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Distinguished Lecture Series

Speaker: Professor Jane P. Chang, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California - Los Angeles

Talk Title: Synthesis and Integration of Multifunctional Oxide Materials

Abstract: The demand of engineering metal oxide thin films at an atomic level has grown immensely due to their versatile applications in numerous technologically advanced fields including microelectronics, optoelectronics, photonics, spintronics, energy storage devices and sensors. In this talk, I will discuss current research advances in atomic layer deposition for synthesizing multicomponent and multifunction metal oxides with tailored electronic, chemical, interfacial, thermal properties and microstructures. Specifically, I will highlight our most recent research on the engineering of oxide thin films and their patterning, for their applications in high speed electronics, optoelectronics and energy storage devices.

Biography: Dr. Jane P. Chang is a Professor and the William F. Seyer Chair in Materials Electrochemistry in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UCLA. She is also the Associate Dean of Research and Physical Resources at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at UCLA. She received her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1993, and her M.S. and Ph. D. degrees, both in Chemical Engineering, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995 and 1998, respectively. She was a postdoctoral member of technical staff at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, from 1998 to 1999, prior to joining UCLA.

Her research focuses on the synthesis and chemical processing of novel and multifunctional materials, atomistic understanding of solid state interfaces, and their applications in microelectronics, optoelectronics, microsensors, and energy storage devices. Specifically, her research group studies the synthesis of metal oxide thin films and nanostructures with tailored electronic, chemical, and thermal properties by novel atomic layer controlled thermal, radical, and plasma enhanced deposition techniques and hydrothermal processing, develops highly selective plasma etching processes for patterning nano-metered thin films, designs and develops micro chemical sensors and engineers the multi-component oxide materials needed in various energy storage devices. In addition, her research group integrates the experimental and first-principle theoretical approaches to elucidate the fundamental physical and chemical origins of superior material and electronic properties.

She is the author of more than 80 journal publications, including a book and a book chapter, holds 4 U.S. patents, and has given more than 100 invited presentations at many international conferences, academic institutions, and industry throughout the world. She received the Faculty Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2000, a Chancellor’s Career Development Award from UCLA in 2000, the Young Investigator Award from the Office of Navel Research in 2003, and the AVS Peter Mark Award in 2005. She also received the TRW Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002 and the Professor of the Year Award from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at UCLA in 2003, 2004, and 2009.

Host: Gupta

More Info: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/d-10-28-10.htm

Location: James H. Zumberge Hall Of Science (ZHS) - 159

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Petra Pearce

Event Link: http://chems.usc.edu/academics/10-11/d-10-28-10.htm