The Architecture of Electronic Behavior
The Electronic Metamaterials Laboratory is at the forefront of engineering artificial matter where electronic functionality emerges from deliberate structural design. Our vision transcends the constraints of natural lattices, using nanoscale architecturation to create tailored electronic responses. By bridging fundamental condensed matter physics with innovative engineering, we pioneer materials for quantum sensing, neuromorphic technologies, and adaptive electronic environments.
Research Areas
We redefine electronic matter not by its composition alone, but by the deliberate design of its geometry. Our laboratory investigates the fundamental limits of electronic control through nanoscale metamaterial architectures, enabling response and functionality previously unattainable in natural solids.
Quantum-Confined Metamaterials
Designing quantum-confined materials and heterostructures where strain, interfaces, and dimensionality enable tunable electronic, optical, and transport properties.
- Quantum dot assemblies
- Strain engineering in low dimensional systems
- 2D Metals
Metasurfaces for EMI shielding
Designing metasurfaces with tailored electromagnetic responses to achieve lightweight, broadband, and efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.
- Tunable and adaptive shielding
- Broadband Signal Absorption
Neuromorphic Hardware Materials
Designing material-level intelligence for decentralized edge computing inspired by synaptic connectivity pathways.
- Nanowire based Memristive Network Architectures
- Synaptic Plastic Metamaterials
- In-Memory Logic Systems
Functional Materials for Hardware Security
Leveraging material-level randomness and nonlinear transport to realize secure, device-unique electronic signatures
- Secure identification and authentication hardware
- Material fingerprints for cyber security
Our Methodological Arsenal
From fundamental physics to functional devices, we integrate theory, simulation, and experimental implementation to engineer next-generation electronic systems.
Theoretical Modeling & Simulation
We use first-principles (DFT) and multiphysics simulations (COMSOL) to investigate electronic properties of multi-scale, nanostructured and low-dimensional material systems.
Low Temperature Electronic Measurements
Probing charge transport and emergent phenomena in materials under cryogenic conditions to reveal intrinsic electronic behavior.
Device Fabrication & Characterization
Translating material properties into functional devices through fabrication and characterization, with hands-on exposure to cleanroom processes.
Nanomaterial synthesis & Fabrication
Utilizing electron beam lithography and material growth strategies to realize nanoscale architectures with controlled functionality.