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
August 2026-One paper is accepted in Science Advance
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).
July 2026: YouTube video from our group was published online
Our video was published on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCRNXxngbu8

July 2026: UConn received Quantum Initiative NSF award!
May 2026-Jake graduated!
Congratulations Jacob Pfund for successfully defending your PhD thesis!! Best of luck for your new job Dr. Jacob Pfund!

March 2026: New publication
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
January 2026
Dr. Luigi Frunzio (Yale University) visited the lab and gave ECE colloquium today. We are working on a collaborative proposal together.

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

September 2025
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 GdFe5Cr0.5O3 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
July 2025
Jake’s paper got published in Physical Review B (Magnetic Anisotropy and Frustration in FeBO3, J. Pfund, S. Jiang, W. Zhang, P. Shiv Halasyamani, M. A. Susner, V. Ortalan, M. Seehra, and Jain, Phys. Rev. B, (2025)). Congrats Jake!
