Three new papers from the group’s collaborations:

• Self-Biased Electrospun Triaxial Ferrite-PZT Nanofibers and Studies on Magneto-Electric Coupling, S. Acharya, A. Bidthanapally, S. Begum, R. Bidthanapally, S. Saha, P. Zhou, O. Das, M. Jain, M. R. Page, and G. Srinivasan, Nanomaterials, 16 (2026) 1130. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16181130
• Comparative Study of FeBO₃ Crystalline Powders Prepared by Solution Technique and their Magnetic Properties, J. Pfund, S. Jiang, V. Ortalan, N.R. Jayasekara, S.L. Suib, M. Newburger, and M. Jain, Inorganics, 14 (9)(2026) 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics14090233
• A Biohybrid Mesh Harvester for Distributed Energy Harvesting in Living Tissues, S. Wang, X. Wang, S. Fu, C. Senger, J. Pfund, M. Jain, R. Katsumata, and J. Yao, Science Advance, 12 (2026) eaei5963. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aei5963

Lanthanide ion electroic structure controls magnetic excitations in topological quantum ferrimagnets LnMn₆Sn₆ (Ln = Tb, Dy, Ho), K. A. Collins, J. Pfund, M. R. Page, M. Jain, M. A. Susner, and M. J. Newburger, Journal of Applied Physics, 140 (2026) 053902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0336332

One manuscript has been accepted to be published in Science Advance:

A Biohybrid Mesh Harvester for Distributed Energy Harvesting in Living Tissues, S. Wang, X. Wang, S. Fu, C. Senger, J. Pfund, M. Jain, R. Katsumata, and J. Yao, Science Advance, (2026) (Accepted).

 

Our video was published on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCRNXxngbu8 

UConn, State Celebrate Recognition as a ‘Capital for Quantum’

Congratulations Jacob Pfund for successfully defending your PhD thesis!! Best of luck for your new job Dr. Jacob Pfund!

New publication from our group:

Electronic Coherence Evolution at the Nearly Commensurate–Incommensurate CDW Boundary of 1T-TaS2, T. Yilmaz, Yi S. Ng, Jain, X. Tong, T. Wongpinij, P. Photongkam, A. Rajapitamahuni, A. K. Kundu, Jin-Cheng Zheng, and E. Vescovo, Physical Review Materials, 10 (2026) 034007. https://doi.org/10.1103/jzns-js96

Dr. Luigi Frunzio (Yale University) visited the lab and gave ECE colloquium today. We are working on a collaborative proposal together.

Dr. M. Jain is a part of UConn Quantum Alliance: https://today.uconn.edu/2025/11/uconn-quantum-alliance-shatters-disciplinary-silos/

Our paper in collaboration with Dr. M. Aindow’s group got accepted for publications in Thin Solid Films journal.

“A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Orientation Relationships and Interfacial Reaction Products in GdFe₅Cr_0.5O₃ Films Grown on (001) SrTiO₃ Substrates by Solution Synthesis”, S. Rommel, J. Pfund, M. Jain and M. Aindow, Thin Solid Films, (2025) (accepted). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2025.140789