IMOD News Archive

The IMOD community has news and activities coming in on multiple channels, from new scientific publications, participation in conferences, outreach activities, educational news 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. 

2023 IMOD Seed Awards

2023 IMOD Seed Awards

Measuring Relative Energies of Ligand Binding Conformations on Nanocluster Surfaces with Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy

Measuring Relative Energies of Ligand Binding Conformations on Nanocluster Surfaces with Temperature-Dependent FTIR Spectroscopy

Navigating the Potential Energy Surface of CdSe Magic-Sized Clusters: Synthesis and Interconversion of Atomically Precise Nanocrystal Polymorphs

Navigating the Potential Energy Surface of CdSe Magic-Sized Clusters: Synthesis and Interconversion of Atomically Precise Nanocrystal Polymorphs

Controlled Assembly of CdSe Nanoplatelet Thin Films and Nanowires

Controlled Assembly of CdSe Nanoplatelet Thin Films and Nanowires

2023 IMOD Annual Meeting

2023 IMOD Annual Meeting

Cryo-Compatible In Situ Strain Tuning of 2D Material-Integrated Nanocavity

Cryo-Compatible In Situ Strain Tuning of 2D Material-Integrated Nanocavity

Chiral Optical Nano-Cavity with Atomically Thin Mirrors

Chiral Optical Nano-Cavity with Atomically Thin Mirrors

2023 OMS^3 Cohort Complete’s lab-based collaboration and learning

2023 OMS^3 Cohort Complete’s lab-based collaboration and learning

Chemical Behavior and Local Structure of the Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Alloyed Pb/Sn Bromide 2D Perovskites

Chemical Behavior and Local Structure of the Ruddlesden–Popper and Dion–Jacobson Alloyed Pb/Sn Bromide 2D Perovskites

UbiQD partner with IMOD for Educational Outreach event with SPIN Girls

UbiQD partner with IMOD for Educational Outreach event with SPIN Girls

Spin-selective strong light–matter coupling in a 2D hole gas-microcavity system

Spin-selective strong light–matter coupling in a 2D hole gas-microcavity system

NaNaX10: Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

NaNaX10: Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

Optical conductivity and orbital magnetization of Floquet vortex states

Optical conductivity and orbital magnetization of Floquet vortex states

Surface Engineering of Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystal Assemblies and Their Optical and Electronic Devices

Surface Engineering of Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystal Assemblies and Their Optical and Electronic Devices

Visible Wavelength Flatband in a Gallium Phosphide Metasurface

Visible Wavelength Flatband in a Gallium Phosphide Metasurface

Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution

Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution

Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis wins the 2023 Centenary Prize

Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidis wins the 2023 Centenary Prize

Optical pumping of electronic quantum Hall states with vortex light

Optical pumping of electronic quantum Hall states with vortex light

Radiative pumping of exciton-polaritons in 2D hybrid perovskites

Radiative pumping of exciton-polaritons in 2D hybrid perovskites

Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching

Indefinite and bidirectional near-infrared nanocrystal photoswitching

Temperature-Controlled Reversible Formation and Phase Transformation of 3D Nanocrystal Superlattices Through In Situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

Temperature-Controlled Reversible Formation and Phase Transformation of 3D Nanocrystal Superlattices Through In Situ Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

Direct nano-imaging of light-matter interactions in nanoscale excitonic emitters

Direct nano-imaging of light-matter interactions in nanoscale excitonic emitters

Kanatzidis named 2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science

Kanatzidis named 2023 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science

Design of Dendritic Promesogenic Ligands for Liquid Crystal-Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems

Design of Dendritic Promesogenic Ligands for Liquid Crystal-Nanoparticle Hybrid Systems

The nature of dynamic local order in CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbBr3

The nature of dynamic local order in CH3NH3PbI3 and CH3NH3PbBr3

Colloidal, Room-Temperature Growth of Metal Oxide Shells on InP Quantum Dots

Colloidal, Room-Temperature Growth of Metal Oxide Shells on InP Quantum Dots

2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients

2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recipients

High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence

High-efficiency stretchable light-emitting polymers from thermally activated delayed fluorescence

IMOD 2023 REU Cohort Announced

IMOD 2023 REU Cohort Announced

Red Emission from Copper-Vacancy Color Centers in Zinc Sulfide Colloidal Nanocrystals

Red Emission from Copper-Vacancy Color Centers in Zinc Sulfide Colloidal Nanocrystals

IMOD Presenting at the MicroLED Industry Association

IMOD Presenting at the MicroLED Industry Association

Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution

Design Rules for Obtaining Narrow Luminescence from Semiconductors Made in Solution

What would a future built on Quantum Mechanics look like?

What would a future built on Quantum Mechanics look like?

