News

Welcome aboard, Mr. Mohamed Zetati, my second PhD student, who officially joined my lab on January 1, 2025!

I’m excited to announce that Joselin Sunder Prasanna is joining my research group as he embarks on his PhD journey! Joselin has experience working with FIB/SEM/STEM and high-entropy alloys, and we look forward to his innovative and valuable contributions to our team. Welcome aboard, Joselin!

Excited to announce that I’ve started a new role as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas.

manuscript JVA21-AR-FADLEY2021-00201R, entitled “Operando Study of the Preferential Growth of SiO2 During the Dry Thermal Oxidation of Si0.60Ge0.40(001) by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.” is now published in the special issue: Commemorating the Career of Charles S. Fadley.

The NanoES seminar series features speakers from the nanotechnology community at UW, OSU, and beyond. The seminar sessions alternate between single lectures presented by a faculty member on a topic in their specialty area, and two short research updates from students or postdocs. Attendees of the seminar will learn about the diverse topics within the field of nanotechnology and become familiar with colleagues working in this field.

Winter 2021 seminars will be held virtually on Thursdays, 12:30 – 1:20 pm.

Click here for more details and the full calendar – https://www.nano.uw.edu/home/news-and-events/events/

Please join us this Thursday, 1/14/2021, for the next NanoES seminar featuring the president and CEO of Zyvex Lab and Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. The seminar will take place on zoom:

Digital Atomic-Scale Fabrication:
A new approach to Atomically Precise Manufacturing

John N. Randall

Zyvex Labs, Richardson Texas

I will be giving a talk at the 7th International APXPS Workshop 2020, hosted by Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) on Wednesday, December 16th at 9:05 am (PT), SouthKorea. My talk will be on “Operando Studies of Surface Oxidation Reactions at Gas/Solid Interfaces by Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.”  

Today is the National Nano Day 10/9; pays homage to the nanometer scale 10^-9 meters.

I’m very sad to share that Distinguished Professor Patricia “Pat” Thiel passed away on Sept. 7, 2020. Thiel, a distinguished professor with ISU’s Department of Chemistry and an appointment in MSE, as well as a scientist with Ames Laboratory, was a faculty member at Iowa State for over 35 years, including roles as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chief Research Officer of the Ames Laboratory. Pat was an extraordinary person — brilliant, kind, and thoughtful. I enjoyed every discussion with her.

There are several funded openings for outstanding students seeking a Ph.D. in areas related to nanomaterials, synthesis, catalysis, and surface and interface characterization. Undergraduate and master students with degrees in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical Engineering, are encouraged to apply. For students with non-Chemical Engineering degrees, it will be necessary to take several background courses. More information can be found at http://cbee.oregonstate.edu/che-graduate-program.

Congratulations to Derek Dardzinski, a chemical engineering Honors College senior, to be recognized as one of the “Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering,” at an October symposium hosted by North Carolina State University. Read More

Looking for a CBEE Lab worker – Apply here

This recruitment will be used to create a pool of interested applicants to fill Lab Assistant positions for the School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE) at Oregon State University as the need arises. These positions vary from 1-20 hours per week depending on the need and assignment.
Position Duties

100% Duties to be determined by hiring unit/supervisor and may include book reviews and publication research, experimentation in a laboratory setting, laboratory set-up and maintenance, data collection and analysis, and other related tasks.

Other duties are performed specific to the funding and research topic. Duties may include, but are not limited to:
– Work in a chemical laboratory performing chemical reactions, chemical analyses, instrument operation, general cleanup duties, chemical purchasing, report and publication writing and presentations to various audiences depending on the project.
– Computer modelling
– Work with hazardous chemicals and/or materials as needed, depending on the project.
– Prepare samples for testing.
– Manage data and experiment analysis
– Use all manner of common lab equipment, such as microscopes, scales, measurement devices, testing machines, power saws, and data collection systems to address project goals.

Congratulations Derek Dardzinski, a chemical engineering senior, took top honors in the undergrad competition at the 2019 Symposium of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, held Sept. 5-6 at Washington State University. Jacqueline Frawley and Spencer Falk received honorable mentions.

Special guest speaker Robert M. Wallace, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, will be visiting CBEE on Sept. 3 to talk about “2D Materials for Nanoelectronics.” A flyer with a brief abstract and bio is shown below. 

Trey Diulus Ph.D. Defense – July 18th at 2 pm in Johnson 102 
Thesis title: Characterization and Investigations of Thin-Film Materials with X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Major Prof: Dr. Gregory Herman

Congratulations to PhD student Chris Smyth on his Best Poster Award at the n-Core NEWLIMITS annual review.
“Processing for Ideal Contacts to Chalcogenide-Based Semiconductors”
Christopher M. Smyth, Lee Walsh, Pavel Bolshakov, Massimo Catalano, Michal Mleczko, Andrew Yu, Michael Schmidt, Brendan Sheehan, Rafik Addou, Jiyoung Kim, Moon Kim, Eric Pop, Chadwin Young, Christopher Hinkle, Robert M. Wallace

Chapter 22. Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides. Lee A. Walsh, Rafik Addou, Robert M. Wallace, Christopher L. Hinkle.
Book. Molecular Beam Epitaxy, From Research to Mass Production, Second Edition, 2018, Edit. Mohamed Henini. ISBN 978-0-12-812136-8

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944): 2D Materials for Advanced is now open for submission.
Deadline for manuscript submissions is June 15th, 2019
Guest Editor: Dr. Rafik Addou

Talk at the MRS Spring 2018 – Phoenix, AZ

The fine-tuning of two-dimensional materials

Scalable two-dimensional materials advance future-generation electronics

Unexpected, Star-Spangled Find  May Lead to Advanced Electronics

New publication in 2D Materials and oral presentation at the AVS 63, Nashville TN: One Dimensional Metallic Edges in Atomically Thin WSe2

Book: 2D Materials for Nanoelectronics edited by: Michel Houssa, Athanasios Dimoulas, Alessandro Molle
Chapter 7: Physico-Chemical Characterisation of MoS2/Metal and MoS2/Oxide Interfaces,
Stephen McDonnell, Rafik Addou, Christopher L. Hinkle, and Robert M. Wallace
CRC Press (2016). ISBN 978-1-4987-0417-5, DOI: 10.1201/b19623-10

Lecture for high-school students on ‘Introduction to Nano’, Zaio-Morocco

Scientists Dramatically Increase Light from Atomic-Sized Materials

Scientists’ discovery could have powerful effect on electronics

A diode a few atoms thick shows surprising quantum effect

“Mind the gap” between atomically thin materials

MRS Bulletin, Nano Focus: Two-dimensional dielectric monolayer grown on metal- supported graphene