Research Overview

Our Research

While traditional materials research programs are narrow in focus, our NRT draws from creativity and data science and analytics approaches for deeper, more diverse solutions. Below are representative research areas in which NRT trainees may participate.

Mapping the Synthesis-Structure-Property Relationships for Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based products and devices are limited, despite their superior mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. This project aims to better understand CNT characteristics.

Electromagnetic Metasurfaces

This project aims to modify near-field and far-field electric and magnetic fields to serve as diffractive surfaces for holographic images and all-optical neural networks.

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Nanoenergetic Physics and Chemistry from Multi-Scale Experiments and Simulations

This project will uncover the mechanisms that limit the performance of nanoenergetic materials and use these findings to inform the next-generation material selection.

Simulation of nanoenergetic physics and chemistry multi-scale experiments

Discovering Atomic Structure of Battery Material Interfaces

This project aims to reveal the atomic structure of interphase layers in solid state batteries.

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