Research Groups
Interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs) involve several faculty members and associated researchers, addressing a major topic or area, which may range from fundamental to applied research, in which sustained support for interactive effort by several participants with complementary backgrounds, skills, and knowledge is critical to progress.
The IRGs in a Center may be topically related, or they may address different topical aspects of materials research; they contribute to the synergy arising from the research and education activities of the Center and its common infrastructure, shared facilities and outreach programs. Thus, the Center as a whole is expected to be more than the sum of its parts.
Download MRSEC Program Balance Jan 2010 .xlsListed by Research Field
Biomolecular / Biomimetic Materials
- Template Synthesis of Nanowire / Nanotube Heterostructures University of Maryland
- Materials and Physiology Harvard University
- Engineering Materials and Techniques for Biological Studies at Cellular Scales Harvard University
- Molecular Biomimetics University of Washington
- Patterns, Gradients and Signals in Soft Biomaterials California Institute of Technology
- Biologically-inspired Janus-dendrimer Assemblies University of Pennsylvania
- Bioinspired Environment-Responsive Ligand-Coated Nanoparticles Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Electrical-field Controlled Bio-membranes for Efficient Water Desalination Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bio-Inspired Wet Adhesion University of California at Santa Barbara
- “Nanoionic” crystals: rationalizing electrostatic self-assembly at the nanoscale Northwestern University
Condensed Matter Phenomena
- Macroscopic Quantum Coherence University of Chicago
- Jamming and Slow Relaxation in Materials Far from Equilibrium University of Chicago
- Dynamic Transitions of Material Sheets University of Chicago
- Interplay of Magnetism and Transport in Correlated Electronic Materials Princeton University
- Spin and Spin Coherence Dynamics of Tunable Electrochemically Synthesized Nanostructures University of Maryland
- Multifunctional Magnetic Oxides University of Maryland
- Low Dimensional Interfaces University of Maryland
- Electrons in Confined Geometries Pennsylvania State University
- Emergent Properties Resulting from Constraints Brandeis University
- Atomic Scale Design, Control, and Characterization of Oxide Structures Yale University
- Electronic Materials with Triangular Lattice and Dirac Excitations Princeton University
- Synthesis and Exploration of Topological Insulators University of Maryland
- Controlling Complex Electronic Materials Cornell University
- Geometric Routes to Soft Assembly and Dynamics University of Pennsylvania
- Controlling Fluxes of Charge and Energy at Hybrid Interfaces Northwestern University
- Fundamentals of Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors Northwestern University
- Plasmonically Encoded Materials for Amplified Sensing and Information Manipulation Northwestern University
- Normal and superfluid atoms in optical lattices Northwestern University
- Multi-scale Surface Engineering with Metallic Glasses Yale University
Energy / Sustainability
- Design of Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Materials for Next Generation Photovoltaics Colorado School of Mines
- Advanced Membranes for Energy Applications Colorado School of Mines
- Ordered Microporous Electrodes for High-Power Sustainable Li-ion Batteries Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanics of Materials
- Mesoscale Interface Mapping Project (MIMP) Carnegie Mellon University
- Dynamic Transitions of Material Sheets University of Chicago
- Mechanomutable Heteronanomaterials Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adhesion, Deformation and Transport at Contacts in Small Structures Princeton University
- Engineering Materials and Techniques for Biological Studies at Cellular Scales Harvard University
- Multiscale Mechanics of Films and Interfaces Harvard University
- Multiscale Mechanics of Complex Microstructures Brown University
- Mechanics of Amorphous and Nanoscale Metal Composites and Foam Structures California Institute of Technology
- TAILORED INTERFACES University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Stress In Thin Film and Small Scale Structures Brown University
- Micromechanics of Cell Adhesion Brown University
- Mechanical Failure of Disordered Packings University of Pennsylvania
- Plasmonic Metamaterials University of Utah
Multiferroics / Magnetics / Spintronics
- Macroscopic Quantum Coherence University of Chicago
- Interplay of Magnetism and Transport in Correlated Electronic Materials Princeton University
- Spin and Spin Coherence Dynamics of Tunable Electrochemically Synthesized Nanostructures University of Maryland
- Magnetoelectric Interfaces and Spin Transport University of Nebraska
- Nanoscale Magnetism: Structures, Materials and Phenomena University of Nebraska
- Magnetic Heterostructures University of Minnesota
- Strain-Enabled Multiferroics Pennsylvania State University
- Science and Engineering of Magnetoelectronics Johns Hopkins University
