Accelerating discovery: Rice receives nearly $20M NSF award for AI-powered materials laboratory
Rice has received a $19.9 million NSF award to use AI, robotics and cloud-based labs to accelerate electronic and quantum materials manufacturing.
New detector design has potential to expand search for dark matter
Rice researchers’ detector concept uses engineered semiconductor materials to search for axions in a range of possible masses that has remained difficult to probe with existing experiments.
Rice researchers automate defect detection in diamond, other advanced semiconductors
Rice researchers have developed a high-throughput method to measure the quality of diamond and other wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, providing rapid feedback for improving crystal growth and device reliability.
Rice unites global quantum materials synthesis leaders in Paris for cutting-edge workshop
The Rice Center for Quantum Materials hosted a workshop on quantum materials synthesis at the Rice Global Paris Center, bringing together global researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and quantum research to identify new directions and address urgent challenges facing the quantum materials synthesis community.
Rice’s Tringides wins prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholar award
Christina Tringides is the recipient of the highly prestigious Pew Biomedical Scholar award.
Stressed crystal creates nanoscale patterns on chip materials at room temperature
A new chip-making technique pioneered by Rice scientists exploits a material’s crystal structure to create nanoscale patterns at room temperature directly onto hard materials used in devices, including silica.
Researchers measure giant light-conversion effect in chiral carbon nanotubes
Rice scientists successfully assembled carbon nanotubes with the same chiral orientation into large high-quality crystals that can manipulate light with an efficiency two to three orders of magnitude greater than conventional materials.
Engineering students design field-ready solution for exertional heat stroke
A team of Rice engineering students developed a portable cooling system prototype for managing exertional heat stroke.
Room-temperature multiferroic could pave way to low-energy computing
Rice researchers engineered a new version of a well-known multiferroic that exhibits orders of magnitude higher performance at room temperature than its parent material.
Scientists at Rice pioneer faster, greener method to recycle lithium-ion batteries
As global demand for lithium-ion batteries continues to surge, a team of Rice researchers has developed a faster, more energy-efficient way to recover critical minerals from spent batteries, potentially easing supply chain pressures and reducing environmental harm.
Faculty, staff, students honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, service
Each year, Rice honors members of its community who have served students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service.
‘Perfectly symmetrical’ 2D perovskites boost energy transport
Rice scientists have created a new type of 2D semiconductor that comes closer than ever to a “perfect” crystal.
Plasma and lemon juice: Milder method retrieves nearly 95% of critical minerals in battery waste
A 15-minute plasma pretreatment helped recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries, pointing to a lower-chemical, lower-energy approach to recycling.
Boron arsenide semiconductor sets record in quantum vibrations
A new Rice study reports an unusual quantum coherence of phonons in cubic boron arsenide, a semiconductor with promising electronic and thermal properties.
Thorny issue plaguing lithium-ion batteries laid bare in new study
Lithium-ion batteries could improve thanks to Rice researchers’ unprecedented measurements of lithium dendrites’ stiff, brittle behavior.