Two-dimensional materials are essential for developing new ultra-compact electronic devices, but producing defect-free 2D materials is a challenge. However, discovery of new types of defects in these 2D materials may give insight into how to create materials without...
Penn State will receive more than $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as an Energy Frontier Research Center Award. This is one of 10 awards announced in 2020, and the second EFRC awarded to Penn State researchers. Read...
Parivash Moradifar works under the direction of Nasim Alem, associate professor of MatSE and member of the Center for Nanoscale Science, which is a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center supported by the National Science Foundation. Moradifar said the...
Six faculty members have been promoted to the rank of associate professor. To be promoted to associate professor, the faculty member must have demonstrated, through scholarly achievements and evaluations by both students and peers, the potential to become an...
A new, lightweight composite material for energy storage in flexible electronics, electric vehicles and aerospace applications has been experimentally shown to store energy at operating temperatures well above current commercial polymers, according to a team of Penn...
