Superseed – Defects in 3D Topological Photonic and Acoustic Materials: Challenges Across Length Scales
Funding Period: September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021
Principal Investigators
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Randall Goldsmith Associate Professor, Chemistry |
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Chu Ma Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Co-Investigators
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Paul Capagnola Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics |
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Amalio Fernández-Pacheco Associate Professor, University of Glasgow, School of Physics & Astronomy |
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Tim Osswald Professor, Mechanical Engineering |
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Zongfu Yu Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Students & Postdocs
| Brandon Hacha | Boyuan Liu |  |
Michael Mattei | ||||
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Gerardo Mazzei Capote | Camila Montoya Ospina |  |
Alec Redmann | |||
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Emily Shelton |  |
Luka Skoric |  |
Michael Wang |
Seed – Characterization of Electron Transport and Luminescence of Corroded Metal Alloys
Funding Period: September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2022
Principal Investigators
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Jennifer Choy Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics |
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Adrien Couet Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics and Materials Science and Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Ricardo Vidrio | Maryam Zahedian |  |
Hongliang Zhang |
Seed – Development of Organic Framework Ion Conductors (OFIC) via Molecular Engineering
Funding Period: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022
Principal Investigators
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Dawei Feng Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
TBD
Seed – Breaking Through the Substrate Bottleneck for Ultra-efficient Visible Emitters: Growth of High Quality InGaN Buffers on Sputtered and Thermally Crystallized ScAlMgO4
Funding Period: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022
Principal Investigators
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Shubhra Pasayat Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
| Yuting Li |
Seed – Heterogeneous Atomic Centers as Tunable Materials for Catalysis and Quantum Information
Funding Period: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2022
Principal Investigators
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Marcel Schreier Assistant Professor, Chemical an Biological Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Hsiang-Sheng (Johnson) Chen |
Seed Highlights
(2021) Controlling Waves with 3D Printed Materials
Materials with a repetitive pattern the same size as the wavelength of a wave can be used to control the wave, causing it to bend, perfectly reflect or transmit, or even turn around corners. Where different patterns meet, even more exotic behavior occurs, including making highways for light or sound that only travel in one direction or where the waves cannot be dissipated. Synthesizing such materials is a major challenge, which Wisconsin MRSEC researchers have met by adapting a family of 3D printing techniques.
August 9, 2021
(2020) Energy Transfer Inside of a Topological Photonic Materials
The Wisconsin MRSEC has shown that molecules inside in a type of topological photonic material called a Weyl crystal can exchange energy over much larger distances. The intricate twisting structure of the material uses light to connect one molecule to others much farther away. Developing photonic Weyl crystals may contribute to more efficient LEDs and solar cells and improve molecular sensors.
February 22, 2021
(2020) Machine Learning Algorithms
The Wisconsin MRSEC has developed machine learning techniques that enable the design of new toxin sensors using liquid crystal droplets that respond to the presence of different bacterial toxins and at extremely low concentrations by changing shape and appearance. Machine learning enables computers to automatically analyze the droplet responses to measure toxin concentration and type automatically at high accuracy. More generally, these results demonstrate that the machine learning approach can quickly extract valuable information from complex datasets.
June 17, 2020Newly Awarded Superseed and Seed Projects Will Forge Research Paths for MRSEC
Two Superseed projects and one Seed project have been awarded funding to pursue research as part of the Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Education Center (MRSEC). The collaborative Superseed and Seed projects will enhance the ongoing materials research of the Center and support the exploration of transformative new directions.
June 15, 2020
Calls for Seed and Superseed Proposals Funded by MRSEC
The Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) seeks proposals for interdisciplinary, collaborative Superseed and Seed projects.
October 21, 2019- More Seed posts