Thin Films and Reaction Kinetics II

Presentations

• Kinetic pathways to modulate ferroelectricity in PbZrO₃

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Publication: 1. Puneet Kaur et. al., Kinetic pathways to modulated ferroelectricity in PbZrO₃ (planned paper)

  Presenters

  • Puneet Kaur Puneet Kaur

    • National Cheng Kung University, R.O.C.

  Authors

  • Puneet Kaur Puneet Kaur

    • National Cheng Kung University, R.O.C.

  • Shin-Hong Chen

  • Rahul Rahul

    • National Cheng Kung University, R.O.C.

  • Jan-Chi Yang

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• Antiferroelectricity with metastable polar state from the Kittel model

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Amit Shah

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Authors

  • Amit Shah

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Xin Li

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  • Guodong Ren

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Yu Yun

  • Rohan Mishra

    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Xiaoshan Xu

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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• Long-distance remote epitaxy

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Nature 646, 584–591 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Jian Shi

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Jian Shi

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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• Enhanced Photocarrier Generation and Charge Transport in N-GQD/MoS₂ Heterostructure Phototransistor for Next-Generation Optoelectronics

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Muhammad Shehzad Sultan

    • University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

  Authors

  • Muhammad Shehzad Sultan

    • University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

  • Wojciech Jadwisienczak

  • Brad R. Weiner

  • Gerardo Morell

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• In-situ Tunable Biaxial Strain of Freestanding Membranes

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Blake Wendland

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Blake Wendland

    • Stanford University

  • Xin Wei

    • Stanford University

  • Bai Yang Wang

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Yijun Yu

    • Fudan University

  • Ella Blake

    • Stanford University

  • Minyong Han

    • Stanford University

  • Tiffany Chun-An Wang

    • Stanford University

  • Harold Hwang

    • Stanford University

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• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Free-Standing-Like Stanene on InSb(111)A

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Takato Yokoo

    • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Takato Yokoo

    • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • Antoine Fleurence

  • Yukiko Yamada-Takamura

    • Japan Adv Inst of Sci and Tech

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• Spectrum Analysis of Thermally Driven Curvature Inversion in Strained Graphene Ripples for Energy Conversion Applications via Molecular Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • James Mangum

    • University of Arkansas

  Authors

  • James Mangum

    • University of Arkansas

  • MD Rezaul Kabir

    • University of Arkansas

  • Tamzeed Bani Amin

    • University of Arkansas

  • Syed Maksudur Rahman

    • University of Arkansas

  • Ashaduzzaman Ashaduzzaman

    • University of Arkansas

  • Paul Thibado

    • University of Arkansas

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• First principles identification of hole-polaron configurations and optical signatures in titanium oxide photoanodes

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Publication: Boyd, C.; McBride, S.; Paolino, M.; Lang, M.; Hautier, G.; Cuk, T. Assigning Surface Hole Polaron Configurations of Titanium Oxide Materials to Excited-State Optical Absorptions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147 (13), 10981–10991. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c15043.

  Presenters

  • Shay McBride

    • Dartmouth College

  Authors

  • Shay McBride

    • Dartmouth College

  • Cassius Boyd

  • Michael Paolino

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Moritz Lang

  • Moritz Lang

  • Geoffroy Hautier

    • Dartmouth College

  • Tanja Cuk

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Fullerene-decorated PdCo nano-resistor network hydrogen sensors: sub-second response and parts-per-billion detection at room temperature

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: Anh Ngo et al. Nature communications, 2025 (To be published)

  Presenters

  • Tho Nguyen

    • University of Georgia

  Authors

  • Tho Nguyen

    • University of Georgia

  • Anh Ngo

  • Ashwin Magar

  • Hoang Luong

    • University of Georgia

  • Minh Pham

  • Yiping Zhao

    • University of Georgia

  • George Larsen

  • Tuan Trinh

    • Utah State University

  • Trinh Phan

  • Michael Jung

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• Unraveling Reactions at the Metal–Oxide Gas Interface Using a Novel Spectro-Electrochemical Setup

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Anna Staerz

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Anna Staerz

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Krishna Teja Valeti

  • Christopher Martin

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Substrate symmetry driven non-reciprocal acoustoelectric effect in SAW devices

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: [1] Vijayan, S., Suffit, S., Cooper, S. E. & Feng, Y. Nanoscale symmetry protection of the reciprocal acoustoelectric effect. arXiv e-prints arXiv:2507.08314 (2025) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2507.08314.

  Presenters

  • Sandeep Vijayan

    • Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology

  Authors

  • Sandeep Vijayan

    • Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology

  • Stephan Suffit

  • Scott Cooper

  • Yejun Feng

    • Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology

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• Spatial Diffusion of D Atoms in Solid D₂ Films

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Cameron Wetzel

    • Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Cameron Wetzel

    • Texas A&M University

  • David Lee

    • Cornell University

  • Sergei Sheludiakov

  • Janne Ahokas

  • Sergey Vasiliev

  • Vladimir Khmelenko

    • Texas A&M University College Station

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• Two-Dimensional Island Growth of ZnO on Monolayer WS₂

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Arjun Dahal

    • University of South Alabama

  Authors

  • Arjun Dahal

    • University of South Alabama

  • Theodore Cramer

    • University of South Alabama

  • RAPHAEL Nelson

    • Deparment of Physics, Kennesaw State University

  • Chetan Dhital

    • Kennesaw State University

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• Growth and Characterization of (111)-Oriented SrRuO₃/SrTiO₃ Superlattices via Pulsed Laser Deposition

  Oral-In-person

  March 20, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Margaret Andersen

    • Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

  Authors

  • Margaret Andersen

    • Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

  • Nikita Kundu

    • Oklahoma State University

  • Umme Habiba

    • Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

  • Ishwor Rana

    • Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

  • Derek Meyers

    • Oklahoma State University-Stillwater

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