Innovative Materials and Analysis Technology Exploration (iMATE) Program
2025 Exploration Projects
Magnetic order, chiral spin structures, and spin torques in 2D Cr-halides and -chalcogenides heterostructures
Novel quantum phenomena from strongly correlated Dirac/Weyl fermions
Generating field emission paired electrons with superconducting tips in scanning tunneling microscopy
Experimental exploration of quantum geometric origin of optical effects in topological materials
In-situ mechanistic exploration of the nanoscale Kirkendall effect in microfluidic system using Cu2O formation and transformation as the model reaction
Accelerated and upscale synthesis of chitosan as drug carriers
Unmasking and tackling phase segregation of perovskite solar cells
Hetero-valent ions induced structural evolution in halide-based perovskite materials
Exploring topological matter and novel quantum phenomena in low-dimensional nanoscale material systems
Investigation of emerging electronic phases in thin films of bilayer oxide heterostructures and their interfaces
Heterogeneous electrochemical catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol inspired by the particulate Methane Monooxygenase (pMMO)
Atomic precision design on active nanosturture of heterogeneous catalyst surface
Bottom-up synthesis of helical nanographenes with conspicuous chiroptical properties
Catalytically enhanced reverse Boudouard reaction for CO2 to CO conversion (2)
2D Materials and hybrid Structures for photodetector applications: avalanche photocurrents, quick responses and extended detection wavelengths
Cell glycosylation in different phases of cell cycle and culture conditions
Influences of light and pH conditions on coccolithophore methionine metabolism
Multi-resolution tracking of inter-domain communication mediated by strict anaerobe bacterial membrane vesicles
Switching cellular microenvironment from two-dimensional (2D) surface to three-dimensional (3D) curved surface based on the microfluidic technology to elucidate the regulation on cell volumes by cytoskeleton tensions
Universal platform for controlled release of polypeptide Liposomes tailored to precision health needs
Developing short-wave infrared flow cytometry with wavelengths beyond 1100 nm
Laser cooling of long-lived excited state atoms: preparation of circular state ultracold rydberg atoms and exploration of novel quantum phases
High-throughput single nanoparticle characterization in solution