluation method using electron diffraction on HOPG

  Oral-In-person

  March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: Manuscript in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Rivaldo Marsel Tumbelaka

    • Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Rivaldo Marsel Tumbelaka

    • Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  • Toya Fujiwara

  • Yoshihiro Kitagawa

  • Yuki Ida

  • Yasunari Kimoto

  • Kaito Matsue

  • Azusa Hattori

  • Hiroki Momono

  • Ken Hattori

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• Atomically Precise Manipulation of Rare-Earth Complexes on Metal Surfaces

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: [1]. T. M. Ajayi, N. Shirato, T. Rojas, S. Wieghold, X. Cheng, K. Z. Latt, D. Trainer, N. Dandu, Y. Li, S. Premarathna, S. Sarkar, D. Rosenmann, Y. Liu, N. Kyritsakas, S. Wang, E. Masson, V. Rose, X. Li, A. T. Ngo, & S. W. Hla. "Characterization of just one atom using synchrotron x-rays". Nature 618, 69-73 (2023).
  [2]. T. M. Ajayi, V. Singh, K. Z. Latt, S. Sarkar, X. Cheng, S. Premarathna, N. Dandu, S. Wang, F. Movahedifar, S. Wieghold, N. Shirato, V. Rose, L. A. Curtiss, A. T. Ngo, E. Masson, & S. W. Hla. "Atomically precise control of rotational dynamics in charged rare-earth complexes on a metal surface". Nat. Commun. 13, 6305 (2022).
  [3]. D. J. Trainer, K. Z. Latt, X. Cheng, N. Dandu, L. A. Curtiss, S. Ulloa, A. Ngo, E. Masson, & S. W. Hla. "Gating Single Molecules with Counterions". ACS Nano 19, 15272-15280 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Kyaw Zin Latt

    • Ohio University

  Authors

  • Kyaw Zin Latt

    • Ohio University

  • Daniel Trainer

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Tolulope Ajayi

    • Ohio University

  • Xinyue Cheng

  • Naveen Dandu

  • Sineth Premarathna

    • Ohio University

  • Anh Ngo

  • Eric Masson

  • Saw-Wai Hla

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