IMOD News Archive
The IMOD community has news and activities coming in on multiple channels, from new scientific publications, through participation in conferences, educational and outreach activities, to awards, recognition and general updates. While you can find reports on recent news in each of the sections on the website, this centralized news archive acts as a single location where all of the news is collected together in one place.
Follow us on our social media feeds to keep up to date with IMOD activities.
Applications are open for the 2026 OMS^3 Summer Course
Influence of Ligand Exchange on Single Particle Properties of Cesium Lead Bromide Quantum Dots
Polariton Control of Molecular Charge Transfer in Perylene Diimide Semiconductors
Bilayer Metasurfaces for Angular Control of Light
Cavity-Mediated Radiative Energy Transfer Enables Stable, Low-Threshold Lasing in Hybrid Quantum Dot-Nanoplatelet Supraparticles
Polymorphism and Phase Control in Dion–Jacobson 2D 3-(Aminomethyl)piperidinium-Based Metal Iodide Perovskites
CdSe Magic-Size Clusters Deviate from Nanocrystal-Size Scalings for Ultrafast Intraband Relaxation and Auger Recombination
Dynamical Complexity of Non-Gaussian Many-Body Systems with Dissipation
Hydrazine-free precursor for solution-processed all-inorganic Se and Se1−xTex photovoltaics
Deterministic Printing of Single Quantum Dots
23 researchers train across disciplines at OMS^3 2025
2025 Seed Awards
Directed Assembly of Gold Bipyramids and Quantum Dots Using Click Chemistry for Plasmon-Exciton Coupling
Structure–property relationships for exciton polarons in organic–inorganic hybrid materials
Sequential Cation Exchange in Indium Phosphide Magic-Sized Clusters
33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Point Defect Induced Potential Wells across the m-Plane of Core/Shell GaN Nanowires
Washington Middle School students learn about light at the UW
Defect Passivation via Dual-Ligand Surface Modification for Bright and Stable Blue Emission in CsPbBr3 Nanoplatelets
Breaking quantum barriers with inkjet printing
Cation interdiffusion control for 2D/3D heterostructure formation and stabilization in inorganic perovskite solar modules
Colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronics
Design of Zn Chalcogenide Shells for Emissive Ga-Rich In1–XGaXAs Quantum Dots Synthesized in Molten Salts
Room-Temperature Quantum Emission from CuZn–VS Defects in ZnS:Cu Colloidal Nanocrystals
Random pulse sequences for qubit noise spectroscopy
Narrow Blue Emission from Cadmium Phosphide Clusters Enhanced through Phosphinate Ligation
2025 IMOD REU Cohort
Engineering spin coherence in core-shell diamond nanocrystals
Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots
Cs2AgSbI6 Nanocrystals: a New Air-Stable Iodide Double-Perovskite (Elpasolite) Semiconductor
Oleic acid rearrangement enables facile transfer of red-emitting quantum dots from hexane into water with enhanced fluorescence
Professor Cherie Kagan elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Dimensional Control in Phase-Pure Coevaporated Quasi-2D Ruddlesden–Popper Structures
Narrow-Linewidth Emission and Weak Exciton-Phonon Coupling in 2D Layered Germanium Halide Perovskites
Bringing clean energy and optoelectronics to high school STEM classrooms
Chiral Quantum Optics: Recent Developments and Future Directions
Multiple Emission Peaks Challenge Polariton Condensation in Phenethylammonium-Based 2D Perovskite Microcavities
Ultrafast Dynamics of Plasmon-Coupled Excitons in Semiconducting Nanoplatelets
Opportunities and Challenges of Solid-State Quantum Nonlinear Optics
From Structure to Function: Designing Iridium Catalysts with Spin-Forbidden Excitation for Low-Energy Light-Driven Reactions
Nanocavity-Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation from Colossal Quantum Dots
Highly Coherent Room-temperature Molecular Polariton Condensates
Materials and Cavity Design Principles for Exciton-Polariton Condensates
Observation of Photonic Chiral Flatbands
Colloidal Chemistry in Molten Inorganic Salts: Direct Synthesis of III–V Quantum Dots via Dehalosilylation of (Me3Si)3Pn (Pn = P, As) with Group III Halides
Professor Cherie Kagan named 2025 IEEE Fellow
