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Optical Materials Metrology 21st century optoelectronics emphasizes energy technologies, and modern security issues have heightened needs for … more

The microscopic arrangement of the magnetic structure within a thin metal film plays a fundamental role in many technological applications ranging … more

The working of countless electronic devices involves electric and magnetic effects interacting within nanostructured materials. In the phenomenon … more

Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials.  At the CNST, researchers … more

Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems are being investigated experimentally to bring these systems toward the quantum limit, study quantum … more

CMOS-compatible Si-based SET quantum dots systems are being fabricated and electrically characterized at low temperature to explore the possibility … more

Renewable energy sources such as solar energy are attractive alternatives to fossil fuels because of their abundant supply and pollution-free power … more

Electrochemical systems containing nanostructured materials are increasingly being incorporated into  devices for efficiently harvesting, … more

Photovoltaics technology is usually categorized into three generations: 1) devices based on polysilicon; 2) devices based on thin-film direct … more

Large-scale implementation of solar power generation requires photovoltaic (PV) devices with efficiency-to-cost ratios better than existing … more

Electron sources are ubiquitous in vacuum based electronics and are used for a variety of purposes.  These applications range from x-ray … more

There are a variety of tools for characterizing nanoscale morphology and structure, such as scanning probe, scanning electron, and transmission … more

Graphene, a one-atom thick sheet of carbon, shows great promise as a material for building nanometer-scale electronic devices that would help to … more

The electrons in graphene are confined to the two-dimensional atomic layer of carbon atoms that make up the material .  Since graphene … more

The interest in using graphene as an electronic material arises in large part from the high speed with which electrons move through the material … more