In situ microscopy labs

The focus of our group is to understand the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials for applications in nanoelectronics, energy storage and harvesting, catalysis, and aerospace industries. We use a variety of in situ as well as ex situ characterization tools such as high-temperature scanning/transmission electron microscopies (SEM/TEM), scanning probe microscopy (STM/AFM), and low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) to understand and hence controllably manipulate the shape, structure, and composition. Currently we are interested in: Nanowires, Graphene, Metal oxide nanocrystals, CNT-resin composites, and Ultra-high temperature ceramics.

3121-J Eng. V

Dept. Materials Science and Engineering

University of California Los Angeles

410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Phone: 310-206-8174;   Fax: 310-206-7353;   kodambaka@ucla.edu

Last modified: 08/16/2009

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Most recent publications

1. L. Chen, Z. Song, S.V. Prikhodko, J. Hu, S. Kodambaka, and R. Richards, Three-Dimensional Morphology Control During Wet Chemical Synthesis of Porous Chromium Oxide Spheres, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, in press (2009).

2. L. Gao, R.L. Woo, B. Liang, M. Pozuelo, S. Prikhodko, M. Jackson, N. Goel, M.K. Hudait, D.L. Huffaker, M.S. Goorsky, S. Kodambaka, and R.F. Hicks, Self-Catalyzed Epitaxial Growth of Vertical Indium Phosphide Nanowires on Silicon, Nano Lett. 9, 2223 (2009). 

3. R.L. Woo, L. Gao, N. Goel, M.K. Hudait, K.L. Wang, S. Kodambaka, and R.F. Hicks, Kinetic Control of Self-catalyzed Indium Phosphide Nano - Wires, Cones, and Pillars, Nano Lett. 9, 2207 (2009).

4. (Invited) S. Kodambaka, J. Tersoff, and F. M. Ross, Growth kinetics of Si and Ge nanowires, Proc. SPIE 7224, 72240C (2009); DOI:10.1117/12.810672

5. S.V. Prikhodko, S. Sitzman, V. Gambin, and S. Kodambaka, Electron backscattered diffraction of individual GaAs nanowires, Ultramicroscopy 109, 133 (2008).

6. B.J. Kim, J. Tersoff, S. Kodambaka, M.C. Reuter, E.A. Stach, and F.M. Ross, Kinetics of individual nucleation events observed in nanoscale vapor-liquid-solid growth, Science 322, 1070 (2008).

Congrats!!

High-school students Ms. Srishti Kedia and Ms. Vesta Partovi win the first prize for their poster on “ZnO nanostructures.”

 

Mr. Kyounghwan Kim wins the second prize for his “ZnO star fish” in photo contest at the 17th American Conference on Crystal Growth & Epitaxy (ACCGE-17).