Research Thrust Areas
- High energy-density electrochemical capacitors
- Tunable and High-ƒ dielectrics
- Dielectrics for low-T and flexible substrates
- High-Voltage and High-Temperature Capacitors
- Piezoelectrics and Pyroelectrics
- Polymer Nanocomposite Dielectrics
Cross-Cutting Areas
- Synthesis and Processing Science
- Nanoscale Characterization
- Property and Reliability Characterization
- Computational Modeling
Ongoing Projects Funded for July 1, 2017-June 30, 2019
| Project Number & PI | Project Title |
|---|---|
| 2017_01_Randall | Integrated Passive Components: Interfaces, Electrodes and Co-sintering Under CSP |
| 2017_02_Trolier McKinstry-Choi | Electro-Thermo-Mechanical Investigation of Reliability in PiezoMEMS (R 2015_1) |
| 2017_03_Maria | New Approaches for Structural Ultra-low Temperature Synthesis of Oxide Ceramics by CSP (R 2015_4) |
| 2017_04_Rajagopalan-Lanagan | Development of High Reliability Glass-Polymer Laminates |
| 2017_05_Ounaies-Lanagan | High Dielectric Breakdown Multilayer Polymer Laminates: Exploiting the Interface as Barrier To Charge Transport |
| 2017_06_Trolier-McKinstry-Randall | NKN Ceramics and Films |
| 2017_07_Lebeau | Local Chemistry, Strain and Polarization via State of the Art Aberration-corrected Scanning Electron Microscopy (R 2015_3) |
| 2017_08_Parsons | Oxidative Molecular Layer Deposition (oMLD) for Conformal Poly (3, 4-ethylendioxythiophene) (PEDOT) Thin Films for Capacitor Device Systems |
Projects Funded to begin July 1, 2018-June 30, 2020
| Project Number & PI | Project Title |
|---|---|
| 2018_01_Trolier-McKinstry-Randall | Cold Sintered Piezoelectric Composites |
| 2018_02_Randall | Search for High Performance Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics that can undergo Cold Sintering (R 2016_3) |
| 2018_03_Lanagan-Narayanan | Dielectric Characterization of Ceramics and Polymers in the Microwave Frequency Range |
| 2018_04_Parsons-Dickey | Nucleation and Growth PEDOT Thin Films for Capacitor Device Systems (R 2017_8) |
| 2018_05_Trolier-McKinstry | Doped Piezoelectric Films for Actuators |
| 2018_06_Jones-Dickey | Technique Development for Studying Origins of Microcracking due to Inhomogenous Stresses (R 2016_2) |