1/2021 – Xingxu Yan and Chaitanya Gadre published an article in Nature: Single-defect phonons imaged by electron microscopy. Press release
11/2020 – Prof. Pan was named a 2020 Highly Cited Researchers global list by Web of Science. Press release
8/2020 – Christopher Addiego, Chaitanya Gadre, and Huaixun Huyan received awards at M&M 2020
7/2020 – NSF grants UCI $18 million to start the Center for Complex and Active Materials with Prof. Pan as inaugural director. Press release
2/2020 – Dr. Wenpei Gao joined the North Carolina State University as Assistant Professor. Congratulations! Visit his website
12/2019 – Xingxu Yan published an article in Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Anomalous Linear Layer-Dependent Blue Shift of Ultraviolet-Range Interband Transition in Two-Dimensional MoS2
10/2019 – Wenpei Gao and Christopher Addiego published an article in Nature: Real-space charge-density imaging with sub-ångström resolution by four-dimensional electron microscopy. Press release
9/2019 – Dr. Yi Zhang joined the Sun Yat-sen University as Associate Professor. Congratulations!
9/2019 – Xingxu Yan published a paper in Nano Letters: Unexpected Strong Thermally Induced Phonon Energy Shift for Mapping Local Temperature
9/2019 – Linze Li published a paper in Nano Letters: Observation of Strong Polarization Enhancement in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions
6/2019 – Pan Group published a paper in Nature: Freestanding Crystalline Oxide Perovskites Down to the Monolayer Limit. Press release
4/2019 – Dr. Sheng Dai joined East China University of Science and Technology as Professor. Congratulations!
1/2019 – Wenpei Gao published a paper in Science Advances: Probing the dynamics of nanoparticle formation from a precursor at atomic resolution. Press release
1/2019 – Sheng Dai published a paper in Nature Communications: Platinum-trimer decorated cobalt-palladium core-shell nanocatalyst with promising performance for oxygen reduction reaction
9/2018 – Yi Zhang published a paper in Nature Nanotechnology: Anisotropic polarization-induced conductance at a ferroelectric–insulator interface. Press release
6/2018 – The Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI) is now open! As the innagural director, UCI has released an interview with Prof. Pan: A Materials World. See the press release
4/2018 – Prof. Pan was elected as an 2018 MRS Fellow. Press release
8/2017 – Sheng Dai published a paper in Nature Communications: In situ atomic-scale observation of oxygen-driven core-shell formation in Pt3Co nanoparticles. Press release
7/2017 – Sheng Dai published a paper in Nano Letters: Revealing Surface Elemental Composition and Dynamic Processes Involved in Facet-Dependent Oxidation of Pt3Co Nanoparticles via in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy