Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials
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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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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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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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.
Mark Brongersma will present Dynamic Control of Light Waves with Atomically Thin Optoelectronic Devices
The Brongersma group has helped pioneer ways to actively manipulate the light-scattering properties of nanostructures.
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The Materials Science and Engineering Department promotes an inclusive learning environment
It is our collective duty to educate ourselves about the historical and current inequities that cause some groups to be underrepresented and undervalued in the scientific community. We are actively working to break down socioeconomic barriers to reach talented individuals and help disadvantaged students succeed.
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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.
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.