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Congratulations to Mahdi for receiving the Sean M. Kirkpatrick Award!
April 25, 2024Mahdi Ghafariasl received the 2024 Sean M. Kirkpatrick Award ($1000 award) for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research....
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Mahdi presented a poster at the APS March meeting!
April 25, 2024Mahdi presented a poster entitled “Evolution of Excitonic Species of Nano-Interfaces in MoxW1-xS2” at the APS March meeting in Minneapolis. To read more, click on the link Evolution of Excitonic Species of Nano-Interfaces in MoxW1-xS2 Monolayer Heterostructures...
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Gabriel presented a talk at the APS March meeting!
April 25, 2024Gabriel presented a talk entitled “Combining ab initio accuracy and large-scale Molecular Dynamics with Machine Learning” at the APS March meeting in Minneapolis. To read more, click on the link Combining ab initio accuracy and large-scale Molecular Dynamics with Machine Learning: an application on Transition Metal Dichalcogenides...
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Mahdi presented a talk at the APS March meeting!
April 25, 2024Mahdi presented a talk entitled “Comprehensive Study of Photodegradation and Thermal Effects in Violet Phosphorus” at the APS March meeting in Minneapolis. To read more, click on the link Comprehensive Study of Photodegradation and Thermal Responses in Violet Phosphorus...
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Sampath presented a talk at the APS March meeting!
April 25, 2024Sampath Gamage presented a talk entitled “Improved Tip-Enhanced Photoluminescence (TEPL) Resolution through Demodulation” at the APS March meeting in Minneapolis. to read more, click on the link Improved Tip-Enhanced Photoluminescence (TEPL) Resolution Through Demodulation...
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Mahdi’s paper ” Photodegradation and Thermal Effects in Violet Phosphorus” is published in Advanced Materials Interfaces.
January 26, 2024Congrats to Mahdi, Sarabpreet, and Sampath for publishing their paper in Advanced Materials Interfaces! Keep up the great work!...
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Sampath’s paper ” Infrared Nanoimaging of Hydrogenated Perovskite Nickelate Memristive Devices” is published in ACS Nano.
January 26, 2024Congrats to Sampath, Steven, Sarabpreet, and Mahdi for publishing their paper in ACS Nano! Keep up the great work!...
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Congratulations to Dr. Abate for receiving the Moore Foundation grant to investigate ‘brain on a chip’
September 3, 2023Aug. 2023 Dr. Abate has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative. The funding will enable Abate’s research team to further explore fundamental properties of nanometer-scale oxide material devices that behave like biological synaptic systems. The goal of the research, in anticipation of the ravenous energy […]...
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Recent Graduation and Employment from Our Group
July 13, 2022Graduate Students: 1. Alireza Fali: PhD May 2022. Employed by Bruker Microscopy Company, Santa Barbara, CA 2. Yassamin Ghafouri: PhD September 2021. Employed by Malvern Panalytical, Northampton MA 3. Marquez Howard: MS June 2021. Employed by BioNano Genomics, San Diego, CA 4. Ramesh Basnet: MS January 2022. Employed by Laser Service Engineer Position at Menlo […]...
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The National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program awards a total of $3M Collaborative Grant for Quantum Networks Training and Research Alliance in the Southeast to the University of Georgia and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
July 13, 2022Yohannes Abate (Physics) is the Principal Investigator and at UGA Co-Principal Investigators are Michael Geller (Physics), Peter Kner (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering), Tina Salguero (Chemistry), and Xianqiao Wang (College of Engineering) Abstract: Quantum networks enable more efficient information processing, promising functionality that is faster and more secure than the classical networks that undergird current communication […]...
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Congratulations to Alireza
July 3, 2021Alireza Fali has been selected as a recipient of the Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship ($2500 award) for the 2021-2022 academic year....
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new paper Editor’s Pick!
May 24, 2021Our new paper at APL is selected as Editor’s Pick, congrats Ali!...
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Ali’s paper ” Violet Phosphorus Surface Chemical Degradation in Comparison to Black Phosphorus” is published in Applied Physics Letters.
April 22, 2021Keep up the great work Ali!...
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Ali’s paper “Self-Assembled Periodic Nanostructures Using Martensitic Phase Transformations” is on the news! Great work Ali!
February 9, 2021Ali’s paper “Self-Assembled Periodic Nanostructures Using Martensitic Phase Transformations” is on the news! Great work Ali! Link to Articles: https://www.physast.uga.edu/blogs/news/posts/researchers-develop-new-one-step-process-for-creating-self-assembled-metamaterials https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/researchers-develop-new-one-step-process-creating-self-assembled-metamaterials...
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Ali and Yassamin’s paper “Photodegradation Protection in 2D In-Plane Heterostructures Revealed by Hyperspectral Nanoimaging: The Role of Nanointerface 2D Alloys” is on the news! Keep up the great work!
February 9, 2021Ali and Yassamin’s paper “Photodegradation Protection in 2D In-Plane Heterostructures Revealed by Hyperspectral Nanoimaging: The Role of Nanointerface 2D Alloys” is on the news! Keep up the great work! Link to Articles:...
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Ali and Yassamin’s paper “Photo-degradation Protection in 2D In-Plane Heterostructures Revealed by Hyperspectral Nanoimaging: the Role of Nano-Interface 2D Alloys” is accepted in ACS Nano.
