IRGs

In collaboration with Marks and Prof. Alex K. -Y. Jen group (U. Washington), the Ho group has, for the first time, successfully demonstrated a novel organic EO modulator using ZnO and In2O3 as TCO electrodes and device geometry designs. This helped achieve 2.8V switching voltage for a 8mm-long device at wavelength of 1.31μm, which corresponding […]

The next generation of polymer-based materials will rely on the incorporation of multiple components to achieve superior and tunable properties; this, in turn, will require control over chemical connectivity and morphology from the nanometer scale up to microns. The thermodynamic incompatibility of most polymer pairs demands a flexible strategy for designing hybrid materials in both […]

Engineered nanoparticles present a wide range of opportunities for the synthesis and assembly of materials with entirely new electronic, optical or mechanical properties. They are of interest for materials science because their size-dependent characteristics give rise to an entirely new spectrum of materials properties. In addition, nanoparticles offer new ways of forming combinations of very […]

This IRG deals with the fundamental aspects and molecular level processes leading to film formation as well as chemico-physical and environmental conditions responsible for the formation of stimuli-responsive “smart” polymeric films and coatings. Another significant component is the development of novel spectroscopic, morphological, and rheological characterization techniques that will enable better understanding of stimuli-responsive polymeric […]

Senior Investigators: J. M. Kikkawa & I.-W. Chen
IRG Leaders; D. A. Bonnell, P. K. Davies, A. M. Rappe, J. M. Vohs
IRG-5 focuses on creating & understanding novel hierarchical interfacial oxide materials. By juxtaposing oxides at various length scales, responsive instabilities appear at their interfaces & give rise to new functionality. This team has expertise in […]

Work in the area of Biological Synthesis and Assembly of Macromolecular Materials (Interdisciplinary Research Group I) explores the powerful control of self-organization that can be achieved in polymers of absolutely defined comonomer sequence — genetically engineered artificial proteins—and the control of spatial arrangement and size […]