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Nanophotonic Materials Group
Welcome!The Nanophotonic Materials (NPM) Group focuses on discovering and developing new materials, processes, and devices for optical and photonic applications. We are particularly interested in
- Developing new nano-composites having useful optical and electronic function;
- Methods for patterning materials and devices on nanometer and micrometer length scales;
- Techniques for three-dimensional (3D) nano- and micro-fabrication.
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Chris Grabill, Chemistry PhD student. |
Scanning electron microscopy image of a 3D photonic crystal created by the NPM group. |
Meaghan Giesler, summer 2005 CREOL REU student. |
Our investigations include both fundamental research and applied materials and device development. Students in the NPM Group learn and apply techniques from materials science, synthetic chemistry, spectroscopy, optics, and photonics. Graduate students are researching toward masters and doctoral degrees in chemistry and optics Undergraduates on our team come from a wider range of disciplines that has included chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science. The NPM Group is directed by Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Optics at the University of Central Florida.
The Latest News
19 November 2010: NPM begins the move to a new lab!
The Kuebler research group began moving laser tables from its old lab to a brand new location in Phase II of the Physical Sciences building. The group expects to make the official move in December.
17 November 2010: Dr. Kuebler's group visits Jackson Middle School
For their latest outreach activity, members of the Kuebler group met at Jackson Middle School to teach science students all about waves, refraction, interference and even fiberoptics! After about five minutes of lecture, students had the chance to witness each of these scientific concepts firsthand at six interactive stations. While Dr. Kuebler demonstrated the patterns of actual waves in water, Anan Narayan and Chris Grabill used lasers to illustrate their lessons. Meanwhile, Kristen Lynch explained fiberoptics and how the Internet works! At the final station, Henry Williams demonstrated just how each of these concepts relate to the Nanophotonic Materials Group's research.
November 2010: Zhenyue Luo joins the Nanophotonic Materials Group!
Zhenyue Luo received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Optical Engineering at ZheJiang University in China. His past research is focused on design, fabricate and despersion characterization of chirped mirror for femtosecond laser systems. He is now a PhD. candidate at UCF. Welcome, Zhenyue!
1 November 2010: Jennefir Digaum joins the Nanophotonic Materials Group!
Jennefir Digaum received his BS in both Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Mindanao State University, as well as the Erasmus Mundus Masters of Science from University of St. Andrews and Heriot Watt University, Vrije University and Ghent University. He wrote his Master's thesis about a Photonics lab-on-a-chip for detecting biomolecules, where his group developed a micro-detection unit for fluorescence and absorbance detection. He has also worked as a failure analysis engineer at Intel. Welcome to the group!
24 October 2010: Outreach during National Chemistry Week 2010
Research students in the Kuebler group joined the ACS Orlando Section in hosting a National Chemistry Week activities booth at the Maitland Farmers' Market that showed visitors how chemistry is important and relevant to their everyday life. Young people learned about molecules in the air we breathe - including the good, the bad, and the ugly! - and made edible models of these molecules with pretzel sticks and colored marshmallows. Adults were invited to select "bags of atoms" that contained answers to intriguing questions from the world of chemistry, including: (1) Just how small is a molecule? (2) When salt is added to water, does the total volume increase or decrease, and why? (3) How important is chemistry to our economy?
18 October 2010: Dr. Ananthakrishnan Narayanan joins the NPM Group
The Nanophotonic Materials Group would like to introduce its newest member, Dr. Ananthakrishnan Narayanan, who received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University. Ananth joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant. Welcome to the group!
6 October 2010: Dr. Stephen Kuebler speaks to Orlando chapter of Café Scientifique
Dr. Stephen Kuebler met with members of Café Scientifique to present his lecture on "Sharpening the Focus of Laser Beams for Nano-Scale Fabrication, Imaging, and Information Storage." The group, which consists of both scientific experts and lay community members, meets at Taste Restaurant in College Park, FL, on the first Wednesday of every month, where members listen to plain language discussions on specific topics of science or technology.
