Modality Plug-and-Play: Elastic Modality Adaptation in Multimodal LLMs for Embodied AI

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Kai Huang, Boyuan Yang, Wei Gao, , | Summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) are capable of reasoning over diverse input data modalities through pre-trained encoders. However, the growing diversity of input data modalities prevents incorporating all modalities into LLMs, especially when LLMs are deployed on resource-constrained edge […]


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Efficient Up-Conversion in CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals via Phonon-Driven Exciton-Polaron Formation

Kavli Affiliate: Paul Alivisatos | First 5 Authors: Abdullah S. Abbas, Beiye C. Li, Richard D. Schaller, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stella Chariton | Summary: Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals demonstrate efficient up-conversion, although the precise mechanism remains a subject of active research. This study utilizes steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy methods to unravel the mechanism driving the […]


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Efficient Up-Conversion in CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals via Phonon-Driven Exciton-Polaron Formation

Kavli Affiliate: Paul Alivisatos | First 5 Authors: Abdullah S. Abbas, Beiye C. Li, Richard D. Schaller, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stella Chariton | Summary: Lead halide perovskite nanocrystals demonstrate efficient up-conversion, although the precise mechanism remains a subject of active research. This study utilizes steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy methods to unravel the mechanism driving the […]


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Tuning Colloidal Reactions

Kavli Affiliate: Michael Brenner | First 5 Authors: Ryan Krueger, Ella King, Michael Brenner, , | Summary: The precise control of complex reactions is critical for biological processes ranging from cell division to metabolism. Synthetic analogues of living materials suffer from our inability to tune chemical reactions with precise outcomes. Here, we leverage differentiable simulators […]


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Quantum Anomalous Hall and Spin Hall Effects in Magnetic Graphene

Kavli Affiliate: Herre S. J. Van Der Zant | First 5 Authors: Talieh S. Ghiasi, Davit Petrosyan, Josep Ingla-Aynés, Tristan Bras, Samuel Mañas-Valero | Summary: A promising approach to attain long-distance coherent spin propagation is accessing quantum Hall topological spin-polarized edge states in graphene. Achieving this without large external magnetic fields necessitates engineering graphene band […]


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Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Magnetic Graphene

Kavli Affiliate: Herre S. J. Van Der Zant | First 5 Authors: Talieh S. Ghiasi, Davit Petrosyan, Josep Ingla-Aynés, Tristan Bras, Kenji Watanabe | Summary: A promising approach to attain long-distance coherent spin propagation is accessing topological spin-polarized edge states in graphene. Achieving this without external magnetic fields necessitates engineering graphene band structure, obtainable through […]


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Stroboscopic X-ray Diffraction Microscopy of Dynamic Strain in Diamond Thin-film Bulk Acoustic Resonators for Quantum Control of Nitrogen Vacancy Centers

Kavli Affiliate: Gregory D. Fuchs | First 5 Authors: Anthony D’Addario, Johnathan Kuan, Noah F. Opondo, Ozan Erturk, Tao Zhou | Summary: Bulk-mode acoustic waves in a crystalline material exert lattice strain through the thickness of the sample, which couples to the spin Hamiltonian of defect-based qubits such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center defect in […]


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In situ X-ray scattering reveals coarsening rates of superlattices self-assembled from electrostatically stabilized metal nanocrystals depend non-monotonically on driving force

Kavli Affiliate: Naomi S. Ginsberg | First 5 Authors: Christian P. N. Tanner, James K. Utterback, Joshua Portner, Igor Coropceanu, Avishek Das | Summary: Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) into superlattices (SLs) is an appealing strategy to design hierarchically organized materials with new functionalities. Mechanistic studies are still needed to uncover the design principles for […]


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In situ X-ray scattering reveals coarsening rates of superlattices self-assembled from electrostatically stabilized metal nanocrystals depend non-monotonically on driving force

Kavli Affiliate: David T. Limmer | First 5 Authors: Christian P. N. Tanner, James K. Utterback, Joshua Portner, Igor Coropceanu, Avishek Das | Summary: Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) into superlattices (SLs) is an appealing strategy to design hierarchically organized materials with new functionalities. Mechanistic studies are still needed to uncover the design principles for […]


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In situ X-ray scattering reveals coarsening rates of superlattices self-assembled from electrostatically stabilized metal nanocrystals depend non-monotonically on driving force

Kavli Affiliate: David T. Limmer | First 5 Authors: Christian P. N. Tanner, James K. Utterback, Joshua Portner, Igor Coropceanu, Avishek Das | Summary: Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) into superlattices (SLs) is an appealing strategy to design hierarchically organized materials with new functionalities. Mechanistic studies are still needed to uncover the design principles for […]


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