Most of my research interests are materials related. My efforts are toward the fundamental studies of complex systems at the nanoscale with regard to applications of materials at the macroscale.
Complex systems exist at surfaces, interfaces and thin films.
The experimental techniques that I use to study these systems are both optically and electronically based. Scanning probe microscopies are the work-horses of my research. A single molecule spectroscopy would enable the physical studies of individual molecules at the molecular scale. However, understanding these STM images of organic molecules is difficult, at best. Biological molecules such as DNA are interesting with regard to the fascinating properties that they exhibit.