March, 2018: In a study published March 8 in Science, KIC co-Director David Muller, in collaboration with University of Chicago scientists, revealed a technique to “sew” two patches of crystals seamlessly together to create atomically thin fabrics. 

March 2018: KIC members Grace Xing, Debdeep Jena and David Muller are among a team of Cornell researchers that have successfully devised a semi-conductor-superconductor crystal featuring gallium nitride (GaN) grown directly only a crystal of niobium nitride (NbN), a proven superconductor material used in many applications, including quantum communications and astronomy.  Their research was published online March 8 in Nature.

Feb 2018: Recent work from the lab of Lena Kourkoutis, KIC member and Assistant Professor of Applied & Engineering Physics, describes a new approach to characterizing and understanding exotic charge-ordered phases in manganite, shedding light on the material’s structure changes where the “fun” happens- at super cold temperatures.

January, 2018: A KIC research team comprised of co-Directors Paul McEuen & David Muller, member Itai Cohen, and Postdoctoral Fellow Marc Miskin have built the 'muscle' for an electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell. Their work is outlined in "Graphene-based Bimorphs for Micron-sized, Autonomous Origami Machines," published Jan. 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

December, 2017: KIC co-Director David Muller and his research collaborators have discovered a method for basically inserting a 1-D semiconductor channel into the "fabric" of a 2-D materials. The electronic band structures of these channels exhibit the proprieties necessary for future electronics applications.  This research was published in Nature Materials. 

Nov. 2017: KIC members and postdocs explore the optical properties of single-atom-thick layers of graphene and report clear observations of exitons in bilayer graphene.  The research by Paul McEuen, Farhan Rana, Long Ju and Lei Wang (all affiliated with KIC) was published in Science on Nov 17, 2017. 

Nov. 2017: KIC members Darrell Schlom and Kyle Shen address a decades-old mystery of "missing electrons." Their work is detailed in a paper, "Lifshitz transition from valence fluctuations in YbAl3," published Oct. 11 in Nature Communications.

Oct. 2017:  Inspired by cephalopods such as the octopus that have the ability to quickly change color and shape, KIC member and Professor of Physics Itai Cohen has teamed up with Rob Shepherd, an assistant professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, to devise a method for precisely transforming stretchable 2D objects into 3D shapes. 

Oct., 2017: A research group led by KIC members Grace Xing and Debdeep Jena recently achieved a new record in deep ultraviolet photonics at 40% internal quantum efficiency (IQE), which is more than twice the highest-reported value for the conventional heterostructures at comparable short DUV wavelengths. 

Sept. 2017:  KIC Director and John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science Paul McEuen has been named a Citation Laureate for his seminal contributions to carbon-based electronics.