Congratulations to James, Michael, and Tim on the publication of their paper, “Surface ligation stage revealed through polarity-dependent fluorescence during perovskite nanocrystal growth” in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C! James discovered that different types of syringe filter media select for nanocrystals with different surface properties. In these studies our team uses filtration and rapid sampling of a reaction mixture to show distinct stages of growth during the synthesis of methylammonium lead halide perovskite nanocrystals. Really neat work, great job team!

A huge congratulations to our undergrad Madi, who was selected for the NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program! We are all so happy for her – hooray!!

Congrats to Kelly and Ashley on the publication of their work in Optics Express. Their paper, titled “Broadband single-shot transient absorption spectroscopy”, details the heroic efforts they have made to give our SSTA instrument broadband probe capabilities. From developing a powerful white light source, to programming clever beamshaping algorithms, to meticulously ensuring accurate calibration – this is fantastic work. Great job!