Electronic Materials

Research in the area of electronic materials covers a broad spectrum of activities, ranging from pure electronic or photonic to opto-electronic and electrochemical devices. The types of materials also cover a broad spectrum, including III-V semiconductor thin films and quantum dots, silicon carbide high temperature electronics, oxide heteroepitaxial films, organic semiconductors, electrochemical composites, and others. With cutting-edge applications that include light-emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, reconfigurable electronics, solid oxide fuel cells, and batteries, the research groups in electronic materials are highly interdisciplinary and work closely with groups in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics. In addition to electrical and optical characterization, the groups rely heavily on a suite of materials characterization tools, such as transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, and atomic force microscopy. Moreover, research groups in this area maintain extensive facilities for growth and processing of electronic materials.

MSE Faculty with focused efforts in Electronic Materials Research are:

Robert F. Davis
Yoosuf Picard
Lisa M. Porter
Paul A. Salvador
Marek Skowronski
Elias Towe

Additional MSE and Courtesy Faculty involved in Electronic Materials Research are: