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Center for Emergent Materials

Welcome to the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM) at The Ohio State University.

The CEM, a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), performs integrated research on emergent materials and phenomena in magnetoelectronics, creating new paradigms in computing and information storage. The research activities conducted at the CEM focus on a new understanding of electron-spin injection and transport, and the synthesis and exploitation of multifunctional properties of innovative double perovskite heterostructures. The CEM also has an active Seed Funding program, aimed at supporting new ideas with potential for making transformative impact on materials research and beyond.

Education is an important component of our research activities. Our programs take an interactive, constructionist approach to address the nature and cognitive cause of the misconception of materials science concepts. Other activities include developing high-school materials science courses, training teachers, providing research opportunities to undergraduates, and K-12 outreach.

Prof. Nitin P. Padture
Director (Founding)

News & updates

February 19th Workshop: Exploring the formation, composition, structure, and operation of NSF MRSEC IRGs.

February 4, 2010

The Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), the OSU-based National Science Foundation (NSF) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), recently announced a new funding opportunity: Proto-IRG (Interdisciplinary Research Group) Seed Grants. Propsective applicants are encouraged to attend a workshop exploring the formation, composition, structure, and operation of NSF MRSEC IRGs.
Friday, February 19, 4-5 pm
4138 Physics [...]

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