Research Highlights

We aim to understand the nature of conductivity along bio-inspired nanowires and tune these properties via change in chemistry that can be achieved synthetically. This year, we studied a hexamer of coiled peptides which has been synthesized and displays efficient...

Natural proteins exhibit a range of complex structures, functions, and dynamics lacking from synthetic materials. The design of supramolecular materials mimicking these biological features requires the development of design principles for dynamic biomolecular...

High-entropy borides have shown dramatic strength increases with the addition of WB2 and/or MoB2. To uncover a physical explanation for this behavior, a new collaboration with Professors Jian Luo and Tim Rupert was developed. The team discovered that W addition...

Grain boundaries, interfaces between two crystals inside a material, are important defects which can dramatically alter material response because the structure of the boundary is different from the bulk crystalline region. Using a unique set of metals called...

UCI scientists measure local vibrational modes at individual crystalline faults Breakthrough research made possible by advanced microscopic techniques Citation: Nature volume 589, pages 65–69 (2021) Often admired for their flawless appearance to the...