ATOMISTIC LEVEL STUDIES OF SURFACES AND INTERFACES USING COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
XPS, ISS, and UHV-SPM (STM and AFM)
RESEARCH TOPICS
Dissociative Water Potential, water-silica interactions, nanoconfined water
Thin film batteries and electrochromic devices
Intergranular films in ceramic materials
Atomistic aspects of nanoparticle surfaces and interactions
Sol-gel molecular polymerization
Wafer bonding and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems)
Chemical-mechanical polishing
Structure of multicomponent glasses
Effect of moisture on glass properties
Optical fibers