Highlights Highlights 2024 Seed: CryoEM finds complexity in structural evolution of active materials 2024 Shared Facilities: Anisotropy-Driven Crystallization of Dimensionally Resolved Quasi-1D Van der Waals Nanostructures 2024 IRG-1: Interplay of chemistry and structure in complex concentrated alloys 2024 IRG-1: Observation of Grain Boundary Electrostatic Characteristics in Perovskite Solid-State Electrolytes by Four-Dimensional Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy 2024 Education and Outreach: STEM Corp: Educating the next generation of leaders to engage K-12 students in STEM 2024 Partnerships: Collaborations and Knowledge Transfer at UCI MRSEC (CCAM) 2024 IRG-2: All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of CSH-CSSC fibers (Tobias Group) 2024 Education and Outreach: Defining Paths to STEM Careers: CCAM Community Partnership 2024 IRG-1: Conductivity enhancement in sodium-doped multi-phase high entropy oxides 2024 IRG-1: The sources and control of interstitial impurities during arc melting of refractory complex concentrated alloys 2024 IRG-1: Role of interfaces in phase decomposition in the CoCrNi alloy 2024 IRG-2: Elastic Network of Droplets for Underwater Adhesives 2024 IRG-2: Electrically Tuned Dissipative Assembly of Nanoparticles in Colloidal Solution 2024 IRG-1: Neural Network Kinetics: Exploring Diffusion Multiplicity and Chemical Ordering in Compositionally Complex Materials 2024 IRG-1: Reversible Enhancement of Electronic Conduction caused by Phase Transformation and Interfacial Segregation in an Entropy Stabilized Oxide 2024 IRG-2: Bioinspired heme binding peptide fibers 2024 IRG-1: Chemical complexity frustrates grain boundary transitions 2024 IRG-2: Machine learning-guided investigation of conductivity mechanisms in peptide assemblies 2024 IRG-1: Discovery of Ni Activated Sintering of MoNbTaW Guided by a Computed Grain Boundary “Phase” Diagram 2024 IRG-1: Elucidating Electrostatics at Grain Boundaries in Perovskite Solid Electrolytes Using 4D-STEM 2024 IRG-2: Understanding the Microscopic Mechanisms Associated with Conductivity in Biological System from First-Principles 2024IRG-2:CryoEM finds complexity in structural evolution of active materials 2023 IRG-1: Discovering a new class of solid electrolytes with interface-enabled conductivity improvements 2023 Partnerships: Collaborations and Knowledge Transfer at UCI MRSEC (CCAM) 2023 Education & Outreach: Polymer Crosslinking with Calcium Alginate Hydrogels 2023 Education & Outreach: Anteater Science: inspiring a lasting interest in STEM in K-12 students in Southern California 2023 Seed: Structured Strain and Deformations in Van der Waals Quantum Material Heterostructures 2023 Seed: DLP printing of tunable magnetic composites 2023 Shared Facilities: Vibrational electron energy loss spectroscopy for Li distribution mapping 2023 IRG-2: Sugar-fueled Dissipative Living Materials 2023 IRG-1: Atomic-scale origin of the low grain-boundary resistance in perovskite solid electrolyte 2023 IRG-1: Interfacial segregation in NbMoTaW demonstrated by high-throughput simulations 2023 IRG-2: Fully Electrically Fueled Supramolecular Living System 2023 IRG-1: Chemical transition in Interfacial Segregation Zones 2023 IRG-2: Sugar-Fueled Dissipative Materials 2022 IRG-2: Electron Transfer in Bio-inspired Wires 2022 IRG-1: High-entropy transition metal diborides 2022 IRG-1: Data-Driven Prediction of High-Entropy Alloys 2022 Shared Facilities: Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy 2022 Partnerships: Collaborations and Knowledge Transfer 2022 Education & Outreach: Future Materials and STEM Corps 2022 Education & Outreach: Material Processing 2022 Seed: Supramolecular Polymerization using Electrogenic Bacteria 2022 Seed: van der Waals Molds for 2D Crystal Growth 2022 IRG-2: Sequence-dependent Behavior in Biomolecular Materials 2022 IRG-2: Electrically-Fueled Active Materials 2022 IRG-1: Interfacial Segregation in CCAs 2022 IRG-1: Perovskite Solid Electrolyte Grain Boundary 2022 IRG-1: A New Type of Compositionally Complex Silicides 2021 IRG-1: Bayesian Optimization & Graph Deep Learning 2021 Education & Outreach: Salt Crystallization 2021 Education & Outreach: Microscopy & Feathers 2021 IRG-1: Structure & Chemistry in the Near-Boundary Region 2021 IRG-1: Boundary Strengthening of Borides 2021 IRG-2: Assembly of Supramolecular Peptides 2021 IRG-2: Long-Range Conductivity in Hexamer Peptides 2021 Partnerships: Collaborations & Knowledge Transfer 2021 Shared Facilities: Single-Defect Phonon Imaging by Electron Microscopy