Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
Faculty Research Interests
- A
- ac magnetometry, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek,
David J. Sellmyer
- AFM Shadi Othman
- Al-, Fe- and Ni-wires, Brian W. Robertson
- Al2O3, Jennifer I. Brand
- alternating gradient force magnetometry, Shireen Adenwalla,
Christian Binek, David J. Sellmyer
- amphiphilic molecules, Patrick Dussault, Craig J. Eckhardt
- analytical transmission electron microscopy, Brian W. Robertson
- angle resolved photoemission, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben
- anisotropic composites, Yuris A. Dzenis
- atomic force microscopy, Barry Cheung, Patrick Dussault,
Yuris A. Dzenis, Craig J. Eckhardt, Eva Franke-Schubert, Li Tan, John A. Woollam
- AuCo films, Yi Liu, David J. Sellmyer
- Auger electron spectroscopy, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben, Ned J. Ianno, Marjorie A. Langell
B
- band structure, Peter A. Dowben, Sitaram S. Jaswal,
Kirill Belashchenko
- biological arrays, Li Tan
- biological macromolecules, Barry Cheung
- biological tissue models, Jody Redepenning, Angela K. Pannier
- biomaterials - electromechanics, Alexei Gruverman, Angela K. Pannier
- biomedical alloys, Ned J. Ianno, Jody Redepenning
- boron carbides, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Peter A. Dowben, Ned J. Ianno, Brian W. Robertson
- breakdown of atmospheric pressure gaps, Frazer Williams
- Brewster angle microscopy, Craig J. Eckhardt
- Brillouin scattering, Craig J. Eckhardt
C
- carbides, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Peter A. Dowben, Ned J. Ianno, Brian W. Robertson
- ceramics, Jennifer I. Brand, Marjorie A. Langell
- chemical force microscopy, Craig J. Eckhardt
- chemical synthesis polymers, Jennifer I. Brand, Gustavo Larsen
- chemical vapor deposition, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben, Ned J. Ianno, Brian W. Robertson
- chiral materials, Eva Franke-Schubert
- cluster-assembled films, David J. Sellmyer
- CMR oxides, Peter A. Dowben, Ned J. Ianno, Sitaram S. Jaswal
- Co/Au, David J. Sellmyer
- Co/Pt and other multilayers, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek, David J. Sellmyer
- cobalt oxides, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek,
Marjorie A. Langell
- collision interactions, Timothy J. Gay
- collision physics, Timothy J. Gay
- composite materials, Yuris A. Dzenis
- composite micromechanics, Yuris A. Dzenis
- composites, Delmar C. Timm
- compound semiconductors, Jennifer I. Brand, Brian W. Robertson
- computer modelling, Xiao C. Zeng
- computer simulation and modeling, Xiao C. Zeng
- conducting polymers, Jennifer I. Brand, Jody Redepenning
- continuum thermodynamic modeling, Mehrdad Negahban
- continuum thermodynamics of solids and solid-solid phase transitions, Mehrdad Negahban
- convergent beam electron diffraction, Yi Liu, Brian W. Robertson
- CoPt, Sy-Hwang Liou, Yi Liu, David J. Sellmyer
- Co-R (R = rare earth), Yi Liu, David J. Sellmyer
- Cu-alloy nanocomposites, Brian W. Robertson
- cyclic voltammetry, T. Adrian George
- cyclodextrin, Patrick Dussault, Craig J. Eckhardt
D
- damage micromechanics, Yuris A. Dzenis
- dc magnetometry, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek
- derivatized ferrocenes, Jody Redepenning
- diamond anvil cells, Craig J. Eckhardt
- diamond-like carbon, Jennifer I. Brand, Ned J. Ianno
- Dianin's inclusion compounds, Craig J. Eckhardt
- dielectrics, Jennifer I. Brand, Brian W. Robertson,
John A. Woollam
- differential phase contrast STEM, Brian W. Robertson
- differential scanning calorimetry, Craig J. Eckhardt,
Delmar C. Timm
- diffuse reflectance infrared, Gustavo Larsen
- direct power conversion, Jennifer I. Brand
- dissociative attachment, Paul D. Burrow
- dynamic mechanical spectroscopy, Delmar C. Timm
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- electrochemical characterization, Stephen DiMagno
