Bio

Dr. Raymond Unocic is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and Associate Director of the Analytical Instrumentation Facility at North Carolina State University. He received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Unocic’s research expertise is in aberration-corrected, analytical, cryo, and in situ/operando scanning transmission electron microscopy. His research program is dedicated to pioneering novel microscopy-based characterization methods for nanoscience research with the goal of probing atomic-scaled structure, chemistry, and dynamic behavior of materials to establish structure-property-function correlation.

Publications

• 1 From photons to electrons: making electron microscopy a local discovery engine for materials , ChemRxiv (2026)
• Autonomous fabrication of tailored defect structures in 2D materials using machine learning-enabled scanning transmission electron microscopy , npj Computational Materials (2026)
• Building Defects on Purpose: Automated STEM for Atomic Precision Automated STEM for Precision Defect Fabrication , Microscopy and Microanalysis (2026)
• First-principles investigation of structure-property relationships in stable and metastable MXenes , Physical Review Materials (2026)
• From photons to electrons: making electron microscopy a local discovery engine for materials , ChemRxiv (2026)
• Ultrasensitive soft vibration sensors based on atomically thin metal dichalcogenide ribbon networks , Science Advances (2026)
• A Panoramic View of MXenes via an Atomic Coordination‐Based Design Strategy , Advanced Functional Materials (2025)
• In-situ Monitoring of Automated Defect Formation in STEM , Microscopy and Microanalysis (2025)
• Investigating the impact of preparation routes on the properties of copper-decorated silicon particles as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries , Next Energy (2025)
• Direct Fabrication of Atomically Defined Pores in MXenes Using Feedback‐Driven STEM , Small Methods (2024)