The electromagnetic and nanoscale materials and manufacturing (ENMM) primarily focuses in the following areas: smart windows, radiation therapy, raman and terahertz spectroscopy, wireless power transfer application, metamaterials and micro/nano-fabrication.
Coating carbon nanotubes through atomic Microspheres coated with Si nanoparticles
layer deposition (courtesy of Dr. Jian Liu).
forming an all-optical switch architecture
(courtesy of Dr. Jonathan F. Holzman).
A surface plasmon resonance sensor for crude oils (courtesy of Dr. Kenneth Chau).
Leads
Dr. Frank Ko
Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Vancouver Campus
frank.ko@ubc.ca
Webpage
Dr. Jian Liu
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering
Okanagan Campus
jliu13@mail.ubc.ca
Webpage
Cluster News
Jan 19, 2022
Daylight passing through smart windows results in almost complete disinfection of surfaces within 24 hours.
Mar 16, 2021
UBCO professor works to create safe, energy-dense, renewable batteries.
Aug 21, 2019
Fenix Advanced Materials spearheads high-tech research collaboration.
Mar 04, 2019
A News and Views piece in Nature by Dr. Kenneth Chau, School of Engineering, describing an exciting breakthrough in colouration.
Aug 24, 2018
The exact nature of how light interacts with matter has remained a mystery for close to 150 years. New research from UBC’s Okanagan campus may have uncovered the keys to one of the darkest secrets of light.
Jul 05, 2018
UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy.