Nanomaterials

Nanomaterials are an exciting new field of materials, often orders of magnitude smaller than a human hair.

Nano and micro electromechanical machines are manufactured in the billions annually for sensing, ink jet printing, automotive applications, communications, and medicine. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) range in size from a particle of dust to about the size of a grain of rice. In medicine, bioMEMS promise to revolutionize biotechnology and biomedical engineering through fabrication of devices under 100 micrometers using novel micro and nano fabrication techniques.

Research into nanomaterials is being conducted on a number of fronts at Penn State. The Center for Solar Nanomaterials conducts research that ranges from very basic studies of electron and proton transfer reactions in artificial photosynthesis to advanced engineering concepts for light concentration in photovoltaic modules. The Materials Research Institute explores nanomaterials, structures, and fabrication for a variety of applications. Meanwhile two recent breakthroughs, NanoJackets and NanoMotors show the vast potential for biomedical applications.

Research Experts

	James Adair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 332 Steidle Building If internal to Penn State, please contact me through Microsoft Teams. Outside of Penn State, please call 814-865-5766. jha3@psu.edu
	Ivy Mawusi Asuo Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 409 Steidle Building, University Park, PA 16802 ipa5154@psu.edu
	Long-Qing Chen Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-229 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-8101 lqc3@psu.edu
	Nutifafa Doumon Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Engineering Science and Mechanics Department of Materials Science and Engineering 333 Steidle Building nzd5349@psu.edu
	Urara Hasegawa Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 331 Steidle Building If internal to Penn State, please contact me through Microsoft Teams. Outside of Penn State, please call 814-865-5766. uph5002@psu.edu
	Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 240 Chemistry 814-865-6553 drh283@psu.edu
	Robert Hickey Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 403 Steidle Building If internal to Penn State, please contact me through Microsoft Teams. Outside of Penn State, please call 814-865-5766. rjh64@psu.edu
	Stephanie Law Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-232 Millennium Science Complex If internal to Penn State, please contact me through Microsoft Teams. Outside of Penn State, please call 814-865-5766. sal6149@psu.edu
	Evangelos Manias Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 428 Steidle 814-863-2980 manias@matse.psu.edu
	John Mauro Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 221A Steidle Building 814-863-3117 jcm426@psu.edu
	Suzanne Mohney Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Electrical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-209 Millennium Science Complex, 328 Steidle Building 814-863-0744 mohney@matse.psu.edu
	Dipanjan Pan Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine Department of Materials Science and Engineering 205 Hallowell Building 814-865-0043 dipanjan@psu.edu
	Joan Redwing Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Electrical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N336 Millennium Science Complex 814-865-8665 jmr31@psu.edu
	Wesley Reinhart Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 303 Steidle Building If internal to Penn State, please contact me through Microsoft Teams. Outside of Penn State, please call 814-865-5766. reinhart@psu.edu
	Joshua A. Robinson Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 337N Millennium Science Complex 814-863-8567 jrobinson@psu.edu
	Qing Wang Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-322 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-0042 wang@matse.psu.edu
	Douglas Wolfe Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, of Engineering Science and Mechanics, of Nuclear Engineering, and of Additive Manufacturing and Design Department of Materials Science and Engineering 304 Old Main 814-863-9657 dew125@psu.edu

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Nanomaterials

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