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Materials by Design

Our work seeks the understanding of the underlying structural chemistry of functional materials and its effects on their physical properties by using a combination of synthetic structural chemistry, solid-state physics and solid-state electrochemistry. On the synthetic side, we employ classical solid-state syntheses (oxides, chalcogenides and thiophosphates) as well as gas flow techniques, sol-gel synthesis and flux growth of crystals. Multiple structural characterization techniques (X-ray scattering, neutron scattering and pair-distribution function analyses) help us understand the local structural arrangements and bonding interactions and provide connections to the measured ionic, thermal and electronic transport properties.