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CHOISE Scientific Collaboration Awarded the 2026 Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Horizon Prize

Daniel Morton — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:41:23 +0000

CHOISE Scientific Collaboration Awarded the 2026 Royal Society of Chemistry Faraday Horizon Prize Daniel Morton Tue, 06/23/2026 - 18:41

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The Center for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE) has been awarded the 2026 Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Faraday Horizon Prize, in recognition of its creation of a new class of chiral semiconductors that unify the control of spin, charge, and light within a single electronically active material platform.

CHOISE is a Department of Energy-funded Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) bringing together 17 research groups from nine institutions: the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), Duke University, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, San Diego State University, the University of Toledo, the University of Utah, and the University of California Santa Cruz. The Center includes seven RASEI Fellows, and is led by Fellow Matt Beard of NLR.

RASEI Fellows Kirstin Alberi (NLR), Steve Barlow (CU Boulder), Joseph Berry (NLR), Jeff Blackburn (NLR), Joseph Luther (NLR), and Seth Marder (CU Boulder) are all part of the collaboration.

The RSC Faraday Horizon Prize is awarded annually in recognition of significant recent discoveries and advances in physical chemistry. In selecting CHOISE, the prize committee highlighted both the scientific excellence and the collaborative character of the work, recognizing how the team has come together across disciplines and institutions to develop innovative ideas.

At the heart of CHOISE's prize-winning research is chirality, the property by which molecules exist in distinct left- and right-handed forms. By embedding chirality directly into a semiconductor, the team has demonstrated that molecular handedness can govern the behavior of charge carriers and their spin. This establishes a fundamentally new paradigm for spin-dependent optoelectronics: technologies that use both light and electrical signals to process and transmit information.

Optoelectronic devices already underpin much of modern life, from the fiber-optic networks that carry global internet traffic, to the sensors in medical imaging, and the LEDs and lasers in everyday electronics. However, the next generation of technologies, including applications such as quantum computing, ultra-secure communications, and energy-efficient data processing, will demand far greater control over the quantum properties of electrons, particularly their spin. Conventional semiconductors offer limited means to achieve this. This is where this work comes in. CHOISE's chiral semiconductor platform opens a new route to that control, using the inherent geometry of molecules rather than complex external hardware to influence the properties of the signal. This could ultimately lead to devices that are not only more powerful, but significantly more energy-efficient.

JUNE 2026

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Electrochemical quantification of phosphonic acid passivated surface sites of NiOx for perovskite solar cells

Daniel Morton — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:26:07 +0000

Electrochemical quantification of phosphonic acid passivated surface sites of NiOx for perovskite solar cells Daniel Morton Mon, 01/12/2026 - 10:26

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, 2026, 19, 884-895

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Six RASEI Fellows featured among the 2025 Clarivate highly cited researchers

Daniel Morton — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:09:48 +0000

Six RASEI Fellows featured among the 2025 Clarivate highly cited researchers Daniel Morton Thu, 11/20/2025 - 09:09

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Six RASEI Fellows highlighted as Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers in their 2025 list. Congratulations to Matt Beard, Joe Berry, Joey Luther, Mike McGehee, Mike Toney, and Merritt Turetsky!

Each year Clarivate, the parent company of Web of Science, performs an evaluation and selection process to identify and recognize researchers whose exceptional and community-wide contributions shape the future of science, technology, and academia globally. The evaluation is an evolving process, which employs criteria to address issues including hyper-prolific authorship, excessive self-citation, anomalous publication and citation patterns and profiles, in an attempt to ensure that recognized researchers meet the benchmarks they have developed.

This provides a mechanism to provide a snapshot of the global research landscape of current top-tier research talent, providing insights on global research and innovation trends.

In 2025 Clarivate designated 7131 Highly Cited Researcher awards to 6868 individuals. (Some researchers were recognized in more than one category).

This recognition highlights the cutting-edge research being done by the RASEI community. Congratulations again to our Fellows.

November 2025

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Ultrafast inverse chirality-induced spin selectivity observed by THz emission

Daniel Morton — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:28:47 +0000

Ultrafast inverse chirality-induced spin selectivity observed by THz emission Daniel Morton Thu, 11/06/2025 - 11:28

SCIENCE, 2025, 390, 6773, 595-600

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Symmetry Breaking Induced by Chiral Phosphonic Acids in a 2D Tin-Halide Perovskite

Daniel Morton — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 23:27:50 +0000

Symmetry Breaking Induced by Chiral Phosphonic Acids in a 2D Tin-Halide Perovskite Daniel Morton Mon, 09/29/2025 - 17:27

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2025, 147, 40, 36642-36649

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Synthesis and Characterization of Zintl-Phase BaCd2P2 Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications

Daniel Morton — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:17:21 +0000

Synthesis and Characterization of Zintl-Phase BaCd2P2 Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications Daniel Morton Mon, 03/24/2025 - 14:17

ACS NANO, 2025, 19, 12, 12345-12353

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2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher Awards

Daniel Morton — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:12:12 +0000

2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher Awards Daniel Morton Tue, 11/19/2024 - 13:12

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2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers

Five RASEI Fellows awarded the Highly Cited Researcher designation by Clarivate.

Each year Clarivate analyzes the citations of articles from researchers from across the sciences. From this analysis Clarivate highlights the researchers who have authored multiple highly cited papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade.

This year five RASEI Fellows featured in the 2024 Highly Cited Researcher list, which includes 6,886 researchers. This year Matt Beard, Joe Berry, Joey Luther, Mike McGehee and Mike Toney were selected. For Matt, Mike and Joey, this is the fifth year in the row, the fourth year in a row for Joe Berry and the third year in a row for Mike Toney.

Congratulation to everyone for the recognition of the impact of their research.

November 2024

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RASEI Fellows Collaboration in CHOISE Twists Halide Perovskites From a Distance

Daniel Morton — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:31:11 +0000

RASEI Fellows Collaboration in CHOISE Twists Halide Perovskites From a Distance Daniel Morton Fri, 10/25/2024 - 16:31

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Remote chirality transfer in low-dimensional hybrid metal halide semiconductors

Daniel Morton — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:43:34 +0000

Remote chirality transfer in low-dimensional hybrid metal halide semiconductors Daniel Morton Fri, 10/25/2024 - 11:43

NATURE CHEMISTRY, 2024

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Sustainability pathways for perovskite photovoltaics

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Sustainability pathways for perovskite photovoltaics Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 07/23/2024 - 00:00

NATURE MATERIALS, 2024

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