NEWS
Lab News
Updates from the Ab Initio Simulations Lab
Oct
2026
Publication
Paper accepted in npj Computational Materials
“Surprisingly High Redundancy in Electronic Structure Data Across Materials Explained by Low Intrinsic Dimensionality” has been accepted for publication. Read the preprint on arXiv.
Jul
2026
Preprint
New preprint on buckled silicon kagome
C. Wang and A.S. Banerjee report a strain-controlled crystalline–amorphous transition and flat-band tuning in a buckled silicon kagome lattice. Read it on arXiv.
Jun
2026
Conference
Lab members present at USNC/TAM 2026
Students from the lab presented their work at the U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
Jun
2026
Graduation
Jennie Ren graduates
Jennie Ren graduated with a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and is now a graduate student at Stanford.
Mar
2026
Publication
Paper published in Nanoscale
“Multiscale analysis of large twist ferroelectricity and swirling dislocations in bilayer hexagonal boron nitride” by Md. T. Ahmed, C. Wang, A.S. Banerjee and N. Admal is now published in Nanoscale.

















