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Summary: Materials at UC Santa Barbara
Ranked in the top two programs in the country for research impact and citations, materials research at UC
Santa Barbara (UCSB) encompasses multiple areas. These areas and applications include electronics and
photonics, inorganic materials, organic materials, and structural materials.
UCSB faculty have worked with small and large companies to translate discoveries into new lighting and
energy solutions, advanced communication products, and new structural materials. Combined, these
research activities span semiconductor materials, material structure, composition and function, polymers
and theoretical modeling of complex systems.
Centers that comprise materials research at UC Santa Barbara include:
Materials Research Laboratory
www.mrl.ucsb.edu
The research scientific and engineering activities of the Materials Research Laboratory focus on the
following four major interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs):
· Specific, reversible and programmable bonding in supra- and macromolecular materials
· Oxides as semiconductors
· Soft cellular materials
· Nanostructured materials by molecular beam epitaxy
Solid-State Lighting and Energy Center (SSLEC)
www.sslec.ucsb.edu
Develop novel solid state based technologies for energy efficient lighting and
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