Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Nanoscience and nanotechnology concern the discovery and application of how materials and processes behave on the nanoscale in diverse areas of engineering, science and health care.
Faculty involved in nanoscience and nanotechnology research:
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Michael AllesResearch Focus: Application of advanced and emerging semiconductor technologies in radiation environments, modeling and simulation of radiation effects in semiconductor devices and circuits, and workforce developmentIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Leon BellanResearch Focus: Microfluidics, microfluidic materials, smart materials, biomaterials, micro and nanotechnology, bioMEMS.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Bharat BhuvaResearch Focus: Computer aided design tools, radiation effects on integrated circuits, modeling of semiconductor devices and fabrication processes, and VLSI designIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Joshua CaldwellResearch Focus: Nano-optics, polaritonics, nanophotonics, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, active photonics, infrared optics and imaging, power electronic materials, defects in semiconductorsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Peter CummingsResearch Focus: Molecular modeling of fluids, computational nanoscience, molecular rheology of lubricants, mathematical modeling of biological systemsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Ravindra DudduResearch Focus: Computational solid mechanics, multi-scale and multi-physics fracture mechanics, constitutive modeling, cohesive zone modeling of fatigue delamination, extended finite element method and level set method, computational geophysics.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Mona EbrishResearch Focus: Developing multiple techniques to fabricate and evaluate biological and chemical sensors that can be integrated with efficient power devices on foundry compatible chiplets, small integrated circuits with specialized functionality that make up larger integrated circuitsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Philippe FauchetResearch Focus: Photonics, energy, and the semiconductor/biology interface, all using silicon-based nanoscience and nanotechnologyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Daniel FleetwoodResearch Focus: Effects of ionizing radiation on microelectronic devices and materials, microelectronics reliability, defects and low-frequency noise.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Kenneth GallowayResearch Focus: Solid state devices, microelectronics, reliability, radiation effectsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Todd GiorgioResearch Focus: Protease-responsive biosensors for siRNA and drug delivery in vitro and in vivo, advanced materials for immunomodulation devices for sepsis treatment.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Mukesh GuptaResearch Focus: Shear-thinning hydrogels, Tissue sealant/adhesives, Stimuli-responsive biomaterials, Organic/Polymer Chemistry, Targeted drug deliveryIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Frederick HaseltonResearch Focus: Microfluidic transport of particles, multi-spectral quantum dot-based retinal imaging, DNA logic operations for viral diagnostics, molecular basis of corneal regeneration both in homeostasis and wound repairIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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William HofmeisterResearch Focus: Additive Manufacture, Laser/Material Processing, bioMEMS. Nucleation, solidification and diamond microelectronics.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Arto JavanainenResearch Focus: Radiation effects and reliability in semiconductor devicesIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Kane JenningsResearch Focus: Surface chemistry, self-assembly, films, coatings, biohybrid materials, bioinspired materials, and bioreplica materials.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Weng Poo KangResearch Focus: Solid-state sensors, semiconductor devices, VLSI designIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Jeffrey KauppilaResearch Focus: Radiation-Hardened Circuit Design, Radiation-Enabled Compact Modeling, Simulation of Radiation Effects on Circuits and Systems, Layout-Aware Modeling, Near-Threshold Computing, Digital Circuit Design, Analog Circuit Design, Mixed-Signal Circuit DesignIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Michael KingResearch Focus: cellular engineering, drug delivery, nanotechnologyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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David KossonResearch Focus: Nuclear waste management, environmental remediation, leaching assessment and methods, management of residuals from energy production, contaminant mass transfer applied to groundwater, soil, sediment and waste systems.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Paul LaibinisResearch Focus: Chemical sensors, antifouling coatings, responsive interfaces, and nanoparticle dispersionsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Matthew LangResearch Focus: Biological motors, cell signaling and immunologyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Eugene LeBoeufResearch Focus: Environmental and water resources engineering, hydropower optimization and management, sustainability engineering, environmental security, and contaminant fate and transport applied to groundwater, soil, and sediment systemsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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M. Douglas LeVanResearch Focus: Fixed-bed adsorption, adsorption from the vapor phase, adsorption equilibriaIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
Deyu LiResearch Focus: Micro/Nano scale energy and molecular transport phenomena,. Nanofabrication techniques, Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation, Micro/Nanofluidics.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 | |
