Research Areas & Facilities

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The MSE Department at NUS is specialized in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM): an electron beam with a diameter smaller than an atom is scanned over a material, to show its structure at atomic resolution.

Atomic-resolution elemental mapping can also be performed with our STEM, using the techniques EDS and EELS (Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy). It is even possible to measure optical properties of materials, such as local band gap energy in semiconductors, and localized surface plasmon modes in noble metals.

Being able to observe materials directly at atomic resolution allows us to measure new materials properties at surfaces and interfaces. For example: individual dopants and vacancies in 2D materials can be imaged. It is also possible to study microelectronic logic- or memory devices at the ultimate resolution, with the help of careful, site-specific sample preparation.

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The Centre for Advanced 2D Materials directed by Prof. Antonio H. Castro Neto was formed in 2014 when the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Singapore has awarded NUS with a S$ 50 M grant over the next 10 years in order to support the operational costs of CA2DM’s labs and micro and nano-fabrication facility. It focuses on the exploration, synthesis, and development of new devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials of which graphene is the most famous.

NUS T11 Shared Facilities

NUS T11 Shared Facilities houses state-of-the-art equipment in all its respective laboratories and affiliated research institutes enabling researchers, staff and students to carry out cutting edge research activities. NUS T11 Shared Facilities creates an environment which facilitates an open sharing environment for building outstanding research teams and access to top-end research facilities.

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The Applied Materials-NUS Advanced Materials Corporate Lab combines Applied Materials’ leading expertise in materials engineering and semiconductor technologies with NUS’ world-class and multi-disciplinary R&D capabilities that span applied chemistry, materials science and microelectronics process engineering. The collaboration will focus on R&D in advanced materials engineering with the intent to create innovations that can be quickly transferred into commercial applications.

SSLS

The Singapore Synchrotron Light Source, SSLS,is a University-level Research Centre at the National University of Singapore,  under the office of the Deputy President (Research & Technology), with activities involving local and international groups from many universities, research institutes, and industry.It currently has a R&D program featuring micro/nanofabrication, a variety of analytical applications, and the development of advanced synchrotron radiation instrumentation.

Cryoelectron Microscopy Facility

The CBIS Cryoelectron Microscope Facility is a prominent member of a select group of state-of-the-art, high-end cryoelectron microscopy facilities in the world. By minimizing EMI, reducing relative humidity to 30%, and together with the exceptionally quiet acoustic and low mechanical vibration levels, all microscopes in the facility are able to easily reach designed performance specifications.
Date Title Speaker
22 December Self-powered and Sustainable Flexible Sensors for Healthcare and Robotics
 Ms. Yang Jingyi
12 December NOVEL PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC MATERIALS FOR SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE MAGNETIC MEMORY
 Mr. Zhao Tieyang
11 December Rational Design of Ionic Thermoelectric Based Energy Convertors and High-performance Ionic Thermoelectric Materials
 Mr. Le Qiujian
11 December Self-healing materials for optoelectronics
 Mr. Wan Guanxiang
5 December
Functional composites based on graphene oxide and macromolecules for smart membranes and scaffolds
 Ms. Chen Siyu
1 December Programmable self-assembly for design of layered functional membranes Mr. Chen Musen
16 November Pedot: PSS with high thermoelectric performance through energy filtering Mr. Li Chang’an
19 July Dimensionality reduction of 2D materials: nanodevices and in-situ nanomechanical analysis Ms. Mariana Caldeira Ferraz da Costa
23 June Additive Manufacturing of Functional Hydrogel-Elastomer for Water Harvesting and Sensing Application Ms. Firoozeh Foroughi
14 February STUDY OF REDOX TARGETING REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS FLOW BATTERIES Mr. Huang Shiqiang
10 February Corrosion Protection of Steel with Smart Coating Technology and Carbon Nanotechnology Mr. Kam Teck Suan
30 January HIGH-POWER AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW BATTERIES FOR ENERGY STORAGE
 Mr. Gao Mengqi
17 January COMPOSITION AND INTERFACE ENGINEERING TOWARDS EFFICIENT LEAD-LEAN PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
 Mr. Hu Hang
Date Title Speaker
22 December Self-powered and Sustainable Flexible Sensors for Healthcare and Robotics
 Ms. Yang Jingyi
12 December NOVEL PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC MATERIALS FOR SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE MAGNETIC MEMORY
 Mr. Zhao Tieyang
11 December Rational Design of Ionic Thermoelectric Based Energy Convertors and High-performance Ionic Thermoelectric Materials
 Mr. Le Qiujian
11 December Self-healing materials for optoelectronics
 Mr. Wan Guanxiang
5 December
Functional composites based on graphene oxide and macromolecules for smart membranes and scaffolds
 Ms. Chen Siyu
1 December Programmable self-assembly for design of layered functional membranes Mr. Chen Musen
16 November Pedot: PSS with high thermoelectric performance through energy filtering Mr. Li Chang’an
19 July Dimensionality reduction of 2D materials: nanodevices and in-situ nanomechanical analysis Ms. Mariana Caldeira Ferraz da Costa
23 June Additive Manufacturing of Functional Hydrogel-Elastomer for Water Harvesting and Sensing Application Ms. Firoozeh Foroughi
14 February STUDY OF REDOX TARGETING REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS FLOW BATTERIES Mr. Huang Shiqiang
10 February Corrosion Protection of Steel with Smart Coating Technology and Carbon Nanotechnology Mr. Kam Teck Suan
30 January HIGH-POWER AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW BATTERIES FOR ENERGY STORAGE
 Mr. Gao Mengqi
17 January COMPOSITION AND INTERFACE ENGINEERING TOWARDS EFFICIENT LEAD-LEAN PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS
 Mr. Hu Hang