- Spin and Charge Quantum Transport in Organic/Magnetic Heterostructures for Spintronics and Optoelectronics California Institute of Technology
- Towards Spin-Preserving, Heterogeneous Spin Networks Ohio State University
- Double Perovskite Interfaces and Heterostructures Ohio State University
- Electronic Materials with Triangular Lattice and Dirac Excitations Princeton University
- Mechanisms, Materials, and Devices for Spin Manipulation Cornell University
- Robust Biphasic Materials University of California at Santa Barbara
- Fundamentals of Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors Northwestern University
- Normal and superfluid atoms in optical lattices Northwestern University
- Organic Spintronics University of Utah
Nanostructures / Nanoparticles
- Rational Design of Nanoparticle and Molecule-Based Functional Materials University of Chicago
- Design of Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mechanomutable Heteronanomaterials Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adhesion, Deformation and Transport at Contacts in Small Structures Princeton University
- Guided Self-Assembly Princeton University
- Diffusion and Wettability in Porous Nanoparticles University of Maryland
- Template Synthesis of Nanowire / Nanotube Heterostructures University of Maryland
- Spin and Spin Coherence Dynamics of Tunable Electrochemically Synthesized Nanostructures University of Maryland
- Molecular and Nanoscale Motors Pennsylvania State University
- Nanoparticle-Based Materials University of Minnesota
- Mechanics of Amorphous and Nanoscale Metal Composites and Foam Structures California Institute of Technology
- Assembly and Immobilization of Functional Nanomaterials for Device Applications University of Maryland
- Controlled Function in Inter-dimensional Materials University of Pennsylvania
- Atomic Membranes Cornell University
- Controlling Fluxes of Charge and Energy at Hybrid Interfaces Northwestern University
- Plasmonically Encoded Materials for Amplified Sensing and Information Manipulation Northwestern University
- “Nanoionic” crystals: rationalizing electrostatic self-assembly at the nanoscale Northwestern University
- Plasmonic Metamaterials University of Utah
- Atomic-scale Imaging of Orgnanic/Inorganic Heterostructures: from Single Molecules to Devices Northwestern University
Polymers
- Guided Self-Assembly Princeton University
- Template Synthesis of Nanowire / Nanotube Heterostructures University of Maryland
- Engineered Multiblock Polymers University of Minnesota
- Research Groups Overview
- Methanol Generation and its Efficient Use in Fuel Cells California Institute of Technology
- Design and Control of Buried Active Molecular Interfaces Princeton University
- Integrated Self-Assembled Nanostructures Princeton University
- Genetically Encoded Polymer Syntax for Programmable Self-Assembly Duke University
Semiconductors / Photonics / Organic Electronics
- Multimaterials Multifunctional Nano-structured Fibers Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Adhesion, Deformation and Transport at Contacts in Small Structures Princeton University
- Interplay of Magnetism and Transport in Correlated Electronic Materials Princeton University
- Electromagnetic Nanostructures Pennsylvania State University
- Organic Optoelectronic Interfaces University of Minnesota
- Nanoscale Interface Studies University of Oklahoma / University of Arkansas
- Nanostructures - Growth and Characterization University of Oklahoma / University of Arkansas
- Ferroelectric Photonic Materials California Institute of Technology
- Electronic Materials with Triangular Lattice and Dirac Excitations Princeton University
- Quantum Control in Semiconductor Nanostructures Princeton University
- Epitaxial Graphene Georgia Institute of Technology
- Assembly and Immobilization of Functional Nanomaterials for Device Applications University of Maryland
- Controlled Function in Inter-dimensional Materials University of Pennsylvania
- Correlated Electronics University of California at Santa Barbara
- Controlling Fluxes of Charge and Energy at Hybrid Interfaces Northwestern University
- Fundamentals of Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors Northwestern University
- Normal and superfluid atoms in optical lattices Northwestern University
- Plasmonic Metamaterials University of Utah
Soft Materials / Colloids
- Dynamic Transitions of Material Sheets University of Chicago
- Guided Self-Assembly Princeton University
- Template Synthesis of Nanowire / Nanotube Heterostructures University of Maryland
- Interface-Mediated Assembly of Soft Materials Harvard University
- Liquid Crystal Frontiers IRG University of Colorado
- Patterns, Gradients and Signals in Soft Biomaterials California Institute of Technology
- Geometric Routes to Soft Assembly and Dynamics University of Pennsylvania
- Biologically-inspired Janus-dendrimer Assemblies University of Pennsylvania
- Mechanical Failure of Disordered Packings University of Pennsylvania
- Controlled Function in Inter-dimensional Materials University of Pennsylvania
- Multicomponent Colloidal Assembly by Comprehensive Interaction Design Duke University
- Colloidal Architecture: Particles, Processing and Structure New York University