Research at the CMI encompasses several thrust areas
Nanostructured Materials Synthesis, focusing on:
- General syntheses of nanoparticles, nanostructured films, and bulk nanocomposites
- Superb control of sizes, size distributions, morphologies, and designed architectures
- Novel instrumentation for online measurement of nanoparticle size distributions
- Applications in environmental nanotechnology
- Applications in quantum electronics and optoelectronics
- Applications in aerospace structural materials
Magnetic materials, focusing on:
- Superior magnetic sensors
- Advanced magnetic storage media
- Enhanced magnetic imaging
Biological and Biomedical Materials, focusing on:
- Enhancing the biocompatibility of materials
- Understanding the properties of biological materials
- Design of nanoparticles for drug delivery
- Synthesis of bioinspired materials using nanotechnology
Amorphous Materials, focusing on:
- Nanostructure of glasses and its relation to glass formation and dynamics
- Phase change materials for data storage