Materials for Electronics & Photonics
At the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), researchers are developing new materials that will shape the future of electronics, photonics, and optoelectronics. This research area brings together molecular design, nanomaterials, device fabrication, theory and computation to understand how materials conduct charge, transport ions, interact with light, and function in complex environments. Faculty across PME are pursuing advances in bioelectronics, microelectronics (including neuromorphic and low-power applications), sensors, sustainable polymer electronics, nanomaterials for optoelectronics, and new methods for the patterning/processing of features at extreme scales. By connecting experimental work with theoretical and computational insight, UChicago PME is building a strong foundation for the next generation of information technology. These advances will feed the needs for the diverse set of powerful, energy-efficient information processing technologies of the future: including energy-efficient computing hardware in the era of artificial intelligence, intelligent robotics, and will help create new streams of rich data from complex systems such as the human body and the environment.
