Research Dissemination

Highlights

Illustration of our research displayed on the front cover of Digital Discovery, 2025, volume 4, issue 3

 

Illustration of our research displayed on the frontispiece of Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, volume 34, issue 19

 

Illustration of our research displayed on the frontispiece of Advanced Materials, 2021, issue 44

Our research displayed on the supplementary cover of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023, issue 15

 

Our research displayed on the journal cover of ACS Energy Letters, 2019, issue 4

 

Illustration of passivation-gas-incorporated ALD at the atomic scale. Nature Catalysis, 2018, issue 1

✱ contributed equally, ◇ corresponding author

Preprints

  1. PRISMat: Policy-Driven, Permutation-Invariant Autoregressive Material Generation
    arXiv (2026)
    C. Schlesinger, C. Hsu, P. Schindler, and R. Walters
    Preprint

Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. The 2026 thermionic converters roadmap
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 59, 26 (2026) 263001
    A. Bellucci◇, D. M. Trucchi, G. Segev, R. Jacobs, D. Morgan, J. Booske, M. M. Hasan, R. Zulkharnay, N. A. Fox, P. W. May, L. K. Ang, C. Franey, M. Ghashami, A. Mezzi, J. W. Schwede, N. A. Loubet, K. Bezdjian, E. López, A. Datas, M. Jalili, A. Nojeh, E. Rahman, X. Zhang, P. Schindler, E. D. Juette, V. P. Carey, J. Fleurial, M. Mastellone, G. Zheng, L. Wang, G. Xiao, and H. Qiu
    Published
  2. FIRE-GNN: Force-Informed, Relaxed Equivariance Graph Neural Network for Rapid and Accurate Prediction of Surface Properties
    Advanced Intelligent Discovery (2025) e202500162
    C. Hsu, C. Schlesinger, K. Mudaliar, J. Leung, R. Walters, and P. Schindler◇
    Published Preprint GitHub
  3. Surface stability modeling with universal machine learning interatomic potentials: a comprehensive cleavage energy benchmarking study
    AI for Science 1, 2 (2025) 025002
    A. Mehdizadeh and P. Schindler◇
    Published Preprint GitHub
  4. MatFold: systematic insights into materials discovery models' performance through standardized cross-validation protocols
    Digital Discovery 4, 3 (2025) 625–635
    M. D. Witman and P. Schindler◇
    Published Preprint GitHub
  5. Discovery of Stable Surfaces with Extreme Work Functions by High-Throughput Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning
    Advanced Functional Materials 34, 19 (2024) 2401764
    P. Schindler◇, E. R. Antoniuk, G. Cheon, Y. Zhu, and E. J. Reed
    Published Preprint GitHub
  6. Revealing Large Room-Temperature Nernst Coefficients in 2D Materials by First-Principles Modeling
    Nanoscale 16, 12 (2024) 6142–6150
    S. E. Rezaei and P. Schindler◇
    Published Preprint
  7. Electrolyte Coatings for High Adhesion Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries from First Principles
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15, 37 (2023) 44394-44403
    B. Ransom, A. Ramdas, E. Lomeli, J. Fidawi, A. Sendek, T. Devereaux, E. J. Reed, and P. Schindler◇
    Published Preprint
  8. Improving intrinsic oxygen reduction activity and stability: Atomic layer deposition preparation of platinum-titanium alloy catalysts
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 300 (2022) 120741
    Y. Kim, S. Xu, J. Park, A. L. Dadlani, O. Vinogradova, D. Krishnamurthy, M. Orazov, D. U. Lee, S. Dull, P. Schindler, H. S. Han, Z. Wang, T. Graf, T. D. Schladt, J. E. Mueller, R. Sarangi, R. Davis, V. Viswanathan◇, T. F. Jaramillo◇, D. C. Higgins◇, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  9. Novel Ultrabright and Air-Stable Photocathodes Discovered from Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory Driven Screening
    Advanced Materials 33, 44 (2021) 2104081
    E. R. Antoniuk◇, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed◇
    Published
  10. Direct Integration of Strained-Pt Catalysts into Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cells with Atomic Layer Deposition
    Advanced Materials 33, 30 (2021) 2007885
    S. Xu◇, Z. Wang, S. Dull, Y. Liu, D. U. Lee, J. S. L. Pacheco, M. Orazov, P. E. Vullum, A. L. Dadlani, O. Vinogradova, P. Schindler, Q. Tam, T. D. Schladt, J. E. Mueller, S. Kirsch, G. Huebner, D. Higgins, J. Torgersen, V. Viswanathan, T. F. Jaramillo, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  11. Generalizable density functional theory based photoemission model for the accelerated development of photocathodes and other photoemissive devices
