Muir Research Lab

Background

We seek to understand the chemistry-performance relationships for thin-film electronic and optoelectronic devices made from novel materials.

The device architectures we focus on include light emitting diodes (LED), thin-film transistors (TFT), and hot-electron transistors (HET).

The materials we work with are often oxide semiconductors, high-k dielectrics, and nanoparticles, like quantum dots.

We use experimental and computational tools to better understand devices and materials from the nanoscale to the macroscale.

When designing or exploring new device-material combinations we find inspiration through nature, in market trends, and from the giants that came before us.

Often our research has a specific technological problem it is trying to address or hypothesis it is trying to test, but not always. 

Sometimes we leverage the tools of science, technology, and engineering to express ourselves or reflect on the world.  We do science for arts sake.

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Tools and Techniques

We are fortunate to have access to a wide range of tools for fabricating novel materials and thin-films as well as testing their electronic, optical, and mechanical properties.

Some of these tools are found at our home institution, Linfield University, in the brand new Keck Science Center.  Others are accessed through partnerships with companies and technology hubs, like the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute.