News

  • Chalcogenide perovskite MBE results in the news!

    Kind article by Elizabeth Thompson with the MRL on our recent paper reporting epitaxial growth of chalcogenide perovskite thin films. Thank you Elizabeth! https://mrl.mit.edu/index.php/component/k2/425-engineers-report-major-advance-in-creating-new-family-of-semiconductor-materials Also picked up elsewhere: https://techxplore.com/news/2021-10-major-advance-family-semiconductor-materials.html https://compoundsemiconductor.net/article/113682/MIT_team_advances_new_family_of_semiconductor_materials…

  • New paper on deep learning for optical data analysis – congrats Yifei Li et al.

    Yifei’s paper on deep learning applied to spectroscopic ellipsometry data analysis is now published – congrats to all! 

  • Panel Discussion – Finding Your Community – on Oct 12

    I’m moderating a fun and hopefully useful panel discussion on topic of “Finding Your Community” on October 12, hosted by ACerS. We have a great lineup of panelists from diverse…

  • New paper on chalcogenide perovskite thin film synthesis by MBE

    Our first paper on epitaxial growth of chalcogenide perovskite BaZrS3 thin films by gas-source MBE is out today. Congrats to Ida, Kevin, and Yifei, and to our terrific collaborators Michael…

  • Welcome back Ida!

    We’re happy to welcome Ida back to us, fresh from finishing her PhD at Waterloo. Welcome back Ida!

  • Farewell Tsedey, welcome Peter!

    Farewell to Tsedey Ayele, our 2020-2021 GAIN participant. We will miss you. Welcome to Peter Ssemwogerere, our 2021-2022 GAIN participant!

  • Paper on chalcogenide perovskite MBE appears on arXiv

    Our paper reporting first-of-a-kind epitaxial growth of chalcogenide perovskite films by gas-source molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) now appears on the arXiv. Congrats to Ida and Kevin, and to our terrific…

  • Congratulations Dr. Filippone!

    Congratulations Stephen for graduating and becoming Dr. Filippone! Your PhD thesis “Synthesis and Characterization of Chalcogenide Perovskites” will be a cornerstone of an expanding and exciting research field.

  • Panel Discussion – Why New Semiconductors? – at the 2021 Spring MRS

    Update – Thank you to everyone involved in making this a fun and thought-provoking evening! Screenshot: ………………. I’m excited to be moderating a panel discussion titled Why New Semiconductors? at…

  • Excellent Presentation Award – Congrats Stephen!

    Congrats Stephen for winning an Excellent Presentation Award for your presentation “Enhancing Fundamental Understanding of Structure-Property Relationships in Chalcogenide Perovskite Semiconductors with Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Dielectric Response, X-Ray…