Princeton Center for Complex Materials @ Princeton University
The Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM) is dedicated to pushing the frontiers of complexity in materials science. PCCM brings together over thirty faculty from six departments in the natural sciences and engineering, through three Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) and several seed projects at the research forefront of both "hard" and "soft" materials science and the interface between the two. PCCM has an active educational outreach program involving elementary, middle and high schools, as well as a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs.
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Research Groups
- IRG III Adhesion, Deformation and Transport at Contacts in Small Structures
- IRG II Guided Self-Assembly
- IRG I Interplay of Magnetism and Transport in Correlated Electronic Materials
- IRG A Electronic Materials with Triangular Lattice and Dirac Excitations
- IRG B Design and Control of Buried Active Molecular Interfaces
- IRG C Integrated Self-Assembled Nanostructures
- IRG D Quantum Control in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Program Highlights
- January 28, 2009 Adhesion and Interfacial Fracture in Soft and Hard Materials
- January 8, 2009 Defect Density Limits Orientational Order in Shear-Aligned Block Copolymer Films
- October 27, 2008 Quantum Memory Preserves Coherence for over 1 Second in Silicon
- August 29, 2008 Phase Transition of Dirac Electrons in Bismuth
- August 29, 2008 Nanoscale Imaging Shows Link between Attractive and Repulsive Forces in Copper-Oxide Superconductors
- March 25, 2008 Fine Print: New Technique Allows Fast Printing of Microscopic Electronics
- March 25, 2008 New Initiatives in PCCM REU Program
- March 6, 2008 PCCM Helps Integrate Materials Science into NJ School Curricula