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Siddharth Doshi developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors

Electron beam lithography, traditionally utilized in semiconductor manufacturing, was used to “write” patterns into films by controlling how they swell in water. These photonic skins enable new ways to interact with technology, such as camouflaged robotic skins or wearable displays that physically render complex appearances. This ability to control dynamic soft materials at the micro- and nanoscale opens broad collaborative opportunities across photonics, biology, robotics, and beyond.

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Kunal Mukherjee uses old semiconductor materials to power a new generation of infrared technology

This combination of classic semiconductor materials has improved infrared light-emitting diodes and sensors, leading to smaller, sleeker, and less expensive devices due to their defect-tolerant properties.

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Grant Rotskoff, Yuejun Shen, and Aaron Lindenberg developed a new method to measure energy dissipation in the smallest devices

This breakthrough technique quantifies energy dissipation in complex, small systems, offering insights into energy use, efficiency, and speed in computers and other devices.

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Xueli “Sherry” Zheng was awarded a DOE Early Career Award to support the development of novel AI tools

Xueli “Sherry” Zheng has been honored with the prestigious DOE Early Career Research Program Award for her work in developing cutting-edge AI methods to advance the study of the structure and behavior of biomolecules and materials.

Yuri Suzuki serves as the inaugural director of nano@stanford

The merger of Stanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF) and the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility (SNF) last September created nano@stanford, the university’s largest shared research facility on campus.

Three new directors of GLAM, PULSE, and the Ginzton Lab

Stanford has named Mark Brongersma, Matthias Kling, and Tony Heinz as new directors of three independent research labs under the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research. These labs serve as shared hubs for faculty research, equipment, and expertise, with the new leaders overseeing new directions, collaborations, and long-term investments.

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Mark Brongersma and Skyler Selvin manipulate light with sound

Nanodevice uses sound to sculpt light, paving the way for better displays and imaging

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A climate that values the contributions of and encourages participation from all groups of physicists and potential physicists.

Our vision is that our department should be a world leader not only in producing groundbreaking intellectual achievements in physics, but also in training future generations of physicists who are representative of the diversity of all populations. We envision a community where all members are supported to to do their best work.

ABOUT

The Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) is an independent laboratory that supports and fosters interdisciplinary
education and research on advanced materials in science and engineering. GLAM’s educational goals include undergraduate,
graduate and postdoctoral students.

 

 

Founded September 1, 1999, the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM) is an Independent Laboratory that reports to the Dean of Research. The Laboratory supports the research activities of more than 30 faculty members from the departments of Applied Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics.

GLAM is located in the McCullough Building on the Stanford main campus, which it shares with its partner in research, the Stanford Institute for Materials & Energy Sciences (SIMES).