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below for a list of faculty.
Electronic Materials
Nanoscale electronics and nanoparticle based memories (Brongersma)
Nanoscale phase change nonvolatile memory (Cui)
Nanoscale resistance change nonvolatile memory (Cui)
Adhesion in and reliability of low-k dielectrics (Dauskardt)
Organic semiconductors and devices (McGehee)
High-k gate dielectrics, ferroelectrics, thin film growth and characterization (McIntyre)
TEM characterization of electronic materials (Sinclair)
Growth and etching of semiconductor thin films (Bent)
Superconductivity and crystal growth (Fisher)
Molecular beam epitaxy growth of semiconductors (Harris)
Semiconductor materials and devices (Plummer)
Novel electronic materials for large-area electronics (Salleo)
Centers associated with electronic materials research at Stanford are the Center for Integrated Systems and the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility
Magnetic Materials
Growth and characterization of magnetic thin films and magnetotransport devices (Clemens)
TEM characterization of magnetic materials (Sinclair)
Magnetic information storage, applications of magnetics in biology (Wang)
Magnetism in new and exotic materials (Fisher)
STM studies of isolated and interacting magnetic moments (Manoharan)
X-ray imaging of magnetic nanostructures and of ultrafast switching processes (Stohr)
Optical and Photonic Materials
Subwavelength-scale waveguides, nanophotonics, plasmonics (Brongersma)
Polymer light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells and photonic crystals (McGehee)
MBE growth of semiconductors for lasers, detectors and modulators (Harris)
Processing materials using photons (Salleo)
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Dislocation mechanics, elastic waves in solids (Barnett)
Stress and strength in thin films and multilayers (Clemens)
Fracture, fatigue and environmentally assisted failure in metals, metallic glasses, ceramics, composites and biomaterials (Dauskardt)
Cell mechanics in tissue engineering (Heilshorn)
Dislocation mechanics, mechanical behavior of solids in bulk and thin film form (Nix)
Biological Materials
Nanowire biosensors (Cui)
Interfaces in load bearing prosthetics, transdermal drug delivery patches, bone mineral substitutes, biomaterials (Dauskardt)
Biomaterials, regenerative medicine, and protein and tissue engineering (Heilshorn)
Biosensors (Melosh)
Use of magnetic nanocrystals for DNA sensing (Wang)
Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications
Hydrogen storage (Clemens)
Solar cells with nanomaterials (Cui)
High energy and high power Li battery with nanomaterials (Cui)
Organic-inorganic nanostructured photovoltaic cells (McGehee)
Solid-state electrolytes for fuel cells and energy storage (McIntyre)
Organic Polymer Materials
Mechanical properties of polymers (Dauskardt)
Biopolymer design and synthesis (Heilshorn)
Semiconducting and conducting polymers, self-assembly of nanostructures (McGehee)
Polymer physics and interface science, lab-on-a-chip applications (Frank)
Structure/property relationships of semiconducting polymers (Salleo)
Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA)
Advanced Characterization
Single nanostructure electrical transport measurement (Cui)
Scanning Probe Microscopy (Cui, Dauskardt, McGehee, Salleo)
Analytical electron microscopy and electron spectroscopy (McIntyre, Dauskardt)
In-situ studies of processes with transmission electron microscopy (Bravman, Sinclair)
High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (Sinclair, McIntyre)
X-ray diffraction in ultra-thin films and multilayers (Bravman, Clemens, McIntyre)
X-ray diffraction of amorphous materials with synchrotron radiation (Bienenstock)
Near-field scanning optical microscopy (Brongersma)
Nanoindentation (Nix)
Scanning tunneling microscopy (Manoharan)
X-ray magnetic dichroism spectroscopy and microscopy of magnetic nanostructures and their dynamics (Stohr)
Thin-Film Deposition
Sputtering (Clemens, McIntyre, Wang)
Molecular beam epitaxy (Harris)
Chemical vapor deposition (Bent)
Atomic layer deposition (Bent, McIntyre)
Spin casting, dip coating, Langmuir-Blodgett, self-assembly (Frank, McGehee)
Nanopatterning
Nanowire growth (Brongersma, Clemens, Cui)
Nanocrystal synthesis (Cui)
Phase-separation driven formation of nanocrystal arrays (Clemens)
Biotemplating of nanostructures (Heilshorn)
Block-copolymer self assembly (McGehee)
Atomic manipulation (Manoharan)
Computational Materials Science
Dislocation and defect theory (Barnett)
Quantum mechanical and molecular dynamic simulations (Musgrave)
Multiscale simulation and modeling of nanoscale engineering systems (Dauskardt)
Bulk Crystal Growth
Growth of biological, electronic, optical and superconducting crystals (Feigelson)
Growth of crystals and quasicrystals with that exhibit novel magnetic and correlated electron effects (Fisher)
Shape Deposition Manufacturing
Rapid prototyping via thermal spray deposition, geometric modeling and manufacturing (Prinz )