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)
![2020 SSRL/LCLS Users' Meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/50491932973_b17667fa0d_k.jpg?h=5a172da8&itok=1_Dl54k8)
VIA Stanford News
James Cryan and Alison Marsden named American Physical Society Fellows
![Portrait of James Cryan and Alison Marsden](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/James_Allison.jpg?h=78aab1d8&itok=Y7zLAmQ8)
Illustration
The second phase of a major upgrade project is now online at SLAC’S Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). On Saturday...
![SXU](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/lclsII_undulators_small.jpg?h=854a7be2&itok=gOgbjqol)