Superseed – Defects in 3D Topological Photonic and Acoustic Materials: Challenges Across Length Scales
Funding Period: September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Randall Goldsmith 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, CSIC-University of Zaragoza |
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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
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Brandon Hacha |  |
Boyuan Liu |  |
Zijie Liu | ||
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Michael Mattei |  |
Camila Montoya Ospina | ||||
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Alec Redmann |  |
Emily Shelton | ||||
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Michael Wang |  |
Dajun 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, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Shubhra Pasayat Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Guangying “Tina” Wang |
Seed – Heterogeneous Atomic Centers as Tunable Materials for Catalysis and Quantum Information
Funding Period: September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Marcel Schreier Assistant Professor, Chemical an Biological Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Alexander Zielinski |
Seed – Exploring Factors that Control the Choices of Latinx S&E Students to Pursue Graduate Study
Funding Period: September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Samuel Pazicni Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry |
Students & Postdocs
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Jorge Rivera-Cólon |
Seed – Understanding Metal Agglomeration in Zeolite Micropores under Reaction Conditions
Funding Period: September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Siddarth Krishna Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Deepak Sonawat |
Seed – Finding the Best Oxide-wide Band Gap Semiconductor Interface
Funding Period: September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023
Principal Investigators
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Chirag Gupta Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Students & Postdocs
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Md Tahmidul Alam |
Seed Highlights
Wisconsin MRSEC Investigator, Jason Kawasaki, Helps Shape Journal Issue Dedicated to Heusler Compounds
Jason Kawasaki, an investigator with the Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison brought his passion for Heusler compounds to his appointment as guest editor of the June 2022 Issue of the MRS Bulletin.
December 8, 2022
(2022) Spray-on “SLIPS” and Controlled release “SNIPS”: New Designs for Slippery Antifouling Materials
Coatings that prevent fouling are critical in commercial, industrial, and healthcare contexts. Wisconsin MRSEC researchers have developed new spray-based methods to make nanoporous water-repelling films and spray-on ‘slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces’ (SLIPS). These coatings are antifouling to a range of substances and microorganisms and can be produced using scalable, manufacturing-compatible methods. They also developed new antifouling ‘slippery nanoemulsion-infused porous’ (SNIPS) that use water-in-oil nanoemulsions to slowly release encapsulated cargo.
November 8, 2022
(2022) An Underwater Topological Waveguide at MHz Frequencies
Concepts of topology recently have been brought to bear on materials designed to control sound waves. Sound wavelengths are much longer than light, making acoustic materials easier to synthesize and their behavior easier to measure. Wisconsin MRSEC researchers are using topological acoustic materials to explore topological physics and enable applications in sensing, communication, and energy transport.
November 1, 2022
(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.
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