Center for Nanostructured Materials

The chemistry and physics of nanostructured materials has been a central theme of science and technology for the last few decades of the 20th century, and the trend is expected to continue. Several interdisciplinary groups of physicists, chemists and material scientists are working in this emerging area of nanoscience in the Center for Nanostructured Materials (CNM) to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, share and provide instrumentation and technical assistance, and train undergraduates and graduate students in the science of nanostructured materials. CNM has several state-of-the-art equipment to support interdisciplinary research, e. g., atomic force microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction for characterization of thin-film, powder, as well as single-crystal structures, superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), physical property measurement system (PPMS), electron paramagnetic resonance, Raman spectroscopy, mass spectrometer, etc. About 15-20 research faculty, several postdoctoral research associates, and students from the departments of physics, chemistry, and materials science collaborate on interdisciplinary research, proposal submissions, and planning of joint research with industry and federal research laboratories.