From Synthetic Control to Device Integration

The MA Group Research focuses on the development of new functional materials with controlled chemical and physical properties for applications in a wide range of technological areas from energy to environmental and information technologies. Of particular interest are new generation electronic and energy devices, including light emitting diodes, solar cells, scintillators, sensors, and detectors. The research activities involve materials synthesis, characterization and processing, device fabrication and testing, as well as theoretical computation and simulation. Material engineering at the molecular level is emphasized to deliver a wide range of advanced functional materials, including organics, organometallics, polymers, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials, in particular metal halide perovskites and organic metal halide hybrids. Investigations on processing techniques target low cost production of high performance devices. The fundamental understandings of the structure-property-processing-performance relationships allow for the further development of materials and devices with desired properties and performance in a rational manner, which will eventually deliver new generation technologies for real applications.