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Roberts' Lab Publishes New Work on Quantum Dots
Dr. Sean Roberts, a faculty affiliate of the Texas Materials Institute, and his group have had their work on lead halide perovskite quantum dots recently published in ACS Energy Letters. The team studied how different variants of naphthalene energy acceptors stick to these dots, which impact their ability to facilitate photon upconversion, a process wherein low-energy visible photons are used to drive emission of high-energy UV light. The production of UV light via this process has several potential uses, such as initiating chemical reactions and facilitating high-resolution 3D printing.
Arumugam Manthiram talks AI and Energy Storage in New National Academy of Engineering Article
Dr. Arumugam Manthiram, a professor in Mechanical Engineering and affiliate of Texas Materials Institute, along with Tianxing Lai, a graduate researcher in his lab, have recently published an article in The Bridge about the role artificial intelligence (AI) can play in discovering new materials and battery chemistries for the future.
TMI Affiliate Publishes on Cost-Effective Way to Capture Carbon Dioxide
Dr. Vaibhav Bahadur, an affiliate member of the Texas Materials Institute, has recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal on a practical and cost-effective way to sequester CO₂ on the seabed. Bahadur, along with his co-authors Mark Hamalian and Karey Maynor, have studied a new method for carbon storage that uses tiny bubbles of CO₂ to form hydrates instead of simply injecting the carbon into underground reservoirs, as is currently done.
MS&E Students Lead Paper on Accurately Predicting How Charged Defects Scatter Electrons
Defects are unavoidable in real materials and can strongly influence properties such as electrical conductivity and electron dynamics. Until now, researchers had to rely on rough approximations to describe the scattering of charged defects, which limits the understanding and predictions of materials’ properties. Yuanyue Liu’s group at TMI of UT Austin recently developed a new way to accurately predict how charged defects in crystals scatter electrons.
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Yuebing Zheng Awarded 'New Directions' Seed Funding from UT OVPR
Yuebing Zheng was awarded seed funding through the University's Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors. The 'New Directions in Research' grants are one time payments that give faculty an opportunity to obtain proof-of-concept or pilot data for future, larger grants.
Terry Zheng Awarded UT Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship
Tianrui (Terry) Zheng, a Materials Science & Engineering graduate student working with Dr. Guihua Yu, is a recipient of the 2026-2027 UT Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows Award from UT's Energy Institute.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardees
We are excited to announce that two MS&E students, Arvin Sharma and Aisha Lizaola, have been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP).
Two New Publications Advance Innovative Synthesis Methods for Next-Generation Battery Materials
We are excited to share updates on two recent publications in Nature Energy and Nature Communications from Dr. Yijin Liu and his group, highlighting breakthroughs in battery material synthesis aimed at improving cathode performance, durability, and manufacturability.
Recent Advances from Dr. Manthiram
We are excited to highlight a new publication from Dr. Arumugam Manthiram and his team, recently featured in ACS Energy Letters.
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