Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research interest
Research interests include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, Advancements in Battery Materials, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties.
Deciphering Catalyst–Support Interaction via Doping for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
A Light-Responsive Metal–Organic Framework with Perchlorinated Nanographene Ligands
In Situ Formation of Ripplocations in Hybrid Organic–Inorganic MXenes
MXenoids: Generalization of MXene-Inspired Covalent Surface Modifications Across Two-Dimensional Materials
High-Nickel Cathodes with Mechanical and Interfacial Robustness via Tailored Concentration Gradients for Stable Li-Ion Batteries
Materials laboratories of the future for alloys, amorphous, and composite materials
Atomic-Scale Tracking of Beam-Induced Phase Transitions in MgCr<sub>1.5</sub>Mn<sub>0.5</sub>O<sub>4</sub>
Synthesis and Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Cd<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub> and (Cd<sub><i>x</i></sub>Zn<sub>1–<i>x</i></sub>)<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub> Quantum Dots
Strain Effects in SrHfO<sub>3</sub> Films Grown by Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Unsupervised Machine Learning for Atomic-Resolution S(TEM) Image Analysis and Management
Polymorphism in the Ruddlesden–Popper Nickelate La<sub>3</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>: Discovery of a Hidden Phase with Distinctive Layer Stacking
Ion-Exchange Effects in One-Dimensional Lepidocrocite TiO<sub>2</sub>: A Cryogenic Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy and Density Functional Theory Study
Entropy-Stabilized Multication Fluorides as a Conversion-Type Cathode for Li-Ion Batteries–Impact of Element Selection
OsO <sub>2</sub> as the Contrast‐Generating Chemical Species of Osmium‐Stained Biological Tissues in Electron Microscopy
Coherent Erbium Spin Defects in Colloidal Nanocrystal Hosts
Automated Defect Detection in Atomic Resolution STEM Images: A Machine Learning Approach with Variational Convolutional Autoencoders
Direct synthesis and chemical vapor deposition of 2D carbide and nitride MXenes
CdTe-based thin film photovoltaics: Recent advances, current challenges and future prospects
Enabling selective zinc-ion intercalation by a eutectic electrolyte for practical anodeless zinc batteries
Hybrid organic–inorganic two-dimensional metal carbide MXenes with amido- and imido-terminated surfaces
Effect of Antisolvent Additives in Aqueous Zinc Sulfate Electrolytes for Zinc Metal Anodes: The Case of Acetonitrile
Titanium oxide-based 1D nanofilaments, 2D sheets, and mesoporous particles: Synthesis, characterization, and ion intercalation
Solid state reduction of nickelate thin films
Variational Convolutional Autoencoders for Anomaly Detection in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
Insights into the reactivity and lithium plating mechanisms of ultra-thin metal oxide coatings for anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries
Electrolyte Reactivity on the MgV<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Cathode Surface
On the structure of one-dimensional TiO2 lepidocrocite
Investigation of Ca Insertion into α-MoO<sub>3</sub> Nanoparticles for High Capacity Ca-Ion Cathodes
β-V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> as Magnesium Intercalation Cathode
Intercalation of Ca into a Highly Defective Manganese Oxide at Room Temperature
Single-particle electrochemistry to identify fundamental barriers to magnesium ion intercalation in transition metal oxides
Discovering Novel Properties in Few-Layer MXenes Using Analytical, In-Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
MRI: Acquisition of a Monochromated, Magnetic-Field-Free, Atomic-Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope Enabling Multidisciplinary Research and Education
A combined theory-experiment study of electronic, magnetic and thermal properties of complex oxide nano-structures
MRI: Acquisition of a Dual-EELS Gatan Quantum Imaging Spectrometer to Upgrade the JEOL ARM200CF at UIC.
Controlling Defects in Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films
Understanding the Active Sites in Selective Alcohol Synthesis with Promoted Rh Catalysts
MRI-R2: Acquisition of an Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope for Multidisciplinary Research and Education at UIC
CAREER: Atomic-Resolution Study of Electron-Spin Interaction in Strongly-Correlated Mixed-Valence Cobalt Oxide Nano-Structures