Cornell University - Materials Science Center Research in this center ranges from fundamental condensed matter science to materials with potential technological application, such as thin films on glass, which are important to display materials and novel optical materials. The center provides strong support for undergraduate experience in research and extensive shared experimental facilities. The center's research addresses superconducting materials, oxide surfaces, and magnetics, offering a very broad interdisciplinary research program, with a strong emphasis on shared facilities. It includes a design and manufacturing initiative and supports course development in materials science. This center is a partnership among groups from Stanford, IBM Almaden Research Center, and the University of California-Davis.
Research addresses the interfacial science of organic thin films.
Potential applications include optical and electro-optical devices, lubrication, and adhesion. This center conducts research on the design of novel nanoscale materials, structures, and devices. The Center has an extensive outreach program to involve pre-collegiate students and science teachers in materials research. This center is a partnership among SUNY, Polytechnic University, three CUNY colleges, Brookhaven National Laboratory and researchers at three industrial research laboratories. The research focus is on the design of polymer interfaces and includes participation by undergraduates and gifted high school students.