- electrochemical techniques: spectroelectrochemistry, chronoamperometry, cyclic voltammetry, rotating ring-disk voltammetry, potentiometry, Jody Redepenning
- electromechanics of biomaterials, Alexei Gruverman
- electron beam methods, Brian W. Robertson
- electron energy loss spectroscopy, Paul D. Burrow,
Timothy J. Gay, Marjorie A. Langell, Brian W. Robertson
- electron-magnon scattering, Kirill Belashchenko
- electron microscopy, Jeff Shield, Eva Franke-Schubert,
Brian W. Robertson, John A. Woollam
- electron paramagnetic resonance, Gustavo Larsen
- electron spin resonance spectroscopy, Andrzej Rajca
- electron transmission spectroscopy, Paul D. Burrow
- electron transport properties, David J. Sellmyer
- electron-beam induced deposition, Brian W. Robertson
- electro-optic metrology, Stephen Ducharme
- electro-optic polymers and crystals, Stephen Ducharme
- electrospinning of nanofibers, Yuris A. Dzenis
- ellipsometry, Jennifer I. Brand, Ned J. Ianno, John A. Woollam
- epoxy composites, Yuris A. Dzenis
- evaporation, Shireen Adenwalla, Eva Franke-Schubert,
Roger D. Kirby
- exchange-coupled systems, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek, Peter A. Dowben, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Sy-Hwang Liou
- extension and shear testing, Mehrdad Negahban
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- fast absorption spectroscopy, Stephen DiMagno
- fatigue testing, Yuris A. Dzenis
- FePt exchange-coupled magnets, Yi Liu, David J. Sellmyer
- ferroelectric domains- static and dynamic properties,
Alexei Gruverman
- ferroelectric memory, Alexei Gruverman
- ferroelectric polymers, Shireen Adenwalla, Stephen Ducharme
- Fe-SiO2, Sy-Hwang Liou, Yi Liu
- finite-temperature magnetism, Kirill Belashchenko
- fluoresence spectroscopy, Stephen DiMagno
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Jennifer I. Brand,
Craig J. Eckhardt, T. Adrian George, Rodney J. Soukup,
Delmar C. Timm
- Fourier transform NMR, T. Adrian George
- friction and lubrication, Xiao C. Zeng
- friction and lubrication between two solid surfaces, Xiao C. Zeng
G
- GaAs, Frazer Williams
- gadolinium, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Sitaram S. Jaswal
- Garnet/M (M = Fe, Co, Dy) multilayers, David J. Sellmyer
- gas-liquid nucleation, Jennifer I. Brand, Xiao C. Zeng
- Ge, Rodney J. Soukup
- gel permeation chromatography, Delmar C. Timm
- general organic synthesis, Stephen DiMagno, Andrzej Rajca
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- halogenated hydrocarbon, Paul D. Burrow
- heavily fluorinated porphyrins, Stephen DiMagno
- HgBa2Ca2Cu3Ox, Sy-Hwang Liou
- high resolution electron microscopy (HREM), Yi Liu,
Brian W. Robertson
- high surface area strong solid acids, Gustavo Larsen
- high temperature, high pressure processing, Jennifer I. Brand
- high temperature materials, Jennifer I. Brand
- high temperature superconductors, Sy-Hwang Liou
- high-field extraction magnetometry, David J. Sellmyer
- high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Patrick Dussault
- high-resolution infrared absorption spectroscopy, Frazer Williams
- high-spin macrocyclic and hyperbranched macromolecules,
Andrzej Rajca
- HMX, Craig J. Eckhardt
- hydroxyapatite, Jody Redepenning
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- inert-atmosphere techniques, Patrick Dussault
- infrared Schlieren photography, Frazer Williams
- inorganic biomaterials, Jennifer I. Brand, Jody Redepenning
- instrumentation and magnetic multilayers, Shireen Adenwalla, Brian W. Robertson
- inverse photoemission, Peter A. Dowben
- ion beam technology, Eva Franke-Schubert
- iron (IV) sulfur complexe crystals, T. Adrian George
- iron oxide, Marjorie A. Langell
- iron-sulfur dimer crystals, T. Adrian George
- Isopiestic measurement of thermodynamic properties of solutes, Jody Redepenning
- isotopic labeling, Gustavo Larsen
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- La1-xMxMnO3 {M=Ca, Sr, Ba}, Peter A. Dowben, Sy-Hwang Liou
