Research Areas

• Biomaterials

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  • Drug delivery systems 
  • In vitro models of the tumor microenvironment 
  • The blood-brain barrier (BBB) 

  • Bioagent Defeat Using Gaseous Biocidals
  • Biomimetic Nanofibers for Stem Cell Culture and Tissue Regeneration

• Computational Materials Science

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  • Computational Studies of Nanoscale Materials
  • Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion
  • Materials Informatics

  • Metallic Glasses on the Atomic Scale
  • Phase-Change Alloy for Memory Applications

• Materials for Energy

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  • Conductive p-type polymers
  • Rapid, Exothermic Phase Transformations in Reactive Materials

  • Large Area, Photochromic, Polymer Matrix Nanocomposites
  • Thermoelectric Polymer Blends

• Nanomaterials

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  • Porous graphite fabricated by liquid metal dealloying of silicon carbide
  • Shape Stability of Nanoparticles
  • Brazing Dissimilar Metals with Novel Composite Foils

  • Bioagent Defeat Using Gaseous Biocidals
  • Brush Copolymers as Drug Carriers

• Optoelectronic & Magnetic Materials

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  • Optically Driven, In-Situ Growth of Nanoparticles in Polymer Matrices
  • Ultrafast Energy Transfer Processes in Organic Layer/Substrate Systems
  • Hybrid Devices

  • New Electron-Carrying Organic Semiconductors
  • Organic Electronics for Chemical Sensing

• Structural Materials

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  • Dynamic Fracture of Rocks and Engineering Ceramics
  • 3D Microstructural Characterization of Materials
  • Brazing Dissimilar Metals with Novel Composite Foils

  • The Mechanical Properties of Human Enamel and Dentin
  • Materials with Controlled Microstructural Architecture