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Congratulations to Yunshu and collaborators! They Congratulations to Yunshu and collaborators! They report on the electrical transport properties of LaNiGa2, a topological crystalline superconductor. Her crystals are the best quality samples reported so far!
Congratulations to Stelo! She was awarded the Robe Congratulations to Stelo! She was awarded the Robert and Adrian Shelton prize, and received a Department citation! Both awards are well deserved! We are so proud of you!
Jingcheng’s article, with Hanshang and Stelo, was Jingcheng’s article, with Hanshang and Stelo, was selected as an Editors’ Suggestion in Phys. Rev. Letters, and also as the cover! Congratulations!
Congratulations to Jingcheng and collaborators, in Congratulations to Jingcheng and collaborators, including Hanshang and Stelo! They used scanning NV magnetometry to image domain switching in the chiral antiferromagnet Mn3Sn. The switching was induced by spin-orbit torque using spin currents generated from Hanshang’s and Stelo’s crystals of WTe2!
Congratulations to Kyoka and collaborators! She in Congratulations to Kyoka and collaborators! She introduces a quantitative criterion to evidence whether or not a predicted compound has been synthesized. It’s compatible with autonomous synthesis platforms to check predictions more efficiently. And the results are in: theoretical calculations have a lot more progress to do!
What a way to finish your undergraduate years, Kyoka! With a first author paper! So proud of you! And continue in graduate school!
Congratulations to Stelo! She gave a talk at the 2 Congratulations to Stelo! She gave a talk at the 2026 APS global meeting. So proud of our undergraduate researchers!
Another crystal grown using the Czochralski techni Another crystal grown using the Czochralski technique! This is UPt3, a topological superconductor! The crystal is pulled vertically from the molten mixture.
Single crystal of UCoAl on a millimeter grid. More Single crystal of UCoAl on a millimeter grid. More than 1 gram. Growth along the c-axis by the Czochralski technique.
X-ray Laue picture of a single crystal of UCoAl. X-ray Laue picture of a single crystal of UCoAl.
Memories from my sabbatical in Grenoble last quart Memories from my sabbatical in Grenoble last quarter. A beautiful growth on a single screw dislocation!
We don’t often get to update the periodic table of We don’t often get to update the periodic table of the elements. Yunshu did! Congratulations Doctor!
Farewell party for Yunshu and Hanshang! We miss yo Farewell party for Yunshu and Hanshang! We miss you already!
Congratulations to Yunshu for her great PhD semina Congratulations to Yunshu for her great PhD seminar! Proud of you, Doctor Shi!
Congratulations to Hanshang and Rahim! They report Congratulations to Hanshang and Rahim! They report on a large (almost exhaustive) survey of cerium based ferromagnets with anisotropic magnetization + some new data and analysis. The results contradict previous understanding and reveal that magnetic interactions are more important than Kondo for the phenomenon of hard axis ordering.
Hanshang, the storyteller game master! Nearly all Hanshang, the storyteller game master! Nearly all of us got executed!
Congratulations to Kyoka for graduating with two a Congratulations to Kyoka for graduating with two awards: the Robert and Adrian Shelton prize and a department citation for outstanding performance!
Congratulations to Ivan from the Kauzlarich group Congratulations to Ivan from the Kauzlarich group and their collaborators, including Zihao! They study a candidate material for high-temperature energy conversion applications.
Hanshang made it to this prestigious table! Congra Hanshang made it to this prestigious table! Congratulations!
Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher St Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher Stelo! She received the Hui-Hwa Chiang Endowed Scholarship in Physics!
Midori’s article was selected as an Editors’ Sugge Midori’s article was selected as an Editors’ Suggestion and this is the fancy picture that was selected to highlight the paper. Congratulations Midori!
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