Physical vapor deposition, semiconductors and dielectrics, surface and interface phenomena, carrier injection and transport, electronic and optoelectronic devices

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  Surface properties, electronic transport and band structure: Hall, PL, PLE, XPS,UPS, UV-Vis

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  Structural characterization of multilayer thin-films

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  Flexible inorganic and organic optoelectronic devices with integrated photonic crystals for sensors

Plasma processing of two-dimensional (2D) flexible device electronic materials

Nanomaterials based flexible electronics

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  Alloying and Defect-Engineering of 2D TMDs

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  Nanowire Sensor

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  2D TMDs Piezoelectric Sensors

Liquid crystal enabled sensors by directed self-assembled 3D/heterogeneous structures

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  Temperature sensitive soft photonic crystals

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  Temperature/light sensitive plasmonic particle array

Nanoporous materials for sensing applications

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• Properties:
  • Large library of materials: Al2O3, ZnO2, TiO2, Fe2O3, Fe3O4, PdO, CoO, etc.
  • High surface area
  • Selective functionality
  • Multicomponent adaptability
   
  Applications:
  • Gas and humidity sensors
  • Stress sensors
  • Oil degradation sensing
  • Magnetic sensors

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  New robust approach for design of porous oxides

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  Humidity sensing

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  CO detection

Nano/microfabrication, temperature sensors, cell thermal conductivity

High voltage, piezo-resistive, piezo-electric, corrosion sensing fibers, textiles, composites, films

Multifunctional fibers and foam architectures form elements as fibers, struts in 3d printed frameworks or structural composites and sandwich composites.

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  Subsurface corrosion/chemical impedance sensing, high speed impact piezo-responsive measurements

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  Electrical conductivity based sensor textiles for fatigue, creep, quasi-static response