Integrated Nanostructured Systems

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.

Ultrafast Optical Properties of materials and devices; Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Hybrid Inorganic:Organic Materials and Devices; Biophotonics: Biological and Chemical Sensors; Optical Non-Destructive Testing; Nanophotonics and Nanoelectronics.

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

Molecular simulation; molecular thermodynamics; statistical mechanics.

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

Development of molecular simulation methods; diffusion in solids; crystal polymorphism; software engineering.

Design and synthesis of photofunctional materials; molecular design; immobilization techniques; catalysis; solid supported organometallic compounds.

BioMEMS; Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC); Micro Total Analysis Systems (uTAS); Micro/nanofluidics; nanobiosensors; microactuators.

Polymers; photonics; biophotonics; nanomedicine; optics.

Novel synthetic approaches in polymer chemistry; polymer self-assembly in solution and bulk; shape-persistent macromolecules.

Nanomaterials for batteries; implantable medical devices; energy conversion and storage.

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.

Micro/nano-biomedical device fabrication; wireless power transfer using RF/microwave.