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
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Jan 19, 2022
Daylight passing through smart windows results in almost complete disinfection of surfaces within 24 hours.
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Mar 16, 2021
UBCO professor works to create safe, energy-dense, renewable batteries.
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Aug 21, 2019
Fenix Advanced Materials spearheads high-tech research collaboration.
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Mar 04, 2019
A News and Views piece in Nature by Dr. Kenneth Chau, School of Engineering, describing an exciting breakthrough in colouration.
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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.
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Jul 05, 2018
UBC researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy.