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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cooling-on-demand Using an Electron Hydrodynamic Refrigerator- DARPA YFA 2025
Leighton, C. (PI), Qiu, G. (PI) & Yang, S. (PI)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, USDOD DEFENSE ADV RES PROJECTS
9/30/25 → 9/29/27
Project: Research project
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On the Farm Renewable Energy Conversion for Manufacturing of Diesel and Ammonia
Bartel, C. J. (PI), Dauenhauer, P. J. (PI), Frisbie, D. (PI) & Leighton, C. (PI)
LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES
7/1/25 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
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New Physics in Artificial Spin Ice via Materials Innovation
Leighton, C. (PI)
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
11/19/23 → 7/31/27
Project: Research project
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Green Solar Cells from a Minnesota Natural Resource
Frontiera, R. R. (PI), Koester, S. J. (PI), Leighton, C. (PI), Taguta, J. (PI), Hudak III, G. J. (CoI) & Rao, S. (Prior Principal Investigator)
LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES
7/1/22 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
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Partnership for Research and Education in Materials
Lodge, T. (PI) & Leighton, C. (Co-Principal Investigator)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
7/1/21 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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Dual Optical Hyperbolicity of PdCoO2 and PdCrO2 Delafossite Single Crystals
Macis, S., D'Arco, A., Del Re, E., Mosesso, L., Paolozzi, M. C., Stagno, V., McLeod, A., Tao, Y., Jain, P., Zhang, Y., Tutt, F., Centini, M., Larciprete, M. C., Leighton, C. & Lupi, S., Jan 2 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 1, e12820.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Excited-State Electron–Phonon Coupling in Pristine and Doped Iron Pyrite
Alam, S., Lee, Y., Voigt, B., Moore, W., Das, B., Maiti, M., Leighton, C. & Frontiera, R. R., Mar 26 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 17, 12, p. 3580-3588 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Controlling magnetism and transport at perovskite cobaltite interfaces via strain-tuned oxygen vacancy ordering
Bose, S., Sharma, M., Torija, M. A., Walter, J., Nandakumaran, N., Dewey, J., Schmitt, J., Gazquez, J., Varela, M., Zhernenkov, M., Fitzsimmons, M. R., Ambaye, H., Lauter, V., Hovorka, O., Berger, A. & Leighton, C., Mar 2025, In: Physical Review Materials. 9, 3, L031402.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electronic transport across the insulator-metal transition in Co-doped pyrite FeS2 single crystals
Das, B., Voigt, B., Moore, W., Lee, Y., Maiti, M., Chaturvedi, V., Haugstad, G., Manno, M., Aydil, E. & Leighton, C., May 2025, In: Physical Review Materials. 9, 5, 054601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fractional magnetic charges and channeling of Faraday lines by disclinations in artificial spin ice
Hurben, A., Hao, Y., Chioar, I. A., Yang, L., Strandqvist, N., Saccone, M., Bingham, N. S., Ramberger, J., Leighton, C., Nisoli, C. & Schiffer, P., Feb 19 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 7, e2415101122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data for Doping- and Strain-Dependent Electrolyte-Gate-Induced Perovskite to Brownmillerite Transformation in Epitaxial La1−xSrxCoO3−δ Films
Chaturvedi, V., Postiglione, W. M., Chakraborty, R. D., Yu, B., Tabis, W., Hameed, S., Biniskos, N., Jacobson, A., Zhang, Z., Zhou, H., Greven, M., Ferry, V. E. & Leighton, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Oct 25 2021
DOI: 10.13020/944x-0y67
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Supporting data for Doping- and Strain-Dependent Electrolyte-Gate-Induced Perovskite to Brownmillerite Transformation in Epitaxial La1−xSrxCoO3−δ Films
Chaturvedi, V., Postiglione, W. M., Chakraborty, R. D., Yu, B., Hameed, S., Biniskos, N., Greven, M., Ferry, V. E., Leighton, C., Tabis, W., Zhang, Z. & Zhou, H., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Oct 25 2021
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Data for "Scattering mechanisms and mobility enhancement in epitaxial BaSnO3thin films probed via electrolyte gating"
Wang, H., Prakash, A., Reich, K., Ganguly, K. & Leighton, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Aug 5 2020
DOI: 10.13020/k4c3-m128, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/214915
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Supporting data for: Optical properties of electrochemically gated La1-xSrxCoO3-δ as a topotactic phase-change material
Chakraborty, R. D., Postiglione, W. M., Ghosh, S., Mkhoyan, K. A., Leighton, C., Ferry, V. E. & Minnesota, U. O., Dryad, 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p8cz8w9v9, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.p8cz8w9v9 and one more link, https://zenodo.org/record/7872439 (show fewer)
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Data for "Room-Temperature Valence Transition in a Strain-Tuned Perovskite Oxide"
Chaturvedi, V., Ghosh, S., Gautreau, D., Postiglione, W. M., Dewey, J. E., Quarterman, P., Balakrishnan, P. P., Kirby, B. J., Zhou, H., Cheng, H., Huon, A., Fitzsimmons, M. R., Korostynski, C., Jacobson, A., Figari, L., Barriocanal, J. G., Birol, T., Mkhoyan, K. A. & Leighton, C., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, 2022
DOI: 10.13020/7wff-1y61, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/243023
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7/30/20
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