Revealing the Nanoscale Structure and Behavior of the Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase /

Atomic-Scale Studies of Crystal and Electronic Structure of Perovskite Oxide Thin Films at Room and

Technological Growth; Atomic Bonding in Materials; Crystal Structure; Defects in Crystalline Solids; Annealing

crystal LaCoO3. The abruptness and magnitude of the MIT is found to be insensitive to the film composition

-principles crystal structure prediction, several new high-nitrogen-content energetic compounds are described. In

these structure?property relationships can inform the design of new materials for applications including

Using aberration-corrected HREM, the surface structure of {110}-faceted SrTiO3 nanoparticles

-scales. Epitaxial deposition of 2D materials on single-crystal substrates yields large-scale production of 2D

understanding of liquid crystal behavior in complex geometries. Next we develop a locally refined moving mesh

-responsive nanocomposite actuator layer and a mechanochromic elastomeric photonic crystal layer. Upon global or localized

-field-scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) was utilized to characterize grain boundary structure and

confinement when the colloid diameter is comparable to the channel size. Nonequilibrium structure formation in