- laminates, Yuris A. Dzenis
- Langmuir isotherms, Craig J. Eckhardt
- Langmuir monolayers, Patrick Dussault, Craig J. Eckhardt, Robert J. Hardy
- Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Jennifer I. Brand, Stephen Ducharme, Patrick Dussault, Craig J. Eckhardt
- large deformation thermomechanical response characterization, Mehrdad Negahban
- laser induced holographic grating relaxation, Stephen Ducharme
- least square minimization techniques for the finite element method, Mehrdad Negahban
- light to dark conductivity ratios, Rodney J. Soukup
- Lorentz microscopy, Yi Liu
- low energy electron diffraction, Peter A. Dowben,
Marjorie A. Langell
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- magnesium, Peter A. Dowben
- magnetic dots, Peter A. Dowben
- magnetic oxides, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Marjorie A. Langell,
Sy-Hwang Liou
- magnetic properties by magnetic force microscopy, Sy-Hwang Liou
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Shadi Othman
- magnetic thin films, Shireen Adenwalla, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Yi Liu,
- magnetic tunnel junctions, Kirill Belashchenko
- magnetic viscosity measurements, Roger D. Kirby
- magneto electric materials, Christian Binek
- magneto optic Kerr effect, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek, Peter A. Dowben, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Roger D. Kirby,
David J. Sellmyer
- manganese oxides, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Marjorie A. Langell, Sy-Hwang Liou
- mechanical response of poly(methyl methacrylate),
Mehrdad Negahban
- mercury, Peter A. Dowben
- mesoporous solids, Gustavo Larsen
- metallocenes, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Marjorie A. Langell, Brian W. Robertson
- metalloporphyrins, Stephen DiMagno
- metastable phases, Jennifer I. Brand, David J. Sellmyer
- micromechanical testing, Yuris A. Dzenis, Shadi Othman
- microstructural analysis, Yuris A. Dzenis
- microstructural evolution, Kirill Belashchenko
- mixed metal oxides, Jennifer I. Brand, Marjorie A. Langell,
Sy-Hwang Liou
- MnBi and related compounds, Roger D. Kirby, David J. Sellmyer
- MnPt3 and related compounds, Roger D. Kirby, David J. Sellmyer
- modeling of fast reactions, Hendrik J. Viljoen
- molecular based statistical (nonclassical) theories,
Jennifer I. Brand, Xiao C. Zeng
- molecular beam epitaxy, Christian Binek
- molecular characterization of thermosetting resins, Delmar C. Timm
- molecular dynamics, Robert J. Hardy
- molecular modeling, Peter A. Dowben, Patrick Dussault,
Robert J. Hardy
- molecular recognition, Patrick Dussault
- molybdenum complexes containing N2, T. Adrian George
- Monte Carlo simulations, Robert J. Hardy, Roger D. Kirby
- Mössbauer effect, David J. Sellmyer
- Mott detectors, Timothy J. Gay
- multi-gun reactive sputter deposition, Ned J. Ianno
- multiferroics, Alexei Gruverman
- multilayered structures, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek, Jennifer I. Brand, Eva Franke-Schubert, John A. Woollam
- multiple source multilayer, David J. Sellmyer
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- nano/micro hybrid composites, Barry Cheung, Yuris A. Dzenis, Eva Franke-Schubert
- nanodiffraction, Yi Liu
- nanofabrication, Jennifer I. Brand, Eva Franke-Schubert, Li Tan
- nanoimprint, Li Tan
- nanoscale wire fabrication, Brian W. Robertson
- nanostructured magnetic films, Shireen Adenwalla,
Christian Binek, Sy-Hwang Liou,
Brian W. Robertson, David J. Sellmyer
- nanothermodynamics, Christian Binek
- nanotube synthesis, Barry Cheung
- natural rubber, Mehrdad Negahban
- Network branching theory, Delmar C. Timm
- Neutron detection, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Brian W. Robertson
- Neutron reflectivity and scattering, Shireen Adenwalla
- nickel oxide, Shireen Adenwalla, Marjorie A. Langell
- NLO chromophores, Stephen DiMagno
- NMR, Andrzej Rajca
- nonlinear measurements, Stephen Ducharme
