OSU’s first metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system was delivered to Nanotech West Laboratory today. This $1.75 million, 3×2 close coupled showerhead (CCS) system from Aixtron, Inc. is a centerpiece of the OSU site of the Wright Center for Photovoltaic Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), headed by Dr. Bob Davis and administered by The OSU Institute for Materials Research. As …
Facility Grants Awards, Winter 2009
Ten new research projects were awarded by the IMR in January 2009, for a total investment of $20,000. The ten projects support 13 faculty researchers from seven departments within the College of Engineering and the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Magnetic Force Microscopy of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Systems Lead Investigator: Gunjan Agarwal, Biomedical Engineering ; Co-Investigator: Chris …
New Atomic Layer Deposition System Qualified and Available for Use
The OSU Nanotech West Laboratory (NTW) has installed and completed qualification of a new Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system in the NTW cleanroom that is now available for general use. Purchased by the Ohio Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization (PVIC), the Picosun SUNALE™ R-150B ALD system provides a new synthesis capability for conformal thin film coatings of a …
OSU Wins NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Award, Establishes the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM)
Ohio State’s first NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), has been officially awarded effective September 1, 2008! This award is a major achievement for Ohio State’s materials community since the presence of a MRSEC on campus places OSU in a select group of universities generally acknowledged across the U.S. as the leading …
IMR Materials Week: September 10-12, 2008
Our first annual IMR Materials Week will showcase state-of-the-art research in materials at OSU from scientific discovery to engineering applications. This three-day event is offered free of charge to the materials community.
2008 IMRG Awards Announcement
Three new research projects and six renewals were awarded by the IMR in July 2008, for a total investment of $382,500. 2008 New IMRG Research Projects Experimental and Computational Study of ALD-grown Dielectrics on III-Nitrides Lead: Siddharth Rajan, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; Co-Applicant: Wolfgang Windl, Materials Science and Engineering Multi-Scale Characterization of Battery Materials for …
Ohio State Wins Ohio Research Scholars Program Award in Technology
The Ohio Department of Development has announced that The Ohio State University will receive an Ohio Research Scholars Program award totaling over $18 million to fund its proposal, Technology-Enabling and Emergent Materials. The award funds two endowed Ohio Research Scholars positions for The Ohio State University, a Nanoscale Materials Microscopist and a Molecular Chemist; one Ohio Research Scholar at University …
IMR Welcomes New Member of Technical Staff – Denis Pelekhov
Dr. Denis Pelekhov has joined the Institute for Materials Research as a Research Scientist, effective May 1, 2008. Denis holds a Ph.D. degree in Physics and conducted research at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over four years before joining The Ohio State University in 2002. Many members of our campus materials community already know Denis as the manager of the …
ECOMM Provides Access to FIB/SEM for OSU Researchers
The Center for Electronic/Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials (ENCOMM) offers the IMR community access to a newly acquired FEI Helios NanoLab 600 Focused Ion Beam Mill/Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM) purchased with funds awarded through the Advanced Materials Targeted Investments in Excellence (TIE) program. The FIB has been commissioned and is available for use. Its capabilities include ion milling, high-resolution SEM, …
IMR Submits Advanced Materials Proposal to ODOD Ohio Research Scholars Program
On February 4, the Institute for Materials Research submitted a full proposal to the Ohio Department of Development Technology Division in response to its RFP for an Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP) in Advanced Materials. The proposal, “Technology-Enabling and Emergent Materials,” requested a total of $35 million from the state to help fund eight endowed research scholar faculty positions. If …