January 12, 2021Great Job Ali and Yassamin!...
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Ali and Dr. Abate’s paper “Self-Assembled Periodic Nanostructures Using Martensitic Phase Transformations” is recognized by the University of Minnesota.
January 12, 2021Keep up the great work! Link to the article....
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Ali, Sampath, and Marquez’s paper is accepted in ACS Photonics
December 14, 2020Ali, Sampath, and Marquez’s paper “Nanoscale Spectroscopy of Dielectric Properties of Mica” is accepted in ACS Photonics. Great job guys!...
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Ali and Neda’s paper is accepted in Nano Letters.
October 28, 2019Ali and Neda’s paper “Refractive Index-Based Control of Hyperbolic Phonon-Polariton Propagation” is accepted in Nano Letters. Keep up the great work!...
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Neda and Steven’s paper is accepted in PNAS
September 25, 2019Neda and Steven’s paper “Carrier Localization in Perovskite Nickelates from Oxygen vacancies” is accepted in PNAS. Keep up the great work!...
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Our paper “Probing Structural Changes In Single Enveloped Virus Particles Using Nano-Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging” is highlighted in Science Daily and Phys.org
August 19, 2019Probing Structural Changes In Single Enveloped Virus Particles Using Nano-Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging is highlighted in Science daily and phys.org...
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Dr. Abate is featured in UGA Today
August 19, 2019Dr. Abate is featured in UGA Today for contributing to discoveries! UGA Today article featuring Dr. Abate....
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Neda and Ali’s paper gets accepted in Optics Express
June 28, 2019Neda and Ali’s paper Hyperspectral Time-domain Terahertz Nanoimaging gets accepted in Optics Express. Keep up the great work!...
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Dr. Abate is featured in UGA today
April 29, 2019Dr. Abate is featured in UGA Today Focus on Faculty! UGA Today Focus on Faculty article....
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Mainul Mazumder joins the group
March 25, 2019Graduate student Mainul Mazumder joins the group. Welcome Mainul!...
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Neda and Ali’s paper is featured in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Science Chronicles
December 13, 2018Neda and Ali’s paper “Reconfigurable Infrared Hyperbolic Metasurfaces Using Phase Change Materials” is featured in UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Science News Chronicles. Keep up the great work! https://www.franklin.uga.edu/news/stories/2018/new-study-opens-possibilities-smaller-more-powerful-light-control-quantum...
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Dr. Abate is featured in UGA today
December 13, 2018Dr. Abate is featured in UGA today. https://news.uga.edu/presidential-hiring-initiative-expands-to-recruit-research-faculty/...
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Neda and Ali’s paper is accepted into Nature Communications!
October 22, 2018Neda and Ali’s paper “Reconfigurable Infrared Hyperbolic Metasurfaces Using Phase Change Materials” is accepted into Nature Communications. Keep up the good work!...
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Video: Recent Progress on Stability and Passivation of Black Phosphorus
August 2, 2018View the latest video of our research on the recent article that was published in Advanced Materials. ...
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Dr. Gamage & Marquez’s paper is accepted in PLOS
June 12, 2018Dr. Gamage and Marquez’s paper “Probing structural changes in single enveloped virus particles using nano-infrared spectroscopic imaging” is accepted in PLOS One. Great job guys!...
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Rugang Geng Joins the Group
March 6, 2018Research assistant Dr. Rugang Geng joins the group. Welcome Rugang!...
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Marquez Howard Wins Scholarship
February 28, 2018Graduate student Marquez Howard wins Osborne Assistants Award....
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Dr. Babicheva & Samphath’s Paper Accepted in Optics Express
February 28, 2018Dr. Babicheva and Samphathís paper “Near-field edge fringes at sharp material boundaries” is accepted in Optics Express. Great job guys!...
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Dr. Gamage & Dr. Abate Paper Accepted in Advanced Materials
January 28, 2018Dr. Gamage and Dr. Abate’s review paper “Recent Progress on Stability and Passivation of Black Phosphorus” is accepted in Advanced Materials. Way to go guys!...
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Antonio Mantica Joins the Group
November 28, 2017Graduate student Antonio Mantica joins the group. Welcome Antonio!...
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Dr. Kottegoda Joins our Group
August 28, 2017Fulbright Scholar Dr. Iresha Kottegoda joins our group. Welcome Iresha!...
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Sampath Successfully Defends Thesis
June 28, 2017Sampath successfully defends his thesis, Outstanding job Dr. Gamage! Well deserved!...
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Paper Accepted in IOP Science
May 28, 2017Graduate students Sampath, Alireza and Neda’s paper “Reliable Passivation of Black Phosphorus by Thin Hybrid Coating” is accepted in IOP Science. Great job guys!...
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Sampath Gamage Wins Joseph H. Hadley Award
April 28, 2017Sampath Gamage wins Joseph H. Hadley award for Most Outstanding Advanced Graduate Student in Physics. Congratulations Sampath!...
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Dr. Abate Joins Editorial Board
February 18, 2017Dr. Abate joins the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports....
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Brendan & Sampath’s Paper Accepted in IOS Science
January 1, 2017Graduate students Brendan and Sampath’s paper “Geometric constraints on phase coexistence in vanadium dioxide single crystals” is accepted in IOP Science. Great job guys!...