Monthly IMPact - December 2017

4D rods: 3D structures via programmable 1D composite rods

Materials & Design
 

From Cells to Laminate: Probing and Modeling Residual Stress Evolution in Thin Silicon Photovoltaic Modules using Synchrotron X-ray Micro-Diffraction Experiments and Finite Element Simulations

Surveillance nanotechnology for multi-organ cancer metastases

Nature Biomedical Engineering

SUTD Authors: Zhen Ding, Oliver Weeger, and Martin L. Dunn

“We describe a new technology that integrates 3D printing, smart materials, and computational design algorithms to print a component and then with a single heating process, transform it into a completely different 3D shape; the latter can be achieved faster and cheaper than by directly 3D printing it.” ---Martin L. Dunn

SUTD Authors: Sasi Kumar Tippabhotla, Ihor Radchenko, W.J.R. Song, Vincent Handara, Andrew A.O. Tay, and Arief S. Budiman

“Solar module integration process causes residual thermal stresses, leading to subsequent cell fractures, a major challenge for the PV industry. We demonstrated a quantitative evaluation of cell residual stress for the first time through unique synchrotron micro-XRD experiments and FEM simulations, enabling the design of highly reliable c-Si solar modules.” ---Sasi Kumar Tippabhotla

SUTD Authors: Xinyu Zhao, Yang Sheng, and Tan Mei Chee

“Optical imaging of metastasis in vivo has been limited by the absence of suitable probes that overcome tissue-related signal attenuation. Here, we demonstrate the functional design of brightly-emitting nanoprobes to enable longitudinal tracking of metastasis using an infrared imaging system. Real-time lesion tracking would facilitate therapy monitoring in preclinical settings.” ---Tan Mei Chee

Computing on quantum shared secrets
Physical Review A

SUTD Authors: Yingkai Ouyang, Si-Hui Tan, Liming Zhao, and Joseph F. Fitzsimons

Electrical Homogeneity of Large-Area Chemical Vapor Deposited Multilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Sheets
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces

SUTD Authors:  Wei Sun Leong and Hui Ying Yang

Fully Exploiting Cloud Computing to Achieve a Green and Flexible C-RAN
IEEE Communications Magazine

SUTD Author: Tony Q. S. Quek

Half-Sandwich Ruthenium Phenolate–Oxazoline Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Studies in Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarene
Organometallics

SUTD Author: Richmond Lee

Hourglass Dirac chain metal in rhenium dioxide
Nature Communications

SUTD Authors:  Shan-Shan Wang, Ying Liu, Zhi-Ming Yu, Xian-Lei Sheng, and Shengyuan A. Yang

Interactions between molecules and perovskites in halide perovskite solar cells
Materials and Solar Cells

SUTD Author: Xiaogang Liu

Pressure-Stabilized Semiconducting Electrides in Alkaline-Earth Metal Subnitrides
J. Am. Chem. Soc

SUTD Authors: Yunwei Zhang , Weikang Wu,  and Shengyuan A. Yang

Two-dimensional spin-orbit Dirac point in monolayer HfGeTe
Phys. Rev. Materials 1

SUTD Authors: Shan Guan, Ying Liu, Zhi-Ming Yu, Shan-Shan Wang, and Shengyuan A. Yang

"Logic will get you from A to B.

Imagination will take you everywhere."

---Albert Einstein