Mixed 1D/0D Structures of Chiral Hybrid Lead Halides with an l-Nicotinium Spacer Exhibit Broadband Photoluminescence and Polarized Emission
Ultrafast Switching of Whispering Gallery Modes in Quantum Dot Superparticles
Meet IMOD’s new communicators
Landau–Levich Scaling for Optimization of Quantum Dot Layer Morphology and Thickness in Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
Professor Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
IMOD’s new education director Caroline Long helps researchers communicate with K-12 students — and each other
Increased Brightness and Reduced Efficiency Droop in Perovskite Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Using Carbazole-Based Phosphonic Acid Interface Modifiers
Dynamic control of 2D non-Hermitian photonic corner skin modes in synthetic dimensions
Thermally Stable Anthracene-Based 2D/3D Heterostructures for Perovskite Solar Cells
One Pot Synthesis of Cyan Emitting CdZnSSe Quantum Dots for Human Centric Lighting
Chiral flat-band optical cavity with atomically thin mirrors
Quadrupolar Resonance Spectroscopy of Individual Nuclei Using a Room-Temperature Quantum Sensor
Rainier Prep Field Trip Visit to University of Washington
IMOD welcomes Gordana Dukovic and David Jonas as member faculty
Million-Q free space meta-optical resonator at near-visible wavelengths
A tale of two transfers: characterizing polydimethylsiloxane viscoelastic stamping and heated poly bis-A carbonate transfer of hexagonal boron nitride
Optical pumping of electronic quantum Hall states with vortex light
Ultrafast Symmetry Control in Photoexcited Quantum Dots
Theory of excitons in colloidal semiconductor nanoplatelets
Elucidating the Interplay between Symmetry Distortions in Passivated MAPbI3 and the Rashba Splitting Effect
IMOD researchers unlock a ‘new synthetic frontier’ for quantum dots
Reductive pathways in molten inorganic salts enable colloidal synthesis of III-V semiconductor nanocrystals
NSF grant opens opportunities for UC Merced students in materials research
Anomalous Behavior in Dark–Bright Splitting Impacts the Biexciton Binding Energy in (BA)2(MA)n−1PbnBr3n+1 (n = 1–3)
2024 Seed Awards
2025 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
Discovery of enhanced lattice dynamics in a single-layered hybrid perovskite
2024 IMOD Annual Meeting
Colossal Core/Shell CdSe/CdS Quantum Dot Emitters
2024 PREM Funding
Surface-binding molecular multipods strengthen the halide perovskite lattice and boost luminescence
Montana State University Quantum Art Workshop
2024 OMS^3 Course
Nanometer Control of Ruddlesden-Popper Interlayers by Thermal Evaporation for Efficient Perovskite Photovoltaics
Ligand Equilibrium Influences Photoluminescence Blinking in CsPbBr3: A Change Point Analysis of Widefield Imaging Data
CU Science Discovery Camp 2024
Nanodiamond Emulsions for Enhanced Quantum Sensing and Click-Chemistry Conjugation
Bromine Incorporation Affects Phase Transformations and Thermal Stability of Lead Halide Perovskites
Tailoring Interface Energies via Phosphonic Acids to Grow and Stabilize Cubic FAPbI3 Deposited by Thermal Evaporation
Chemically Driven Sintering of Colloidal Cu Nanocrystals for Multiscale Electronic and Optical Devices
Observation of topological frequency combs
Machine Learning for Perovskite Solar Cells: An Open-Source Pipeline
A Summer Research Program for Community College Students Led by Graduate Students at the University of Washington
Exciton–photocarrier interference in mixed lead-halide-perovskite nanocrystals
Two Spacers, One Perovskite: Integrating Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Halide Perovskites
Near-visible topological edge states in a silicon nitride platform
Gordana Dukovic named a 2024 Brown Investigator
Tunable Localized Charge Transfer Excitons in Nanoplatelet–2D Chalcogenide van der Waals Heterostructures
2024 IMOD REU Cohort
Interpreting Halide Perovskite Semiconductor Photoluminescence Kinetics
Nanolaser Using Colloidal Quantum Wells Deterministically Integrated on a Nanocavity
Metal Fluorides Passivate II–VI and III–V Quantum Dots
Mercouri Kanatzidis elected to the 2024 National Academy of Sciences
Elsa Reichmanis Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science
No results found.