Mikhail Shapiro is the Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, an HHMI Investigator, and Director of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine at Caltech. The Shapiro laboratory develops biomolecular technologies allowing cells to be imaged and controlled inside the body using noninvasive methods such as ultrasound. These technologies enable the study […]

Abstract: The rational design and control of defects in electronic ceramics is critical for property control and optimizing electronic or electrochemical device performance. Point defects, in particular, influence properties such as conductivity, electric polarization and, as most recently discovered, the ability to switch polarization to engender ferroelectricity in wurtzite-structure materials. In polycrystalline materials, the interactions […]