The document describes the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Structured Interfaces at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. It aims to understand and engineer interfaces to create new materials with applications in electronics and biology. The center integrates research, education, and industry outreach. It contains several shared research facilities and focuses on topics like semiconductor materials and liquid crystal assemblies. The center also has international collaborations across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas. It involves interdisciplinary work across 52 faculty members with a focus on diversity and underrepresented groups.

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Materials Research Science and
Engineering Center on
Structured Interfaces
University of Wisconsin – Madison
materials research science and engineering center

2. Vision
To understand and engineer interfaces that will
permit the creation of materials systems having new
capabilities, with applications in fields ranging from
advanced electronics to biology
To integrate discovery and the creation of
knowledge with international programs,
professional development opportunities, industry
outreach, and dissemination through informal
education programs and state-of-the-art educational
materials.
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3. Shared Facilities
Soft Materials
Laboratory
Materials
Science
Center
Wisconsin Center for
Applied
Microelectronics
Director / Co-Director
N. Abbott / P. Evans
Dean of Engineering
I. Robertson
Provost
S. Mangelsdorf
Semiconductor
materials from an
unstable world
IRG 1
S. Babcock
T.F. Kuech
L. Mawst
I. Szlufarska*
D. Morgan*
A. Brown
K. Forghani
M & E dynamics at
organic-inorganic
interfaces
IRG 2
P. Evans
J.R. Schmidt*
M. Arnold
T. Andrew
P. Gopalan
R. Hamers
M. Zanni
K-S Choi
H. Katz
M. Robinson
Functional liquid crystal
assemblies, materials,
interfaces
IRG 3
N. Abbott
D. Weibel
Q. Cui*
D. Lynn
F. Himpsel
M. Mahanthappa
J. de Pablo*
O. Lavrentovich
U. Cordova
M. Bedolla
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
Seeds (*=Super Seed)
- Molecular Understanding of Glasses*
- Novel two-dimensional semiconductor
materials
- Novel monometallic and bimetallic
nanoparticles
- Active 2D materials
- Dynamics of deformable particles in a liquid
crystal
Education, Outreach &
Human Resource
Development
Interdisciplinary Education
Group (IEG) – A.L. Gillian-
Daniel
Research Experience for
Undergraduate Students
REU
RET
PREM
Institute of Chemical
Engineering
Curriculum Development
Nanotechnology Kits
Spanish Translation of
Outreach Materials
Diversity Programs
External Advisory Board
Advanced Materials Industrial
Consortium UWAMIC
Interdisciplinary
computational
group
ICG
I. Szlufarska
A. Yethiraj
I. Knezevic
M. Mavrikakis
J. Mitchell
+ IRG members
with*
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MRSEC Collaboration – Worldwide Reach
Zhejian
Technion, Israel
University of Tokyo,
Tokyo University of
Science, Tokyo Institute
of Technology*, NIMS,
Hokkaido University,
Japan
Ferdinand Liebniz Research Institute, Germany
University of Bremen, Germany
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
ETH, Switzerland
University of Grenoble, France
Ajou University, Korea
National University
of Mexico, Mexico
City, Mexico
City University,
Hong Kong
HKUST,
Hong Kong
University of Melbourne, Australia
Monash University, Australia
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras
CNR, Italy
Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland
National University
of Colombia,
Bogota, Colombia
Zhejiang U
China

5. Interdisciplinarity of MRSEC
- 52 faculty
- 10 female
- 6 underrepresented minority
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