Mapping local symmetry breaking in correlated systems
Unconventional collective charge excitations
Cryogenic and in situ electron microscopy instrumentation
Selected Publications
Zhang, Yang, Xiaoming Shi, Suk Hyun Sung, Cong Li, Houbing Huang, Pu Yu, and Ismail El Baggari. “Real-space visualization of order-disorder transition in BaTiO3.” Science Advances 11, 36 (2025)
Zhang, Yang, Suk Hyun Sung, Colin B. Clement, Sang-Wook Cheong, and Ismail El Baggari. “Inverse Melting of Polar Order in Chemically Substituted BaTiO3.” Physical Review Letters 134, 25 (2025)
Rennich, Emily, Suk Hyun Sung, Nishkarsh Agarwal, Maya Gates, Robert Kerns, Robert Hovden, and Ismail El Baggari. “Ultracold cryogenic TEM with liquid helium and high stability.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, 36 (2025): e2509736122.
Zhang, Yang, Suk Hyun Sung, Nishkarsh Agarwal, Maya Gates, Cong Li, Pu Yu, Robert Hovden, and Ismail El Baggari. “Nanoscale Polar Landscapes in Quantum Paraelectric SrTiO3.” arXiv:2509.24969 (2025).