- nonmetal to metal transitions, Peter A. Dowben
- nucleation in polar fluids, Jennifer I. Brand, Xiao C. Zeng
- nucleation in quantum fluids, Xiao C. Zeng
- nucleation in two-dimensional fluids, Xiao C. Zeng
O
- optical emission spectroscopy, Jennifer I. Brand, Ned J. Ianno
- optical microscopy, John A. Woollam
- organic and polymer synthesis, Jennifer I. Brand,
Stephen DiMagno, Andrzej Rajca
- organic conductors, Jennifer I. Brand, Andrzej Rajca, Li Tan
- oxidations, Jennifer I. Brand, Patrick Dussault,
Marjorie A. Langell
- oxides, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben, Sitaram S. Jaswal, Marjorie A. Langell, Sy-Hwang Liou
P
- packed bed reactor kinetics, Gustavo Larsen
- peroxides, Patrick Dussault
- photochemistry, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Patrick Dussault
- photoemission, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Marjorie A. Langell, David J. Sellmyer
- photolytic organometallic CVD, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben
- photorefractive polymer films, Stephen DiMagno,
Stephen Ducharme
- piezoelectric materials, Hendrik J. Viljoen, Shadi Othman
- piezomagnetic materials, Christian Binek
- piezomodulation spectroscopy, Craig J. Eckhardt
- plant virus, Barry Cheung
- plasma etching processes, Jennifer I. Brand, Rodney J. Soukup, Frazer Williams
- plasma probe analysis, Jennifer I. Brand
- plasma processing of semiconductors, Jennifer I. Brand,
Ned J. Ianno,
Brian W. Robertson, Rodney J. Soukup,
Frazer Williams
- plasmas, Jennifer I. Brand, Ned J. Ianno, Rodney J. Soukup
- polarimeters, Timothy J. Gay
- polarized electrons, Timothy J. Gay
- poly(methyl methacrylate), Mehrdad Negahban
- polyaramid, Yuris A. Dzenis
- polydiacetylenes, Craig J. Eckhardt
- polyether imide, Stephen Ducharme
- polyimide, Yuris A. Dzenis
- polymer composites, Yuris A. Dzenis
- polymer nanofibers, Yuris A. Dzenis
- polymer-modified electrodes, Jody Redepenning
- polymers, Jennifer I. Brand, Stephen DiMagno,
Stephen Ducharme, Craig J. Eckhardt, Mehrdad Negahban, Li Tan, Delmar C. Timm
- polymer-supported catalysts, Stephen DiMagno
- polyoxomolybdates, T. Adrian George
- poly-vinylidene fluoride, Shireen Adenwalla, Stephen Ducharme
- potassium and ammonium dinitramide, Craig J. Eckhardt
- p-polythiophene, Craig J. Eckhardt
- preparation of highly reactive metals, T. Adrian George
- preparation of organometallic materials, Jennifer I. Brand,
T. Adrian George
- propagation of acoustic waves and thermal shock,
Hendrik J. Viljoen
- PrxCox-1, Sy-Hwang Liou, David J. Sellmyer
- Pt-sulfated-zirconia (PtSZ), Gustavo Larsen
- pyrazines, Craig J. Eckhardt
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- radiation detectors, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Brian W. Robertson
- Raman scattering, Jennifer I. Brand, Craig J. Eckhardt
- rare earth alloys, Jennifer I. Brand, Sitaram S. Jaswal
- rare earth metals, Peter A. Dowben
- rare-earth alloys, Roger D. Kirby
- rare-earth metals, Sitaram S. Jaswal
- rare-earth/transition-metal multilayers, Roger D. Kirby
- rare-earth-iron garnets, Roger D. Kirby
- RDX, Craig J. Eckhardt
- real time studies of plasma etching, Jennifer I. Brand
- real-time holography, Stephen Ducharme
- resonant photoemission, Peter A. Dowben
- RmFenXp (X = B, C, ...) compounds, David J. Sellmyer
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- scanning acoustic microscopy, Delmar C. Timm
- scanning electron microscopy, Brian W. Robertson
- scanning transmission electron microscopy, Brian W. Robertson
- sculptured thin films, Eva Franke-Schubert
- second harmonic generation techniques, Craig J. Eckhardt
- segmental motions and relaxation of polymer chains,
Stephen Ducharme, Ned J. Ianno
- self-assembled monolayers, Li Tan
- self-assembly process, Barry Cheung
- semiconducting polymers, Jennifer I. Brand, Craig J. Eckhardt,
Li Tan
