![Photo of Stanford and SLAC Professor Yi Cui](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/yi_cui_headshot_crop.jpg?h=6d566689&itok=i0O1GHac)
Animation
As this animation shows, polaronic distortions start very small and rapidly expand outward in all directions to a diameter of...
![Animation of polaronic distortions expanding in an atomic lattice](/sites/default/files/polaron_expansion_anim_final.gif)
Illustration
An illustration shows polarons – fleeting distortions in a material’s atomic lattice ––in a promising next-generation energy material, lead hybrid perovskite.
![Polarons, bubbles of distortion in a perovskite lattice.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/polaron_artwork_final_la_crop_0.jpg?h=425c9a1d&itok=ZjQN4btG)
News Feature
VIA Stanford News
Stanford physicist’s quest for the perfect keys to unlock the mysteries of superconductivity
![Portrait of Stanford and SLAC Professor Z-X Shen](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2020_0224_Z_X_Shen_Portrait_Orrell-7123%20websize.jpeg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=w81hhcqs)
Illustration
Researchers used SLAC’s ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) as an electron camera to take snapshots of a three-atom-thick layer of a promising material as it...
![UED electron camera takes snapshots of dynamic ripples.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/UED-MoS2-Ripples3_0.jpg?h=748133d4&itok=2EueSwLE)