Forces and Heat to understand and build the nano-world

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Seminar Series

Professor Elisa Riedo
Advanced Science Research Center’s Nanoscience Initiative
City University New York, NY

“Forces and Heat to understand and build the nano-world”

Understanding and manipulating solids and liquids at the nanoscale is a matter of continuously growing scientific and technological interest. The focus of my laboratory is to understand and design structure-chemistry-function at the nanoscale. Progress in nanotechnology depends on the capability to fabricate, position, and interconnect nanometer-scale structures. Thermochemical nanolithography, TCNL, was invented in my laboratory in 2007. TCNL uses a localized source of heat to activate a chemical reaction and fabricate micro- and nano-structures of a variety of materials and functionalizations. Here, I will discuss our new findings on the use of TCNL for biomedical applications, 2D materials nanopatterning, and designing magnetic and optical metamaterials.

In the second part of my presentation I will discuss our pioneer studies on the elasticity of 2D materials. To study the elastic Van Der Waals coupling between layers in two-dimensional materials we have developed AFM modulated nano-indentation. Results and methods will be presented in this seminar.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Location – Mason 107
Host: Professor Udo Schwarz
Refreshments served at 2:15 pm