The research in our laboratory is focused on understanding and controlling surface and interfacial chemistry and applying this knowledge to a range of problems in semiconductor processing, nanotechnology, and sustainable energy. The role of interfaces becomes increasingly important as system dimensions are scaled downward. For example, most electronic and optoelectronic devices are undergoing rapid scaling, with lengths moving into the nanometer range and the surface to volume ratio becoming very large. The function of many next-generation electronic and nanoscale devices will therefore depend critically on the ability to control and modify the properties of their interfaces.

More detailed information on the individual research projects in the group can be found at the following links:

Acknowledgments and Funding

Research in our laboratory is currently supported by the following sources:

• National Science Foundation (Grant No. CHE 0910717)
• National Science Foundation (Grant No. CBET 0930098)
• Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)
• Intel
• Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (CAMP) funded by KAUST
• The Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion (CNEEC), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-SC0001060
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) BES under award number DE-SC0004782
• U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Program