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June 12, 2009:
Graduate student Morgan Emerson successfully defended her M. S. Thesis today. The title of her thesis is "Bi-based Perovskite Solid Solutions for High Energy Density Thin Films." Morgan will be moving on to the United States Air Force in New Hampshire. Congratualtions Morgan!

May 1, 2009:
The Gibbons group just received word of funding from the Army Research Laboratory and the ONAMI Center for Nanoarchitectures for Enhanced Performance. Our group in collaboration with the Cann group and Ron Polcawich at ARL will study "Multilayer Thin Film Structures for High Energy Density Micro-Capacitors."

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Our research spotlight is on Chris Shelton. Chris is researching the effect of texture on the piezoelectric response in thin films.

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Multi-functional Thin Film Materials

Welcome to the website for the multi-functional thin film materials research group at Oregon State University. The group is lead by Brady Gibbons, faculty of Materials Science in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering.

Our current research interests include microstructure, processing, and property relationships in functional thin film materials, with a focus on processing, novel instrumentation, and integration science; novel dielectric, superconducting, semiconducting, and pyroelectric materials for energy conversion and energy storage; ferroelectric and piezoelectric thin films; crystallography and diffraction characterization methods; and spectroscopic ellipsometry.

The Gibbons Research Lab can be found in room 300 Dearborn Hall on the Oregon State University campus. Our contact information is:

Gibbons Research Lab
300 Dearborn Hall (Lab)
306 Dearborn Hall (Office)
Faculty of Materials Science
School of Mechanical, Industrial,
and Manufacturing Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541.737.2427