Prof. Junqiao Wu’s research group has developed an all-season smart-roof coating that keeps homes warm during the winter and cool during the summer without consuming natural gas or electricity. Research findings reported in the journal Science point to a groundbreaking technology that outperforms commercial cool-roof systems in energy savings. The technology uses a photonically amplified metal-insulator phase transition to switch…

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A New Metacanvas for Metamaterials by Paul Preuss December 13, 2018 Unlike natural materials where the properties are defined by their chemical composition, metamaterials are a class of artificial materials where the functionalities and properties are achieved by designing the materials’ microstructures. Typically these metamaterials are made with photolithography of structures composed of both dielectrics and…

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by Materials Science and Engineering May 20, 2011 May 2011 – From approximately 1200 applications 65 researchers were awarded The DOE Early Career Research Program Award. The awards is given for work on “Functional Domain Walls as Active Elements for Energy Technology”. Contact Us Department offices are located in 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, in…

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by Materials Science and Engineering  March 13, 2011 March 2011 –   The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission…

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