Our Research

For every item of modern technology there is an inorganic material that is responsible for it's function.

In your cell phone, an electrode material stores energy so you can unplug from a power outlet. In your car, inorganic nanoparticles in the catalytic converter eliminates poisonous carbon monoxide gas from your exhaust.

We use advanced X-ray-based tools to understand how the chemistry and atomic structure of these materials allow them to work and how this relates to their performance.

By answering questions such as why do they work, how do they work, and why do they sometimes fail, we can outline a road map to designing devices that work better, are cheaper, and are more reliable.