MSE Seminar: “Nano-Volumetric Materials Properties of Ferroelectrics and Photovoltaics via Tomographic AFM”
Nano- and meso- scale materials properties are crucial to the macroscopic performance of a wide range of functional and photovoltaic devices. In 2-dimensions, photoconductivity, ferroelectricity, and even domain dynamics have […]
MSE Seminar: “From Atom to System: Advanced Characterization for Next Generation Energy Storage Materials”
Seminar details forthcoming.
MSE Seminar: “Polymer Informatics: Current Status & Critical Next Steps”
The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) has heralded a sea change in the philosophy of materials design. In an increasing number of applications, the successful deployment of novel materials has benefited […]
MSE Seminar: “The interplay between phase transformation and deformation mechanisms in multicomponent metal alloys”
Phase prediction in multicomponent alloys remains one of the most fundamental challenges. Navigating the vast compositional space of these alloys requires a predictive capability to efficiently guide alloy discovery and […]
MSE Seminar: “Characterization of Complex Eutectic Microstructures”
Eutectic phase transitions play an important role in many engineering materials, from cast iron to electronic solder. Regular binary eutectics are relatively straightforward and generally well understood, but the additional […]
MSE Seminar: “Predicting Properties of Structurally and Chemically Complex Materials using Physics-informed Statistical Learning”
To apply statistics and data science tools to aid computational designs of materials is under fast development. There are two unique aspects of the applications of these tools in materials […]
MSE Seminar: “III-V photovoltaic substrate reuse using fracture”
Controlled spalling of single-crystal semiconductors is an emerging technique which results in the rapid exfoliation of a thin, single-crystal layer by propagating fracture parallel to the wafer surface. Spalling fracture […]
MSE Seminar: “Approaching the Intrinsic Limit in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide van der Waals Heterostructures”
Studying the intrinsic behavior 2D materials requires attention to both external and internal sources of disorder. This talk will first review the techniques used to create clean heterostructures with hBN […]
MSE Lab Safety Seminar
Join us for a seminar lead by Kimi Brown, Sr. Lab Safety Specialist and Chemical Hygiene Officer for Penn Environmental Health and Radiation Safety, on laboratory safety and best COVID-19 […]