Publications

Fast ion transport at solid–solid interfaces in hybrid battery anodes
Zhengyuan Tu, Snehashis Choudhury, Michael J. Zachman, Shuya Wei, Kaihang Zhang, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Lynden A. Archer
Nature Energy 3, 310 (2018)

Strain Tuning in Complex Oxide Epitaxial Films Using an Ultrathin Strontium Aluminate Buffer Layer
Di Lu, Yasuyuki Hikita, David J. Baek, Tyler A. Merz, Hiroki Sato, Bongju Kim, Takeaki Yajima, Christopher Bell, Arturas Vailionis, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Harold Y. Hwang
Phys. Status Solidi RRL 12, 1700339 (2018)

Mesophase Formation Stabilizes High-purity Magic-sized Clusters
Douglas R. Nevers, Curtis B. Williamson, Benjamin H Savitzky, Ido Hadar, Uri Banin, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Tobias Hanrath, and Richard D. Robinson
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 3652 (2018)

Press: New technique simplifies creation of nanoparticle ‘magic-sized clusters’, Cornell Chronicle (March 12, 2018)

Nature and evolution of incommensurate charge order in manganites visualized with cryogenic scanning transmission electron microscopy
Ismail El Baggari, Benjamin H. Savitzky, Alemayehu S. Admasu, Jaewook Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong, Robert Hovden, and Lena F. Kourkoutis
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 115:1445-1450(2018)

Press: Cryogenic microscopy reveals atomic shifts of a manganite, Cornell Chronicle & Technology.org

Growth of LaAlO₃ on silicon via an ultrathin SrTiO₃ buffer layer by molecular-beam epitaxy
Zhe Wang, Zhen Chen, Antonio B Mei, Xue Bai, Lena F Kourkoutis, David A Muller, Darrell G Schlom
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 36, 021507 (2018)

Bending and breaking of stripes in a charge ordered manganite
Benjamin H. Savitzky, Ismail El Baggari, Alemayehu S. Admasu, Jaewook Kim, Sang-Wook Cheong, Robert Hovden, Lena F. Kourkoutis
Nature Communications 8, 1883 (2017)

Press: Group maps atomic shifts in charge-ordered manganite, Cornell Chronicle (Dec. 7, 2017)

Insulator-to-Metal Transition at Oxide Interfaces Induced by WO3 Overlayers
Giordano Mattoni, David J. Baek, Nicola Manca, Nils Verhagen, Dirk J. Groenendijk, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Alessio Filippetti, Andrea D. Caviglia
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 42336 (2017)

Designing solid-liquid interphases for sodium batteries
Snehashis Choudhury, Shuya Wei, Yalcin Ozhabes, Deniz Gunceler, Michael J. Zachman, Zhengyuan Tu, Jung Hwan Shin, Pooja Nath, Akanksha Agrawal, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Tomas A. Arias, Lynden A. Archer
Nature Communications 8, 898 (2017)

Mapping cation diffusion through lattice defects in epitaxial oxide thin films on the water-soluble buffer layer Sr₃Al₂O₆ using atomic resolution electron microscopy
David J. Baek, Di Lu, Yasuyuki Hikita, Harold Y. Hwang, and Lena F. Kourkoutis
APL Materials 5, 096108 (2017)   

Press: Overcoming atomic structural defects in oxide film synthesis with low temperature, Mark H. Kim, Scilight (2017)

Designing Artificial Solid-Electrolyte Interphases for Single-Ion and High-Efficiency Transport in Batteries
Zhengyuan Tu, Snehashis Choudhury, Michael J. Zachman, Shuya Wei, Kaihang Zhang, Lena F. Kourkoutis, and Lynden A. Archer
Joule 1, 394 (2017)