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Transistors Built From Ultra-Thin 2D Materials Take A Step Forward
Researchers at Penn State have demonstrated that two-dimensional materials, like molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide, can be used to create smaller, more efficient transistors compared to traditional silicon. These advancements could lead to faster and more energy-efficient computers, addressing the growing demand for data processing and storage.
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Announcing the 2021 BioPACIFIC MIP Fellows and Associates!
BioPACIFIC MIP has introduced its inaugural cohort of 25 Fellows and Associates, comprising graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from UCSB, UCLA, and UNC Chapel Hill. They will engage in research training, professional development, and networking. More information is available on the Education page.
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PARADIM User Project Featured on Advanced Materials Cover

A PARADIM-supported study on electronic charge transport in spinels was selected for the frontispiece of Advanced Materials in December 2020.
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PARADIM Postdoctoral Associate Jisung Park Receives 2nd Place in 2020 APL Materials Excellence in Research Award

Jisung Park was awarded second place in the 2020 APL Materials Excellence in Research Award for his work on fully transparent field-effect transistors.
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Darrell Schlom Receives 2021 APS James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

PARADIM Director Darrell Schlom was honored with the 2021 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials by the American Physical Society.
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PARADIM Users Win NAMBE 2019 Best Journal Paper Award

Dongxue Du, Patrick Strohbeen, and Jason Kawasaki received the NAMBE 2019 Best Journal Paper Award for their work on polymorphism control in LiZnSb thin films.
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Accelerating Research
The Center for Scientific Computing at UCSB is utilizing a $400,000 NSF grant to enhance scientific computing through a new GPU cluster. This technology supports research in bio-based materials and other projects, benefiting collaborations like the BioPACIFIC MIP, established with a $23.7 million NSF grant.
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PARADIM Researchers Publish Thermodynamic Roadmap for Oxide MBE Sources

A comprehensive thermodynamic study by PARADIM in-house researchers evaluates the volatility of 128 binary oxides to guide source material selection for oxide MBE. Featured as an Editor’s Pick, the paper was also selected as the cover article for the August 2020 issue of APL Materials.
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David Elbert Delivers Talk "Streaming Towards Our Quantum Future" at 2020 Kafka Summit

PARADIM Chief Data Officer David Elbert delivered a talk at the 2020 Kafka Summit titled “Streaming Towards Our Quantum Future.”
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UCLA, UCSB Share $23.7 Million Grant to Study Biologically Based Polymers
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named UC Santa Barbara and UCLA joint partners in the BioPolymers, Automated Cellular Infrastructure, Flow, and Integrated Chemistry: Materials Innovation Platform (BioPACIFIC MIP). The five-year, $23.7 million collaboration is part of the NSF Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) Program and has a scientific methodology reflecting the broad goals of the Materials Genome Initiative, which aims to develop new materials “twice as fast at a fraction of the cost.”