We’re excited to welcome back Wanlin Zhu to the Penn State Nanofab Staff! Wanlin returns with a focus on our advanced and quantum packaging toolset, including glass laser patterning, electroplating, and wafer bonding to drive cutting-edge innovations. Join us in welcoming Wanlin’s back! See Wanlin's full profile here.
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The MCL and the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana have a collaboration enabled by the International Centre for Diffraction Data's (ICDD) generous donation of 2 years of access to the PDF-5+ database - the world’s most comprehensive powder diffraction database. The collaboration aims to advance education and research at all three organizations (UCC, PSU, ICDD) and publish research results in Powder Diffraction.
The 2DCC also has a user facility for theory and simulation of 2D materials
It includes Adri van Duin's group, who are experts in atomistic scale simulations based on reactive force-field (ReaxFF) interatomic potentials. ReaxFF can be used to describe dynamic processes relevant to materials synthesis and has been widely applied to the growth of TMD materials, graphene, MXenes, Group III and IV elements, and their nitrides.
The Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium Materials Innovation Platform (2DCC-MIP) can supply them free of charge!
List of samples available include: WS2, MoS2, WSe2, InSe, FeSe, epitaxial graphene, GaSe, Bi2Se3, Fe-doped Bi2Se3, MnBi2Te4, SnSe2, InSe... and, more!
The Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium Materials Innovation Platform (2DCC-MIP) Resident Scholar Visitor Program (RSVP) is a training and professional development opportunity for graduate students and early career researchers from outside Penn State to receive hands-on training at the 2DCC-MIP facility for extended periods.
By Jamie Oberdick
More accurate navigation systems and improved wireless communications may not come from traditional electronics, but rather from atoms. Researchers at Penn State and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to build tinier, smarter glass sensors filled with highly precise and stable atoms.
Betul Akkopru-Akgun, assistant research professor in Penn State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute, has received an Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program award to investigate how electricity and heat move through materials used in extreme environments.
Twelve research projects have been selected for the 2026 Penn State Commercialization GAP Fund. Awarded projects receive $75,000 in funding and other support to develop promising proof-of-concept research into commercial ready technology.
Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefenderfer Chair in Mechanical Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, of chemical engineering and of materials science and engineering at Penn State, has received a three-year award from the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) through the institute’s University Research Program (URP). The award will support Wang’s research on redesigning liquid electrolytes to prevent lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries from catching fire.