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Shihong LinResearch Focus: Membrane processes, water-energy-environment nexus, environmental surface science, environmental application and implication of nanotechnologyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Ethan LippmannResearch Focus: In vitro models, biomaterials, biosensors, microdevices, biomolecular engineering, drug deliveryIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Dmitry MarkovResearch Focus: Cancer microenvironment; microfluidics; bioreactors; long-term 3D tissue culture; Organ-on-a-ChipIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Lloyd MassengillResearch Focus: Radiation-hardened circuit design, simulation of radiation effects on microelectronic circuits, soft error analysis, analog circuit design.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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James McBrideResearch Focus: Applying advanced electron microscopy techniques towards the understanding of the structure-property relationships of colloidal quantum dots, Aberration-corrected electron microscopy to image the true structure of core/shell nanocrystals, Correlating the atomic structure and the photoluminescence of the same quantum dot, Volume imaging and cryo-electron tomography lamella preparationIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Clare McCabeResearch Focus: Molecular modeling of nanoscale systems, development and application of molecular theories, improving efficiency of biofuel conversion, computational studies of skin lipid self-assemblyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Christina McGahanResearch Focus: manipulating and probing the optical, electronic, and structural properties of nanoscale materials as well as using this precise control of materials and their properties to help researchers solve challenging nanoscale scientific problems in areas ranging from medicine and biology to chemistry, physics, engineering, and beyondIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Justus NdukaifeResearch Focus: Nanophotonics, microfluidics, novel bio-inspired soft actuators and robotsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Reed OmaryResearch Focus: Image-guided drug delivery for cancer; interventional radiologyIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Sokrates PantelidesResearch Focus: Theoretical/computational -- Nanoscience and nanotechnology, semiconductors and semiconductor devices (defects, defects-mediated device degradation), complex oxides and heterostrutures, ferroelectrics, two-dimensional materialsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Peter PintauroResearch Focus: New proton-exchange membranes for fuel cells, development of space-charge models for ion uptake and transport in ion-exchange membranes, organic electrochemical synthesisIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Robert ReedResearch Focus: Radiation effects on electronicsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Bridget RogersResearch Focus: Surfaces, interfaces, and films of technically important materialsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Sandra RosenthalResearch Focus: Semiconductor nanocrystalsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Ranjana SahaiResearch Focus: Design, simulation, development, and testing of bio-inspired, robotic systems and microfluidic devicesIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Florence SanchezResearch Focus: Chemo-mechanical behavior and long-term performance of cement-based composites; Nanoscale behavior and nanomodification of cement and concrete materials; 3D printing of infrastructure materials; Mechanical/chemical/energy responses at material interfaces; Nanoscale interfacial interactions and dynamics in heterogeneous materials; Chemomechanically adaptive materials; Coupled chemo-transport-mechanical modelingIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Ronald SchrimpfResearch Focus: Semiconductor device physics, radiation effects and reliability in semiconductor devices, microelectronic test structures, and simulation tools for microelectronicsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Brian SierawskiResearch Focus: Radiation effects on microelectronics, simulation software development, small satellites, and on-orbit experimentsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Carlos Silvera BatistaResearch Focus: Colloids and interfacial phenomena, interparticle forces, self- and directed assembly, colloidal crystals, active motion, reconfigurable materials.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Jason ValentineResearch Focus: Optical metamaterials, plasmonics, transformation optics, nanophotonics, nanoimaging, active photonics, gradient index optics, high spatial resolution bioimaging and sensing, solar energy conversion, scalable 3D nanomanufacturing.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Greg WalkerResearch Focus: Micro-scale heat transfer, heat flux measurement, energy transport processes, ultrasonic pyrometry, thermographic phospors, energy conversion devices, high-performance computingIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Sharon WeissResearch Focus: Light-matter interaction, silicon photonics, porous silicon biosensors, nanotechnology, nanocomposite materialsIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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John WilsonResearch Focus: Molecularly engineered materials, intracellular delivery of antigens and molecular adjuvants, engineering vaccine colloids and surfaces, cancer immunotherapy, diabetes and islet transplantationIntellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Arthur WitulskiResearch Focus: Radiation effects on electronic power semiconductor devices and power electronic converters, radiation reliability of complex systems in radiation environments such as satellites and robots in nuclear disasters.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |
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Ryszard WyciskResearch Focus: Energy conversion and storage; membranes and separators from functional polymers and composites.Intellectual Neighborhoods: Nano Science and Technology | 10 |