MRL - Key Persons
A.M. Abdullah, X. Li, P.V. Braun, J.A. Rogers and K.J. Hsia, Self-folded Gripper-like Architectures from Stimuli-responsive Bilayers, Advanced Materials, 30, 1801669 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/adma.201801669
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- Instrumentation Specialist
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- Customer Relations Manager
X. Xu, C. Zhang, M. K. Hota, Z. Liu, X.-X. Zhang, and H. N. Alshareef, "Enhanced Quality of Wafer-Scale MoS2 Films by a Capping Layer Annealing Process," Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30, pp. 1908040, 2020. Impact Factor: 19.924. Quartile: Q1. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201908040
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Senior Research Engineer, AMTEL
Ehrhardt, D.A., Virgin, L.N., and Spottswood, S.M., "Experiments on the thermal post-buckling of panels, including localized heating," Journal of Sound and Vibration 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2018.08.043
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- Coordinator, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Facility
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- Managing Director, IQUIST
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- Research Award, Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation ( 2010 )
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- Computational System Analyst - Engineering IT Shared Services
Giberson, Richard T., Demaree, Richard S.Jr, editors, Chapter 8, Lou Ann Miller, pages 89-100 Microwave Techniques and Protocols, Humana Press, New Jersey, 2001
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- IT Specialist, Engineering IT Shared Services
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- Professor
- Research Assistant Professor
Professor Gregory MacDougall received a bachelor's degree in mathematical physics from Simon Fraser University in 2002 and a Ph.D. in physics from McMaster University in 2008. His doctoral research focused on exploring the magnetic properties of unconventional superconductors using techniques such as \muSR, magnetometry and neutron scattering. Professor MacDougall went on to work in the Quantum Condensed Matter Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. There he used primarily neutron scattering facilities at the Spallation Neutron Source and the High-Flux Isotope Reactor to explore material properties of frustrated antiferromagnets, high-temperature superconductors and thin-film multiferroics. Throughout his research career, Professor MacDougall has maintained a healthy interest in the growth of large single crystals of novel compounds.
Professor MacDougall's research involves the exploration of emergent magnetic properties of novel materials using probes such as neutron scattering and muon spin rotation (muSR). His work at UIUC additionally includes the synthesis of novel compounds and the growth of large single crystals.
H. Ning, J.H. Pikul, R. Zhang, X. Li, S. Xu, J. Wang, J.A. Rogers, W.P. King and P.V. Braun, Holographic Patterning of High-Performance on Chip 3-D Lithium Ion Batteries, PNAS, 112, 6573-6578 (2015). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423889112
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- Senior Research Scientist
J. Kim, J.-Y. Kim, D. Pham-Cong, S.-Y. Jeong, J. Chang, P.V. Braun and C.-R. Cho, Individually carbon-coated and electrostatic-force-derived graphene-oxide-wrapped Li4Ti5O12 nanofibers as anode material for lithium-ion batteries, Electrochimica Actra, 199, 35-44 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.03.137
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Business & Financial Coordinator
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Senior Research Scientist
Kathy Walsh earned her Ph.D. in physics from Michigan State University, using scanning probe microscopy techniques to study bacterial nanowires. She joined the MRL staff in 2013 and is now a senior research scientist in the MRL Central Research Facilities, specializing in scanning probe microscopy, stylus and optical profilometry, and nanomechanical characterization.
X.Liu, C.-Y. Tang, R. Hao, K. Walsh, C. Zhou, S.J. Dillon, "Local chemo-mechanical insights into the efficacy of ZDDP additives from in situ single asperity growth and mechanical testing," Tribology International 112, 103-107 (2017).
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- Associate Director, CHESS
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- Director of Communications
- Director of Research Communications, GCoE Marketing & Communications
Biography
As Director of Communications, Kim Gudeman manages the brands of a group of research labs in the Top 10-ranked Grainger College of Engineering that conduct research in everything from smart cities/battlefields to autonomous systems to cyber secure and cyber resilient critical infrastructure, and more. This effort includes collaborations with Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and Boeing, as well as government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, DARPA, National Institutes of Health, and more. She is responsible for the strategic planning of marketing efforts for the labs and their many centers and initiatives. To that end, she oversees the print, digital and social media platforms for initiatives that range in topic from cyber security to health robots. Formerly, she worked in health care marketing at Carle Foundation Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center. Prior to that, she was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald where she covered the business, faith & family and entertainment beats.
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- Business & Financial Specialist
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- Associate Director for Administration
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- Director of Research
- Director of Central Research Facilities
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- Assistant Director for Administration
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- Research Program Coordinator
S.J. Pennycook, H. Zhou, M.F. Chisholm, A.Y. Borisevich, M. Varela, J. Gazquez, T.J. Pennycook, J. Narayan, "Misfit accommodation in oxide thin film heterostructures", Acta Materialia, 61, 2725 (2013)
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- Research Program Manager, IQUIST
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- Senior Research Engineer, AMTEL Research Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and
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- Director
- Distinguished Chair
Prof. Paul V. Braun is the Director of the Materials Research Laboratory, the Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. He also has a co-appointment as a Professor in Chemistry and is affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. The Braun group focuses on the synthesis of materials with carefully crafted 3D nano- and mesoscale architectures which lead to emergence of new optical, electrochemical, and thermal functionalities. Recent priority research areas include materials for energy storage, advanced optics, chemical sensing, and the control of heat. Prof. Braun received his B.S. degree with distinction from Cornell University, and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois.
