Jean-Luc Bredas
The research activities of the group deal with the structural, electronic, and optical properties of novel organic materials with promising characteristics in the field of electronics, photonics, and information technology.
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Baratunde Cola
The research is focused on fabricating and exploring the properties of nanostructured surfaces and interfaces to enhanced energy transport and conversion, improve heat transfer characteristics, and enable MEMS and nanotechnology devices. He is particularly interested in investigating energy transport through interfaces and nanosized contacts, which are ubiquitous in nanostructured devices. Dr. Cola's research involves theoretical and experimental components, and he seeks to solve problems with high importance to applications in clean energy (e.g., direct conversion) and the efficient utilization of energy (e.g., more efficient heat exchangers), and in major industrial segments such as microelectronics and sensors.
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Samuel Graham
The type of research performed by Dr. Graham is very useful in the areas of manufacturing and designing reliable MEMS and nanostructured materials for a variety of structural and thermal applications. Typically, students who work for Dr. Graham find that interdisciplinary research combining mechanical engineering, materials science, and applied physics to be very appealing. The objective is to educate students in the area of fundamental property-processing relationships, and to determine ways to exploit this knowledge for the efficient design of devices.
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Bernard Kippelen
Fabrication of organic electronic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) for display applications or organic solar cells
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Seth Marder
Active projects include:
1. The development of small molecule, liquid crystalline and polymeric electron and hole transport materials for use in organic light emitting devices, photovoltaic devices and field effect transistors.
2. The development of two-photon responsive compounds for the activation of 3-D spatially resolved chemistry including polymerization reactions.
3. The development of new polymeric and hybrid materials for precision 3-D microfabrication using two-photon activated processes.
4. The synthesis of both second and third-order nonlinear optical chromophores and polymers.
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Joseph Perry
Our research program focuses on understanding how the chemical structures of molecules and materials relate to their electronic and optical properties. We employ a molecular approach in which fundamental structure-property relations are defined through a coordinated synthesis, theory and characterization program. In particular, we seek to develop a fundamental understanding of how to control the interactions of light and matter, and use this understanding to design and synthesize molecules and material for applications in photonics, materials processing, biology, and medicine. We collaborate with theoretical, physical, and analytical chemists, optical scientists, and biologists providing researchers a multidisciplinary training.
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Elsa Reichmanis
The research interests include the chemistry, properties and applications of materials technologies for electronic and photonic applications, with particular focus on polymeric and nanostructured materials for advanced technologies. The Reichmanis research group is currently exploring polymeric and hybrid organic/inorganic materials chemistries for electronic applications, plastic electronics in particular.
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Elisa Riedo
UHV surface science characterization (STM, LEED, TDS) of metal and metal oxides surfaces, thin film surfaces, and nanostructures
Experimental nanomechanics and nanotribology with Atomic Force Microscopes (friction, adhesion, elasticity, wear)
Amorphous Carbon thin films
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Neal Armstrong
Development and Nanometer-scale Characterization of New Self-Organizing Molecular Assemblies; Characterization and Chemical Modification of the Critical Interfaces in Emerging Organic Electroluminescent and Organic Photovoltaic Technologies; New Chemical Sensor Platforms Based on Combinations of Electrochemistry, Micro-Contact Printing, Conducting Polymer Thin Films and Optical Waveguide Technologies
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Mahmoud Fallahi
High power semiconductor lasers, DFB/DBR lasers, grating-assisted integrated optics, photonic integrated circuits, optical communication, wavelength multiplexers and demultiplexers, wavelength filters, solgel-semiconductor integration, WDM components, sensors, design and microfabrication, nanofabrication and nanostructures, solgel PIC.
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Robert Norwood
My long-term research goals are to further the understanding and performance of organic and polymeric materials for photonics and electronics applications. Ongoing projects exist in electro-optic polymers and devices, photorefractive polymers, polymer/nanoparticle composites, sol-gels, materials for linear and nonlinear photonic crystals, magneto-optic polymers, tunable optical filters, organic light emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, and third order nonlinear optical materials and devices. Additional research interests include engineered dielectric materials, materials for advanced photolithography, and precise measurement of thin film linear optical properties.
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Nasser Peyghambarian
Polymer optoelectronics, photorefractive polymers, organic optical modulators, solgel and hybrid materials and devices, light emitting diodes and lasers. Photonic crystal fibers, organic-in-filled holey fibers, optical telecommunication, fiber optics, fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers, integrated optics, and femtosecond laser spectroscopy.
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Antao Chen
Design, fabrication, and testing of micro photonics and fiber optic devices, such as optical waveguide modulators, switches, and resonators. Frequency domain laser spectroscopy for studying diffusive optical media, such as non-invasive study of tissue and brain.
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Larry Dalton
Materials, nanotechnology, organic and physical chemistry. Design, synthesis, characterization and processing of new electro-optic materials.
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David Ginger
Physical and materials chemistry, nanotechnology. Opto-electronics with metal molecule junctions, bio-inspired membrane surfaces, nanoscale plasmon optics. Applications include organic solar cells and organic light emitting diodes.
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Alex Jen
Polymer science, nanotechnology, photonics, optoelectronics. Synthesis, assembly, device fabrication of organic electronic, nonlinear optical, and sensing materials.
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Samson Jenekhe
Polymer synthesis, thin film processing, nanostructures. Electronic, optoelectronic, and photonic phenomena in polymers, polymer device engineering. Applications include organic solar cells and organic light emitting diodes.
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Werner Kaminsky
Physical Crystallography. Thermal, spectroscopic and gyro-optic properties of materials, new optical measurement techniques.
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Christine Luscombe
Research in the Luscombe group involves the design and synthesis of functional macromolecules in order to create micro- or nanoscale assemblies with novel optoelectronic or photonic properties. We are particularly interested in the relationship between the molecular and macroscopic structure, and how that affects the electrical and optical properties of the materials. The research centers around 3 different areas: synthesis of novel semiconducting polymers, self-assembly of semiconducting polymers, and chemical and biological sensors.
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Ann Mescher
Thermal fluids, materials processing. Fabrication of photonic bandgap polymer fiber and polymer fiber with third order harmonic generator.
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John Rehr
Development of multiple scattering calculations for interpreting the X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) and X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) spectra for clusters of atoms.
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Philip Reid
Single-molecule microscopy studies of non-linear optical materials. Laser spectroscopic studies of non-linear optical properties of molecular and composite systems.
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Bruce Robinson
Materials, nanotechnology, biophysical, physical, theoretical chemistry. Theoretical calculations of non-linear optical materials.
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Denise Wilson
The goals of the Wilson research lab are to integrate sensors and devices into viable microsystems in such a way that the whole becomes more than the sum of the parts. The Wilson research lab seeks to resolve the system level issues associated with chemical, biological, acoustic, and image sensing systems as well as systems incorporating organic materials and transistors. Circuit/sensor modeling, simulation, fabrication, testing, characterization, and system level design skills are acquired through working in the Wilson research laboratory.