Symmetry Breaking • Quantum Materials • Spin-optoelectronics
I study how chemistry shapes the physics of quantum materials.
Selected Work
Recent papers exploring how nonprimary ammonium cations modulate structural asymmetry to unlock new optoelectronic and spin behavior in hybrid perovskites.
Hidden spin-valley locking in 2D hybrid perovskites stabilizes optically generated spin-polarized carriers for over four nanoseconds at room temperature without an external magnetic field.
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Large polar cation in three-dimensional hybrid perovskites and its role in reshaping emergent polarization and spin properties.
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Nonprimary ammonium cations in 2D hybrid perovskites break local inversion symmetry.
Structural design rules for stabilizing spin valleys with persistent spin textures.
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A generalized pathway for designing non-centrosymmetric perovskites by restricting cation dynamics.
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A Streamlit-based web application workspace for modeling and analysis of hybrid crystal structures and simulation data.
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A Streamlit-based web application for processing X-ray/Neutron scattering and pair distribution function data.
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Understanding how vibrational motion, dynamic disorder, and lattice distortions impact quantum phenomena in soft semiconductors.
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