Research

Collaborative Research and Education in Advance Materials

The research partnership across NCAT and UCSD will lead to new methods for theory-assisted materials design, functional and precisely tunable materials, and detailed insights into fundamental materials behavior that will open new avenues in technology, environmental sustainability, human health, and civil infrastructure. Together, the research and educational accomplishments that will be realized during the NCAT-UCSD PREM will result in establishing NCAT as an HBCU that is a globally recognized hub for materials research and education.

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Thrust 1: Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials

Innovating novel 2D materials with wafer-scale integration using equilibrium and non-equilibrium synthesis techniques, with new methods to control defects for robust, flexible electronic devices.

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Thrust 2: Plasmonic Materials

Expanding conventional optics by investigating new plasmonic materials that concentrate and enhance light beyond the diffraction limit, focusing on transition metal nitrides and their transformation into oxynitrides.

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Thrust 3: Biomaterials

Elucidating chemical reactions that produce biodegradable and bio-conjugated metals through systematic experiments and synthesis of biocompatible polymer/nanoparticle composites for controlled degradation in biological environments.

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Seed: NCAT-Cornell PREM partnership (CREEM)

The PREM-CCMR partnership has formulated a research plan to design new materials capable of supporting energy conversion reactions and develop a fundamental understanding of materials’ physical and chemical properties across different length scales.

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