Enhanced Atomic-scale Ferroelectricity Directly on Silicon Scientists at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab, led by S. Cheema and Prof. S. Salahuddin, have managed to stabilize ferroelectric order in ultrathin doped hafnium oxide on silicon. Their recent paper published in Nature not only demonstrates ferroelectricity down to single nanometer thickness (equivalent to two unit cells of…

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MSE graduate student, Yin Liu wins MRS gold award! UC Berkeley MSE graduate student Yin Liu, a Ph.D. candidate in Professor Jie Yao’s research group, won the Gold Award for Graduate Student Award at the 2019 Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting. The MRS Graduate Student Awards consisting of gold and silver medals, are highly competitive…

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GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR/ READER GSI/GSR Openings for positions as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) and Reader are announced before the beginning of each semester. If interested, complete the Online Application (which requires a CalNet ID) Applicants must meet all Graduate Division requirements for the appointment including being a registered graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.0…

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RESOURCES FORMS Faculty (Return to Catalina Estrada) Request for Academic Leave of Absence for Seven (7) Calendar Days or Less Sabbatical Leave Undergraduate Students (Return to Main Office) H194 Honors Undergraduate Research Form Graduate Students (Return to Ariana Castro) Final Program of Study for PhD-White Card Tentative Program of Study for PhD-Blue Card Program of Study for…

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Exotic Phase Competition in Ferroic Materials by Daisy Hernandez August 17, 2017 A team of students and postdocs lead by Prof. Lane Martin and Prof. R. Ramesh in Materials Science and Engineering and in collaboration with researchers from Pennsylvania State University, Argonne National Laboratory, the National Center for Electron Microscopy and the Advanced Light Source…

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Professor Ceder in the Economist by Daisy Hernandez December 8, 2015 Professor Ceder is quoted in an article entitled “New Materials for Manufacturing” in the December Technology Quarterly section of the Economist.  The article discusses how materials science is “rapidly transforming the way that everything from cars to lightbulbs is made” and the Materials Project…

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Professor Xu Recognized for Research on Quickly Self-Assembling Thin Films by Materials Science and Engineering June 20, 2014 Professor Xu recently reported in Nature Communications a new technique for the accelerated generation of nanoparticle assemblies.  The technique enables self assembly processes that normally require hours to order up, to be formed in just one minute. …

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