- semiconductor films, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Brian W. Robertson, Rodney J. Soukup
- semiconductors, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand,
Brian W. Robertson, Rodney J. Soukup,
Frazer Williams, John A. Woollam
- III-IV nitrides, Jennifer I. Brand, Ned J. Ianno
- semi-empirical calculations, Patrick Dussault
- Si, Jennifer I. Brand, Rodney J. Soukup
- Si/Ge films, Rodney J. Soukup
- Sm-Co and other magnetic films, David J. Sellmyer
- SmxCo1-x, Sy-Hwang Liou, David J. Sellmyer
- sol-gel glasses, Stephen DiMagno
- solid catalyst synthesis, Marjorie A. Langell, Gustavo Larsen
- solid superacids, Gustavo Larsen
- solid-solid phase transition, Jennifer I. Brand, Mehrdad Negahban
- solvation mechanism of supercritical fluids, Jennifer I. Brand,
Xiao C. Zeng
- spectrophotometry, John A. Woollam
- spectroscopic ellipsometry, Stephen Ducharme,
Eva Franke-Schubert, John A. Woollam
- specular reflection, Craig J. Eckhardt
- spin-dependent transport, Kirill Belashchenko
- spin polarized inverse photoemission, Peter A. Dowben,
Timothy J. Gay
- spintronics, Kirill Belashchenko, Christian Binek,
Brian W. Robertson
- sputter deposition and plasma processing, Shireen Adenwalla,
Jennifer I. Brand, Eva Franke-Schubert, Ned J. Ianno,
Roger D. Kirby, Sy-Hwang Liou, David J. Sellmyer
- SQUID magnetometry, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek,
Sy-Hwang Liou, Andrzej Rajca
- structure characterization by transmission electron microscopy,
Sy-Hwang Liou, Brian W. Robertson
- sub-micron devices, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben,
Brian W. Robertson, Li Tan
- superconductors, Sy-Hwang Liou
- supercritical fluids, Jennifer I. Brand, Xiao C. Zeng
- supported metal catalysts, Gustavo Larsen
- surface capillary wave scattering, Craig J. Eckhardt
- surface magnetism, Christian Binek, Peter A. Dowben,
Sitaram S. Jaswal, Sy-Hwang Liou, Brian W. Robertson
- surface-related electrical breakdown of semiconductors,
Jennifer I. Brand, Frazer Williams
- synchrotron radiation, Shireen Adenwalla, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben, Marjorie A. Langell
- synthesis of air sensitive compounds, Patrick Dussault,
T. Adrian George
- synthetic methods, Jennifer I. Brand, Patrick Dussault,
T. Adrian George
T
- thermal desorption spectroscopy, Peter A. Dowben,
Marjorie A. Langell
- thermal evolution studies, Rodney J. Soukup
- thermal gravimetric analysis, Delmar C. Timm
- thermo-mechanical durability, Yuris A. Dzenis
- thin film preparation and characterization, Shireen Adenwalla,
Christian Binek, Jennifer I. Brand,
Peter A. Dowben,
Stephen Ducharme, Eva Franke-Schubert, Sy-Hwang Liou,
Brian W. Robertson, Rodney J. Soukup, Li Tan,
Hendrik J. Viljoen, John A. Woollam
- thin films, Jennifer I. Brand, Sy-Hwang Liou, Brian W. Robertson,
Rodney J. Soukup, Hendrik J. Viljoen, John A. Woollam
- thin films preparation by magnetron sputtering,
Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek, Sy-Hwang Liou
- TlBa2Ca2Cu3Ox, Sy-Hwang Liou
- total negative ion cross section, Paul D. Burrow
- transient photoconduction, Stephen Ducharme
- transmission electron microscopy, Brian W. Robertson
- transport properties by a four-probe method, Sy-Hwang Liou
- triode assisted reactive sputtering, Rodney J. Soukup
- tunable diode laser spectroscopy, Ned J. Ianno
- tungesten complexes containing N2, T. Adrian George
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- xerographic polymers, Stephen Ducharme
- X-ray absorption spectroscopies, Gustavo Larsen
- X-ray diffraction, Shireen Adenwalla, Christian Binek,
Jennifer I. Brand, Eva Franke-Schubert,
Sy-Hwang Liou,
David J. Sellmyer,John A. Woollam
- X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, Shireen Adenwalla
- X-ray magnetic linear dichroism, Shireen Adenwalla
- X-ray microanalysis, Yi Liu, Brian W. Robertson
- X-ray photoemission, Jennifer I. Brand, Peter A. Dowben, Marjorie A. Langell
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