In this thesis a simple technique for controlling structure via holographic interference lithography was established and implemented. Access to various space groups including such important structures as the level set ...

Electric vehicles ("EVs") require high-energy-density batteries with reliable cyclability and rate capability. However, the current state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries only exhibit energy densities near ~150 Wh/kg, limiting ...

In order to accelerate the electrification of the automotive fleet, the energy density and power density limitations of commercial Li-ion battery cathodes (layered LiMO2) must be overcome. In this thesis, we use ab initio ...

High-refractive-index-contrast microphotonic devices provide strong light confinement allowing for sharp waveguide bends and small dielectric optical resonators. They allow dense optical integration and unique applications ...

Electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices are important for the application of sustainable clean energies in the next decades. However, the slow kinetics of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction ...

Motivated by the challenges in understanding important features of protein adsorption, the interactions between (-helical peptides and a carefully selected set of model surfaces were studied. The peptide sequences contained ...

The dramatic advances in Si/SiO2-based microelectronic processing witnessed over the past several decades can largely be attributed to relatively material-independent device scaling. However, with physical and economic ...

The copper (Cu) interconnect has become the bottleneck for bandwidth scaling due to its increasing RC time constant with the decreasing gate line width. Currently, silicon based optical interconnect is widely pursued as ...