Our faculty design and engineer materials across molecular, nanoscale, and macroscopic length scales to understand how composition, structure, and interfaces control material properties and function. Research spans polymers and protein-based biomaterials, membranes and separations, nanoparticles and nanostructured materials, catalytic and interfacial materials, and semiconductor and electrochemical materials and devices. We combine synthesis, characterization, modeling, processing, and device engineering to create new capabilities in human health, energy, molecular separations, semiconductor technologies, and advanced devices.
Faculty
WE WORK ON HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST DEVELOPMENT in my laboratory and our ultimate goal is to obtain a fundamental understanding of these catalysts at the atomic level. Our approach is to synthesize well-defined heterogeneous catalysts using nanoparticle oxides with various shapes and sizes as supports and carefully control the deposition of active metal onto these supports using atomic layer deposition (ALD), or other more conventional catalyst synthesis methods, such as precipitation-deposition or incipient wetness impregnation.…