    Physical Review B 101, 23 (2020) 235447
    E. R. Antoniuk, Y. Yue, Y. Zhou, P. Schindler, W. A. Schroeder, B. Dunham, P. Pianetta, T. Vecchione, and E. J. Reed
    Published
  12. Surface Photovoltage-Induced Ultralow Work Function Material for Thermionic Energy Converters
    ACS Energy Letters 4, 10 (2019) 2436–2443
    P. Schindler◇, D. C. Riley, I. Bargatin, K. Sahasrabuddhe, J. W. Schwede, S. Sun, P. Pianetta, Z. Shen, R. T. Howe, and N. A. Melosh
    Published
  13. Electrical Properties of Ultrathin Platinum Films by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11, 9 (2019) 9594–9599
    H. J. K. Kim◇, K. E. Kaplan, P. Schindler, S. Xu, M. M. Winterkorn, D. B. Heinz, T. S. English, J. Provine, F. B. Prinz, and T. W. Kenny
    Published
  14. Extending the limits of Pt/C catalysts with passivation-gas-incorporated atomic layer deposition
    Nature Catalysis 1 (2018) 624–630
    S. Xu, Y. Kim, J. Park, D. Higgins, S. Shen, P. Schindler, D. Thian, J. Provine, J. Torgersen, T. Graf, T. D. Schladt, M. Orazov, B. H. Liu, T. F. Jaramillo, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  15. Self-limiting atomic layer deposition of barium oxide and barium titanate thin films using a novel pyrrole based precursor
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4, 10 (2016) 1945–1952
    S. Acharya✱◇, J. Torgersen✱◇, Y. Kim, J. Park, P. Schindler, A. L. Dadlani, M. Winterkorn, S. Xu, S. P. Walch, T. Usui, C. Schildknecht, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  16. Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of barium titanate with aluminum incorporation
    Acta Materialia 117 (2016) 153–159
    Y. Kim, P. Schindler, A. L. Dadlani, S. Acharya, J. Provine, J. An◇, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  17. Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition of SiN--AlN Composites for Ultra Low Wet Etch Rates in Hydrofluoric Acid
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 27 (2016) 17599–17605
    Y. Kim, J. Provine◇, S. P. Walch, J. Park, W. Phuthong, A. L. Dadlani, H. Kim, P. Schindler, K. Kim, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  18. Correlation of film density and wet etch rate in hydrofluoric acid of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposited silicon nitride
    AIP Advances 6, 6 (2016)
    J. Provine◇, P. Schindler, Y. Kim, S. P. Walch, H. J. Kim, K. Kim, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  19. Atomically Flat Silicon Oxide Monolayer Generated by Remote Plasma
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120, 15 (2016) 8148–8156
    D. Thian, Y. T. Yemane, M. Logar, S. Xu, P. Schindler, M. M. Winterkorn, J. Provine, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  20. Oscillatory barrier-assisted Langmuir--Blodgett deposition of large-scale quantum dot monolayers
    Applied Surface Science 367 (2016) 500–506
    S. Xu◇, A. L. Dadlani, S. Acharya, P. Schindler, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  21. Atomic layer deposition by reaction of molecular oxygen with tetrakisdimethylamido-metal precursors
    Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 34, 1 (2016)
    J. Provine✱◇, P. Schindler✱, J. Torgersen, H. J. Kim, H. Karnthaler, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  22. Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of BaTiO3
    Scripta Materialia 111 (2016) 106–109
    P. Schindler, Y. Kim, D. Thian, J. An◇, and F. B. Prinz
    Published
  23. Exploring the local electronic structure and geometric arrangement of ALD Zn(O,S) buffer layers using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3, 47 (2015) 12192–12198
    A. L. Dadlani✱, O. Trejo✱, S. Acharya✱, J. Torgersen, I. Petousis, D. Nordlund, R. Sarangi, P. Schindler, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  24. Enhanced Step Coverage of TiO2 Deposited on High Aspect Ratio Surfaces by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
    Langmuir 31, 18 (2015) 5057–5062
    P. Schindler, M. Logar, J. Provine, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published
  25. Energy States of Ligand Capped Ag Nanoparticles: Relating Surface Plasmon Resonance to Work Function
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 43 (2014) 24827–24832
    A. L. Dadlani, P. Schindler, M. Logar, S. P. Walch, and F. B. Prinz◇
    Published