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news

Congratulations to Benjamin Magruder (IRG-2, Ph.D. ChemE '25) Named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow.

2026 IPRIME Mid-Year Workshop "Plastic Film Circularity: Ambition, Reality, and Opportunity"

Congratulations to Hyunsol Son (IRG-1) on receiving the APS Division of Materials Physics Ovshinsky Travel Award.

publications

Phenyl side groups enhance phonon transport in rubrene crystals

Limits on topotactic transformation speed in electrolyte gate La_0.5Sr_0.5CoO_3-δ electrochemical transistors

Charge transport physics of organic conductors at high carrier densities

Influence of molecular shape and hydrogen bonding on glycolipid self assembly into thermotropic gyroid phases

Double gyroid network morphologies formed by asymmetric AB₁B₂ triblock amphiphiles over wide volume fraction range

Photon interaction frequency is essential to maximize plasmon driven charge transfer

highlights

IRG-1
Pushing the Limits of Topotactic Cycling Endurance in Oxide Electrochemical Transistors

IRG-2
Mesoscopic Morphologies in Frustrated ABC Bottlebrush Block Terpolymers

Seed
Materials Design Rules for Organic Polaritonics

Funded by the National Science Foundation through the University of Minnesota MRSEC under Award Number DMR-2011401