Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials are materials that are specifically engineered to exhibit novel or enhanced properties that confer superior performance relative to conventional materials. Examples of such materials include: advanced alloys, advanced polymers, and porous materials.

Transparent wood from Dr. Liangbing Hu's lab.

Faculty engaged in Advanced Material research include:

Reza Ghodssi
Liangbing Hu
Shenqiang Ren
Ichiro Takeuchi
Gianna Valentino
Ji-Cheng Zhao

Advanced Materials Research Areas encompass:

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies
Ultrahigh temperature processes and their use for non-equilibrium synthesis (shock synthesis)
High entropy catalysts
Advanced manufacturing of multifunctional and stimuli-responsive materials for extreme environments
Magnetic and smart materials
Fabrication and characterization of novel multilayer thin-film devices
Machine learning for materials science
Caloric cooling materials and devices
Ionic materials and technologies

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