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13."Long Chains Stablize Higher-Efficiency Solar Cells", X. Zheng, et al. Nature Energy, 5, 131 (2020).

12."Collective topo-epitaxy in the self-assembly of a 3D quantum dot superlattice", A. Abelson, C. Qian, T. Salk, Z. Luan, K. Fu, J.G.Zheng, J. L. Wardini, M. Law, Nat. Mater. (2019)

11. "Multi-level chirality in liquid crystals formed by achiral molecules", M. Salamonczyk, et al. Nat. Comm. 10. 1922 (2019, E. Gorecka group).

10. "Self-assembly of two dimensional perovskite nanosheet building blocks into ordered ruddlesden-popper perovskite phasee", Y. Liu et al. JACS, 2019 (Peidong Yang Group).

9. "Linking Structure to Behavior in Twisted Liquid Crystals", ALS Science Highlight of a paper by M. Tuchband, N. Clark et al. PNAS 2019.

8. "Backbone-free duplex-stacked monomer nucleic acids exhibiting Watson-Crick selectivity" by G.P. Smith, Noel Clark*, et al was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), which recognize recently published PNAS papers of outstanding scientific quality and originality.

7. Researchers Use Jiggly Jell-O to Make Powerful New Hydrogen Fuel Catalyst . (2018.12)

6. Rational Optimization of Organic Solar-Cell Materials

5. Porous-Framework Electrocatalysts Are Key to Carbon Dioxide Conversion

4. Weaving of organic threads into a crystalline covalent organic framework

3. The Smectic Phase of DNA “Nano-Nunchaku”

2. Superlattices Patterned by Polymers

1. In Situ X-Ray Scattering Helps Optimize Printed Solar Cells

Staff Science Highlights

11. Review "Deciphering Chiral Structures in Soft Materials via Resonant Soft and Tender X-ray Scattering", Y. Cao, et al. GIANT, (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giant.2020.100018.

10. "Molecular packing in double gyroid cubic phases revealed via resonant soft x-ray scattering", Y. Cao, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 027801 (2020).

9. "Manipulation of the Nanoscale Heliconical Structure of a Twist-bend Nematic Material with Polarized UV Light", C. Feng, et al. Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 032004(R), (2020).

8. "Structure of Nanoscale-pitch Helical Phases: blue phase and twist bend nematic", M. Salamonczyk, et al. Soft Matt. 13, 6649, 2017 (Cover)

7. "Resonant Carbon K-edge Soft X-ray Scattering from Lattice-free Heliconical Molecular Ordering: the Twist Bend Liquid Crystal Phase", C. Zhu, et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 147803 (2016)

6. "Probing and Controlling Liquid Crystal Helical Nanofilaments", C. Zhu, et al. Nano Lett. 15, 5, 3420 (2015)

5. Campus researchers make 1st direct measurement of liquid crystal forming helices . (Daily Californian)

4. What Screens are Made of: New Twists (and Bends) in LCD Research (Berkeley Lab News); Science Daily; Azo Materials; News wise;

3. Watching a Liquid-Crystal Helix Unwind (ALS Science Highlights)

2. Twisted Structures Emerge from Achiral Molecules (ALS Science Brief)

1. Revealing the Blue Phase and Other Twisted Orders (ALS Science Brief)

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