The goal of this project is to develop scale-bridging computational approaches to understand the interplay between growth morphology, chemistry, and functional properties of semi-conductor nanowires used for a wide range of materials applications from nanoelectronics to solar energy harvesting.
Profs Karma and Upmanyu have been awarded a 3 year $480,000 NSF grant starting September 1, 2011 to investigate fundamental mechanisms of nanocrystalline growth
Mar 23, 2021