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Atomic-scale Characterization and Manipulation
Measurement of the geometric, and electronic structure of surfaces, and nanostructures, including those created by atom manipulation, using innovative ultra-high vacuum, cryogenic/high-magnetic-field scanning probe microscopy systems.
Contact: Joseph Stroscio
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Nanophotonics
Fabrication of optical nanostructures that confine light to wavelength-scale dimensions, and the development of near-field probes and microphotoluminesence systems to measure light-matter interactions in such structures.
Contact: Kartik Srinivasan
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Electro-fluidic Control of Nanoparticles
Feedback control-based techniques using electrically-drivenfluid flows for controlling the position, and orientation of nanoparticles.
Contact: Benjamin Shapiro
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Nanoplasmonics
Design and fabrication of plasmonic systems that confine and control light at the nanoscale for deep sub-wavelength metrology, spectroscopy, lithography and future information processing.
Contact: Henri Lezec
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Environmental Transmission Electron Microscopy
Development of environmental cell scanning/transmission electron microscopy systems, combining atomic-scale resolution with dynamic chemical analysis, and its application to characterizing nanostructures and nanostructured materials, including catalysts.
Contact: Renu Sharma
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Nanoscale Electronic and Ionic Transport
Development of novel probes for characterizing light-matter interaction and charge and energy transfer processes at the nanoscale, and their application to determining the electronic and ionic transport properties of thin films and nanostructures.
Contact: Nikolai Zhitenev
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Laser-atom Manipulation
Laser control of atomic motion and its application to new nanofabrication and nanoscale measurement methods.
Contact: Jabez McClelland
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Fluctuations and Nanoscale Control
Methods for characterizing and controlling fluctuations in nanoscale systems, focusing on real-time measurement and feedback control for single-particle tracking and spectroscopy in liquid environments.
Contact: Andrew Berglund
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Modeling and Simulation of Nanofabrication
Modeling, simulation, and analysis of the physics and metrology of both lithographic and self-assembly based nanofabrication methods..
Contact: Gregg Gallatin
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Nanotribology and Nanomanufacturing
Techniques to quantify nanoscale frictional energy dissipation and to tailor interactions between nanoscale objects, and their use in the design of nanomanufacturing devices and systems.
Contact: Rachel Cannara
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Nanofabrication
Methods to create and characterize processes underlying both top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication, from high-fidelity resists, to template-driven self-assembly.
Contact: J. Alexander Liddle
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Optical Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems
Integrated optical micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) with nanoscale elements (NEMS) for novel imaging, metrology, manipulation, and assembly techniques.
Contact: Vladimir Aksyuk
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Nanomagnetic Dynamics
Dynamic measurement methods and supporting modeling for characterization of magnetic properties and spin polarized transport in magnetic nanostructures.
Contact: Robert McMichael
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Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Nanostructures
Fundamental calculations that broadly elucidate the properties of nanostructures, ranging from magnetic materials and devices, to superconductors, to graphene.
Contact: Mark Stiles
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Nanomagnetic Imaging
Development and application of scanning electron microscopy with polarization analysis (SEMPA) for correlating material and magnetic structure across millimeter to nanometer length scales.
Contact: John Unguris
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Thermoelectrics and Photovoltaics
Characterization of charge and phonon transport in reduced-dimension and nanostructured thermoelectric systems, and the impact of defects on transport and conversion efficiencies in inorganic photovoltaics.
Contact: Fred Sharifi
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Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion
Characterization of charge and matter transport in electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices based on novel nanomaterials and nanostructures.
Contact: Alec Talin
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