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Rich Robinson

@RRobinson_ITH

professor at @Cornell University, Materials Science Department

 Ithaca, NY
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Joined November 2014
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Nonreciprocal optics usually require complex metamaterials or strong magnetic fields. We show a different route: semiconductor nanoclusters can absorb and emit polarized light differently from the front and back through chiral-linear optical interference. nature.com/articles/s41563-0…
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#NatureMaterials #Photonics #MaterialsScience news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials | Cornell Chronicle

Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials | Cornell Chronicle

Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a simple route to breaking that symmetry, with possibil...

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Check out our latest work on 3D printed thermoelectric materials! All thanks to the support of the @WSS_Stiftung and @ISTAustria
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@ScienceMagazine26 Feb 2025
Researchers in Science report additive manufacturing of a thermoelectric cooler with a cooling efficiency surpassing that of existing devices. The results demonstrate potential use of #3Dprinting for large-scale production of semiconductor devices. 📄: scim.ag/43caN18 #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/4170OrC
3D printing a thermoelectric cooler: Formulating an ink with a reactive component and polymer binder enables precise engineering of a material’s microstructure during three-dimensional (3D) printing. A thermoelectric device with a better cooling efficiency than its thin-film counterparts was fabricated, which shows the potential of 3D printing for large-scale production of semiconductor devices.

ALT 3D printing a thermoelectric cooler: Formulating an ink with a reactive component and polymer binder enables precise engineering of a material’s microstructure during three-dimensional (3D) printing. A thermoelectric device with a better cooling efficiency than its thin-film counterparts was fabricated, which shows the potential of 3D printing for large-scale production of semiconductor devices.

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Jonathan Owen@rubipy4 Feb 2025
Please join us for the Inaugural American Conference on Inorganic Nanoscience, at Mount Snow Ski Resort in Vermont this summer! Registration is open now and spots are somewhat limited.
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🚀Applications open for the American Conference on Inorganic Nanoscience #ACIN! 👉Dive into advances in synthesis,structural characterization, spectroscopy and applications of clusters and colloidal inorganic crystals 📆6-10th July 2025 📍Vermont, USA 🔗acin.scitoevents.com/apply-n…
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Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with extraordinary light-bending properties. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
Light-twisting materials created from nano semiconductors | Cornell Chronicle

Light-twisting materials created from nano semiconductors | Cornell Chronicle

Cornell scientists have developed a novel technique to transform symmetrical semiconductor particles into intricately twisted, spiral structures – or “chiral” materials – producing films with...

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We’ve created light-twisting materials from nanoclusters!🌈✨Using magic-sized clusters we built helical films with record-breaking light–matter interactions and extra-large homochiral domains. Great work Tom, River, Reilly, Haoyang & Frank! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #Nano #Chiral
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Excited to share our new paper uncovering hidden intermediate states in CdS nanocluster isomerization! New insights into atomic transformations and their impact on material properties. #Nanoscience #Isomerization @ACS4Authors #MyACSCover pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Excited to share our new paper uncovering hidden intermediate states in CdS nanocluster isomerization! New insights into atomic transformations and their impact on material properties. #Nanoscience #Isomerization @ACS4Authors #MyACSCover pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Nanocrystals GRC, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. And Tom wins the poster prize!
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We’ve developed a backdoor method for high-entropy nanocrystals at low temperatures! The colloidal synthesis leverages the esterification reaction, where the acidity of the metal (which is selectable) determines reaction rate. news.cornell.edu/stories/202… pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
Backdoor method creates high-entropy material at lower temps | Cornell Chronicle

Backdoor method creates high-entropy material at lower temps | Cornell Chronicle

An interdisciplinary team developed a backchannel method that uses solubility, not entropy, to overcome thermodynamic constraints and synthesize high-entropy oxide nanocrystals at lower temperatures.

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agilent.com/about/newsroom/p… Thank you Agilent for this great prize!
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Bawendi, Matt Beard, David Norris, Sasha Feldman, Liberato Manna, Maksym Kovalenko, Piccaso… good times at nanoGe in Barcelona.
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Have you ever heard of a quantum dot? Learn more about the strange and tiny particles whose existence led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium #BeilsteinNanocrystalsSymposium in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany with @SAClaridge @DeliaMilliron @mvkovalenko, @MannaLiberato, @Q_Akkerman and a bunch more. Organized by Liberato Manna and Shelley Claridge
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@SAClaridge @DeliaMilliron @mvkovalenko @MannaLiberato @Q_Akkerman
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@SAClaridge @DeliaMilliron @mvkovalenko @MannaLiberato @Q_Akkerman
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The lovely Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany for the Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium. Good times.
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Great conference!
Barbara Hissa - @barbarahissa.bsky.social (@BarbaraHissa) profile pictureBarbara Hissa - @barbarahissa.bsky.social@BarbaraHissa17 Oct 2023
Next in the #BeilsteinNanocrystals symposium, we have @RRobinson_ITH @Cornell talking about #chirality magic from #magicclusters, with a focus on #cadmiumsulfide clusters
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The research from Clément Sanchez and his group has been so influential to my own work that I was so excited when this idea came forward. Great to celebrate this pioneer!
Chemistry of Materials (@ChemMater) profile pictureChemistry of Materials@ChemMater10 Oct 2023
Our latest Virtual Special Issue honoring the pioneering contributions of Clément Sanchez on the Materials Chemistry community is out now. 👉go.acs.org/6rR
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I altered my lecture this morning to give a Nobel background leaning heavily on the Bell Labs work from Brus and Steigerwald, Alivisatos, and Bawendi. Then to Murray and Norris and beyond. (I was lucky enough to work a summer at Bell Labs and am on a couple papers with Brus!)
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