Vapor-Deposited n = 2 Ruddleston-Popper Interface Layers Aid Charge Carrier Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells

Vapor-Deposited n = 2 Ruddleston-Popper Interface Layers Aid Charge Carrier Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells

Excitonic Spin-Coherence Lifetimes in CdSe Nanoplatelets Increase Significantly with Core/Shell Morphology

Excitonic Spin-Coherence Lifetimes in CdSe Nanoplatelets Increase Significantly with Core/Shell Morphology

Dr. Hendrik Utzat, from UC Berkeley, presenting on “Genuine Quantum Interference of Single-Photons Emitted from Colloidal Lead-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots”

Dr. Hendrik Utzat, from UC Berkeley, presenting on “Genuine Quantum Interference of Single-Photons Emitted from Colloidal Lead-Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots”

Spin-mediated Mott excitons

Spin-mediated Mott excitons

Prof. Kai-Mei Fu named a 2023 Optica Fellow

Prof. Kai-Mei Fu named a 2023 Optica Fellow

Prof. Prineha Narang (UCLA) presenting on new approaches to Quantum Matter and Quantum Information Science

Prof. Prineha Narang (UCLA) presenting on new approaches to Quantum Matter and Quantum Information Science

2022 REU Graduate Catherine La Riviere Wins Poster Award at 2023 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

2022 REU Graduate Catherine La Riviere Wins Poster Award at 2023 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics

IMOD Seed Program: Year 2 Awards

IMOD Seed Program: Year 2 Awards

Deterministic Quantum Light Arrays from Giant Silica-Shelled Quantum Dots

Deterministic Quantum Light Arrays from Giant Silica-Shelled Quantum Dots

Nanoparticle dynamics in hydrogel networks with controlled defects

Nanoparticle dynamics in hydrogel networks with controlled defects

Prof. Kai-Mei Fu explains the value of hands-one experience with Quantum Hardware in Educational Settings

Prof. Kai-Mei Fu explains the value of hands-one experience with Quantum Hardware in Educational Settings

Short Aromatic Diammonium Ions Modulate Distortions in 2D Lead Bromide Perovskites for Tunable White-Light Emission

Short Aromatic Diammonium Ions Modulate Distortions in 2D Lead Bromide Perovskites for Tunable White-Light Emission

Deterministic Quantum Light Arrays from Giant Silica-Shelled Quantum Dots

Deterministic Quantum Light Arrays from Giant Silica-Shelled Quantum Dots

Colloidal, Room-Temperature Growth of Metal Oxide Shells on InP Quantum Dots

Colloidal, Room-Temperature Growth of Metal Oxide Shells on InP Quantum Dots

Prof. Arka Majumdar Selected for the 2022 iCANX Young Scientist Award

Prof. Arka Majumdar Selected for the 2022 iCANX Young Scientist Award

Engineering the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal InP Quantum Dots for Charge Transport

Engineering the Surface Chemistry of Colloidal InP Quantum Dots for Charge Transport

2022 IMOD Annual Conference

2022 IMOD Annual Conference

Magneto-optical measurements of the negatively charged 2s exciton in WSe2

Magneto-optical measurements of the negatively charged 2s exciton in WSe2

2022 Cohort Completes the OMS^3 Onboarding Course

2022 Cohort Completes the OMS^3 Onboarding Course

Ordered Mixed-Spacer 2D Bromide Perovskites and the Dual Role of 1,2,4-Triazolium Cation

Ordered Mixed-Spacer 2D Bromide Perovskites and the Dual Role of 1,2,4-Triazolium Cation

Predicting Indium Phosphide Quantum Dot Properties from Synthetic Procedures Using Machine Learning

Predicting Indium Phosphide Quantum Dot Properties from Synthetic Procedures Using Machine Learning

Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity

Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity

Topological Edge Model Tapering

Topological Edge Model Tapering

CLEO 2022

CLEO 2022

Two-dimensional excitons from twisted light and the fate of the photon’s orbital angular momentum

Two-dimensional excitons from twisted light and the fate of the photon’s orbital angular momentum

IMOD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow

IMOD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Fellow

Optical conductivity and orbital magnetization of Floquet vortex states

Optical conductivity and orbital magnetization of Floquet vortex states

Quantum Dots and Invisibility Cloaks | QTS Experience Podcast

Quantum Dots and Invisibility Cloaks | QTS Experience Podcast

IMOD 2022 REU Cohort Announced

IMOD 2022 REU Cohort Announced

Predicting Indium Phosphide Quantum Dot Properties from Synthetic Procedures Using Machine Learning

Predicting Indium Phosphide Quantum Dot Properties from Synthetic Procedures Using Machine Learning

Magneto-Optical Measurements of the Negatively Charged 2s Exciton in WSe2

Magneto-Optical Measurements of the Negatively Charged 2s Exciton in WSe2

IMOD Seed Program: Year 1 Awards

IMOD Seed Program: Year 1 Awards

Coherent Spin Dynamics in Vapor-Deposited CsPbBr3 Perovskite Thin Films

Coherent Spin Dynamics in Vapor-Deposited CsPbBr3 Perovskite Thin Films

NSF grants $25m to fund new Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

NSF grants $25m to fund new Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

CU Boulder faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

CU Boulder faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

$25 Million Science and Technology Center Grant for Developing Optoelectronic, Quantum Technologies

$25 Million Science and Technology Center Grant for Developing Optoelectronic, Quantum Technologies

Lehigh to support ‘integrative partnerships’ for multi-university research collaboration to advance optoelectronic material development

Lehigh to support ‘integrative partnerships’ for multi-university research collaboration to advance optoelectronic material development

With $25M grant, Univ. of Washington to lead new ultra high tech optoelectronics center

With $25M grant, Univ. of Washington to lead new ultra high tech optoelectronics center

NSF to fund revolutionary center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies

NSF to fund revolutionary center for optoelectronic, quantum technologies

New Science and Technology Centers to address vexing societal problems

New Science and Technology Centers to address vexing societal problems