Congratulations Feng and Prof. Ping on there new publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A! In this work we established a first-principles framework for polaron hopping mobility in anisotropic and doped metal oxides, by …
Quantum information science
The Ping Group made the UCSC news for its research in quantum information science! At UC Santa Cruz, materials scientists are working to develop novel materials that can serve as the foundation for quantum information …
Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at LLNL
Tyler Smart’s poster presentation title “Electron Transport and Atomic Doping in Cobalt Oxide” received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the 2018 Summer Student Poster Symposium at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Congratulations Tyler!
NSF Award on Materials Theory Research
Our proposal on “First-Principles Design of Charged Defects for Two-dimensional Quantum Technologies” has been funded by NSF/DMR-CMMT (Condensed Matter and Materials Theory) Summary: This award supports theoretical and computational research to develop computational methods and …
2018 Hellman Fellow
Prof. Yuan Ping was awarded a 2018 Hellman fellowship! Congratulations! Established at UCSC in 2011, the purpose of the Hellman Fellows Program is to support substantially the research of promising assistant professors who show capacity …
Quantum Information Science and Engineering Network
Tyler Smart was accepted into the QISE-NET program! The Quantum Leap Big Idea was formulated as a cross-NSF activity focused on advancing the development of quantum technologies. The “Triplets” approach is one of the activities …
Summer Internship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tyler Smart received a summer internship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory! The Computational Chemistry & Materials Science (CCMS) Summer Institute at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) offers graduate students the opportunity to work directly with …
Theoretical and Experimental Insight into the Effect of Nitrogen Doping on Hydrogen Evolution Activity of Ni3S2 in Alkaline Medium
Nickel sulfide (Ni3S2) is a promising hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalyst by virtue of its metallic electrical conductivity and excellent stability in alkaline medium. However, the reported catalytic activities for Ni3S2 are still relatively low. …
First-principles engineering of charged defects for two-dimensional quantum technologies
Charged defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerging applications in quantum technologies such as quantum emitters and quantum computation. The advancement of these technologies requires a rational design of ideal defect centers, demanding reliable computation …
Small Polaron Formation and Transport in Doped Hematite
A complete study of the effect of defects (including Oxygen vacancies, Nitrogen, Nitrogen+Oxygen Vacancy and Tin) on the electronic structure of Hematite (Fe2O3), including a further study on small polaron transport in pristine Hematite and …