(3bq) Nanoengineered Materials for Energy and Electronic Applications

Nanostructured materials, such as nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanoporous scaffolds, are attractive materials for electronic and energy applications because of their potential for device miniaturization and unique properties which arise from surface/interface dominated behavior and size dependent effects. These building blocks can be further complexed with hybridization or axial and radial interfaces, to create composites, multilayered, core/shell, and nanopeapod structures that give rise to novel properties for catalysis, communications, data storage, logic operations, sensing, and energy conversion/storage.

My research interests include advanced materials and processing technology to synthesize nanostructures with an embedded design and intrinsic functionality.  In my poster I will report results from my graduate work; conducting polymers nanowire sensors with tunable selectivity and electronic behavior; magneto-transport properties of multilayed and core-shell ferromagnetic nanowire devices.  Additionally, I will present recent progress on both dealloyed PtNi thin films for oxygen reduction reaction and photovoltaic properties of three dimensionally structured chalcogenides.  Finally, I will describe future directions and my approach to cultivating an independent research group with a unique perspective in nanoengineered materials.