The Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces (CEFS) is a collaborative research group composed of over 30 faculty, postdocs, graduate, and undergraduate students, from a diverse range of disciplines, working together towards a common vision of developing the basic science and methods necessary to generate
permanent metallic functionalized surfaces.
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- Corey Kruse receives prestigeous NASA fellowship (link)
- CEFS is competing for internal NSF Science and Technology Center proposal
- Six patent disclosures related to functionalization of metallic surfaces and their applications have been submitted to NUTech Adventures, Inc.
- Dr. Ndao and Dr. Zuhlke gave keynote invited lectures at ICNMM 2014
- Dr. Alexander gave invited presentation at the International Conference on Spectral Line Shapes (ICSLS)
- New collaborations have begun with IESL-FORTH (Greece) on modeling dynamic light/matter interactions with materials
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Surface functionalization technologies
- Boiling
- Leidenfrost
- Microchannel cooling
- Condensation
Electrolysis
- Bubble formation and release
- Cyclicvoltometry
- Alternating wetting zones at microscales
Droplet microfluidics
- Liedenfrost driven droplet motion on functionalized metal surfaces
- Alternating wetting zones for droplet motion control at room temperature
Biomedical applications
- Anti-biofouling
- Biosensors (GI flow rate sensor)
Basic engineering diagnostics
- Ultrafast pump-probe
- Ultrasonics for microcrack detection
- Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
- Ellipsometry
Femtosecond laser direct writing
- Writing long period and Bragg gratings in optical fibers
- Direct writing of channels in sapphire
Optical communications
- Developing the enabling technology for an all optical data storage center
- All optical switching in communication networks/architectures