Y. Wan, N.A. Krueger, C.R. Ocier, P. Su, P.V. Braun and B.T. Cunningham, Resonant mode engineering using low-index porous silicon dioxide in a photonic crystal sensor, Advanced Optical Materials, 5, 1700605 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/adom.201700605
K.V. Waynant, H.-J. Koo, C. Zhang and P.V. Braun, Qualitative degradation of the pesticide coumaphos in solution, controlled aerosol, and solid phases on quaternary ammonium fluoride polymer brushes, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 28, 73-79 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/pat.3861
Q. Zheng, P.V. Braun and D.C. Cahill, Thermal conductivity of graphite thin films grown by low temperature chemical vapor deposition on Ni (111), Advanced Materials Interfaces, 3, 1600234 (2016). DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600234
P.V. Braun and R.G. Nuzzo, Batteries: Knowing when small is better, Nature Nanotechnology, 9, 962-963 (2014). DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.263
J. Zhao, B. Frank, F. Neubrech, C. Zhang, P.V. Braun and H. Giessen, Hole-mask colloidal nanolithography combined with tilted-angle-rotation evaporation: A versatile method for fabrication of low-cost and large-area complex plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials, Beilstein, 5, 577-589 (2014). DOI: 10.10.3762/bjnano.5.68
L. Moh, M. Losego and P. V. Braun: Solvent quality effects on scaling behavior of poly(methylmethacrylate) brushes in the moderate and high density regimes, Langmuir, 27, 3698-3702 (2011).
Chae, W.-S., and P. V. Braun: Templated mesoporous silica colloids with controlled internal structures, Chemistry of Materials, 19, 5593-5597 (2007).
Lee, W., and P. V. Braun: Epitaxially grown colloidal crystals of silica microspheres on patterned substrate of triangular arrays, Materials Science and Engineering C, 27, 961-967 (2007).
Garcà a-Santamarà a, F., and P. V. Braun: Are artificial opals non-close-packed fcc structures?, Applied Physics Letters, 90, 241905 (1-3) (2007).
Liang, H., T. E. Angelini, P. V. Braun, and G. C. L. Wong: Roles of anionic and cationic template components in biomineralization of CdS nanorods using self-assembled DNA - membrane complexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol 126, 14157-14165 (2004).
Tu, H., C. E. Heitzman, P. V. Braun: Patterned poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushes on silica surfaces by microcontact printing followed by surface-initiated polymerization, Langmuir, Vol 20, 8313-8320 (2004).
Shimmin, R. G., A. B. Schoch and P. V. Braun: Polymer size and concentration effects on the size of gold nanoparticles capped by polymeric thiols, Langmuir, Vol 20, 5613-5620 (2004).
Q. Mahmood, M.G. Kim, S. Yun, S. Bak, X.-Q. Yang, W.S. Kim, H.S. Shin and P.V. Braun, Unveiling Surface Redox Charge Storage of Strongly Interacting Two-Dimensional Hetero-Nanosheets in Hierarchical Architectures, Nano Letters, 15, 2269-2277 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/nl504200y
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- Senior Research Scientist
C.-Y. Tang, L. Feng, R. T. Haasch, S. J. Dillon, "Surface redox on Li[Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3]O2 characterized by in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and in situ Auger electron spectroscopy," Electrochim. Acta., 277, 197 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2018.04.199.
J. C. Icaza, R. T. Haasch, Ramesh K. Gudurua, "Effect of ion size and charge density on the electrochemical characteristics of α-MoO3 using aqueous Be2+ and Mg2+ sulfate electrolytes," J. Alloys Compd., 740, 88 (2018). doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.12.377.
M. C. Wang, W. Moestopo, S. Takekuma, S. Farabi, R. T. Haasch, S.-W. Nam, "Sustainable approach for large area transfer of graphene and recycle of the catalyst substrate," J. Mater. Chem. C, 5, 11226 (2017). doi:10.1039/c7tc02487h.
R. T. Haasch, D. P. Abraham, "Introduction to a series of LiNi0.8Co0.2O2-based high-power lithium-ion battery positive electrodes analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy," Surf. Sci. Spectra, 23, 112 (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4973401.
S. Xu, Y. Zhang, J. Cho, J. Lee, X. Huang, L. Jia, J.A. Fan, Y. Su, J. Su, H. Zhang, H. Cheng, B. Lu, C. Yu, C. Chuang, T. Kim, T. Song, K. Shigeta, S. Kang, C. Dagdeviren, I. Petrov, P.V. Braun, Y. Huang, U. Paik and J.A. Rogers, Stretchable batteries with self-similar serpentine interconnects and integrated wireless recharging systems, Nature Communications, 4, 1543 (2013). DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2553
Job Titles:
- Senior Research Scientist
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- Senior Research Scientist
X. Xie, D. Li, T.-H. Tsai, J. Liu, P.V. Braun, D.G. Cahill, Thermal Conductivity, Heat Capacity, and Elastic Constants of Water-Soluble Polymers and Polymer Blends, Macromolecules, 49, 972-978 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02477