Integrated Nanostructured Systems

Computation of molecular response properties (spectra, electric and magnetic properties); carbon nanotubes; fullerenes; metal clusters.

Synthesis and surface chemistry of oxide nanoparticles; directed assembly and device integration of nanoparticles, nanowires, and carbon nanotubes; functional nanocrystal films for gate dielectric and photovoltaics; raman spectroscopy and XANES characterization of nanomaterials.

Electronic packaging; electromigration; thermomigration; electronics reliability.

Application of materials science and engineering to develop, improve, test and understand materials for technological needs.

Multifunctional materials and devices, material physics, dielectrics, ferroelectrics, and flexoelectric effects in biomaterials.

Quantum transport in nanostructures; nanoelectronics; condensed matter physics at low temperatures.

Spin-related effects and devices with semiconductors and hybrid materials; fabrication of nanoelectronic and photonic materials and structures; imaging and spectroscopy of nanostructures.

Nanoelectronic, Microelectronic, and Optoelectronic Devices and Materials; Transport and Noise in Heterostructures, Thin Films, Quantum Wells, and Quantum Wires; Particle, Molecular Dynamics, and Monte Carlo Methods of Simulation Devices.

Polymers; photonics; biophotonics; nanomedicine; optics.

Nanoelectronics; single-photon detection; optoelectronics; ultrafast photoluminescence.

Optical and high-pressure studies of the vibrational and electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures; effects of nanoscale geometry on phase stability; confined effects and coupled excitations for lattice modes and electronic levels; impurity and defect states in confined geometries.

Synthesis and self-assembly of nanoparticles and nanowires; nanoscale magnetism; charge transport in self-assembled nanostructures; biological applications of nanoparticles.

Ab initio calculations of electronic, structural, and magnetic properties of materials; nanostructured materials and their applications; high performance computing.