 

Date Title Speaker
07 December Additive Manufacturing of Functional Ceramics Structures in the Fields of Water Treatment
 Mr. Win Jonhson
22 September Magnetic Immunity and Thermal Stability Assessment of
STT-MRAM Devices
 Mr. K Sivabalan
15 September Toughening of Biodegradable Polymers by Entropic Mixing: Towards Sustainable Plastics
 Mr. Hou Xunan
16 August Developing Super-Hygroscopic Materials for
Multifaceted Applications		 Ms. Yang Jiachen
19 July USING PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND SENSORY DEVICES
 Ms. Nikita Paul
5 July TOWARDS LONGER WAVELENGTH III-NITRIDE LEDs THROUGH CONCERTED USE OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING Mr. Tara Prasad Mishra
27 Jan Nickel-based Catalysts for High Performance Ammonia Electrooxidation
 Ms. Zhu Mingke
5 Jan CURRENT-INDUCED MAGNETIC FIELD-FREE SWITCHING OF PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIZATION
Mr. Zhou Chenghang

 

Date Title Speaker
17 December Sulphide Electrolytes for all-solid-state Sodium and Lithium Batteries Mr. Zhang Xin
14 December ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METAL FOAMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN THE GREEN ENERGY HARVESTING FIELD Mr. Li Yuemeng
9 December SURFACE ENGINEERING OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS Ms. Zhang Lei
9 December Intrinsically Conducting Polymer as Stretchable Conductors for Flexible Electronics Mr. He Hao
2 December CMODULAR MICROFLUIDIC CIRCUITRY VIA 3D PRINTING AND ITS APPLICATIONS Mr. Li Weihao
29 November COMPUTATIONAL SCREENING OF INORGANIIC SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES Mr. Dai Ruoyu
25 November Interlayer Engineering of Vanadium Oxide as Cathode for Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery Ms. Shi Wen
24 November AQUEOUS REDOX FLOW CELLS FOR LARGE-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION Mr. Wang Xun
16 November Medium and High Entropy Alloys: Design and Additive Manufacturing Mr. Mehmet Cagirici
09 November FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES OF RAMAN SCATTERING IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS Ms. He Wen
02 November Functional Bio-Based Polylactic Acid/Polyhydroxybutyrate (PLA/PHB) Nanocomposites Mr. Yeo Chee Chuan
01 November ATOMIC-SCALE STRUCTURAL AND LUMINESCENCE ENGINEERING OF INDIUM-RICH III-NITRIDE LIGHT-EMITTERS Mr. Chung Jing Yang
26 October 3D Printing of Elastomers and Applications Mr. Ramadan Borayek
13 October Flexible Materials Engineering and Design for Tactile Electronic Skin Sensors Mr. Yao Haicheng
7 October SPIN-ORBIT TORQUE FROM NON-MAGNETIC HEAVY METALS AND MATERIAL DESIGN TOWARDS NEW-GENERATION MAGNETIC mseORY DEVICES Mr. Shu Xinyu
30 August PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC WATER HARVESTING: BIOINSPIRED DESIGNS & THERMO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS Ms. Barbara Ang Ting Wei
29 July PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROTEINS BASED SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING AND SENSING DEVICES Ms. Lakshmi Suresh
1 Jun STUDY OF NOVEL LOW DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS SYNTHESIZED THROUGH CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
cells		 Mr. Yan Jiaxin
16 Apr Self-powered all weather sensory systems powered by Rhodobacter sphaeroides protein solar
cells		 Ms. Nikita Paul
19 Mar Additive Manufacturing of Fundamental Oxides and Their Applications in the Fields of Energy & Environmental Ms. Xu Xi
12 Mar UX design on translational materials innovation Dr. Ng Wei Beng
23 Feb A Theory of Manipulating
the Interfacial Interaction of 2D Materials		 Ms. Yang Qian
18 Feb MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE / LANTHANUM STRONTIUM MANGANITE SUPERLATTICE THIN FILMS Mr. Wu Xiaohan
17 Feb Fabrication Techniques for Geometrically-complex and Multi-material Structures by Ceramics Additive Manufacturing Ms. Zhang Danwei
9 Feb Data-Driven Design for Energy Materials Prof Kristin Persson
8 Feb MAGNETISM MANIPULATION IN LANTHANUM STRONTIUM MANGANITE (LA0.67SR0.33MNO3) / LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PBZR1-xTIxO3) HETEROSTRUCTURES BY MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING Mr. Liu Chao
15 Jan STRUCTURE ENGINEERING OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOMATERIALS FOR ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION Ms. Ma Yuanyuan
13 Jan FABRICATION OF POLYMERIC FUNCTIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES THROUGH 3D PRINTING Ms. Su Xinran

 

Date Title Speaker
16 Dec CONDUCTING POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITES
FOR HIGH THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE		 Mr. Liu Siqi
7 Dec ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF 2D MATERIALS/MAGNETIC THIN FILM HETERO-STRUCTURE Mr. Xie Qidong
3 Dec SINGLE ATOM ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS Ms. Zang Wenjie
2 Dec Direct-Ink-Writing for Applications in Energy Storage and Conversions Ms. GWENDOLYN LIM JIA HAO
23 Nov 3D-PRINTED HIGHLY AMORPHOUS CELLULOSE
WITH EXCELLENT HYDRATION PROPERTIES
FOR WATER TREATMENT APPLICATIONS		 Mr. KOH JUNQIANG, JUSTIN
16 Nov MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING OF POROUS ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BASED NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY AND GAS STORAGE Mr. LIU Ximeng
13 Nov Oxide Behaviour of AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Mr. Kuah Kai Xiang
30 Oct Phase Behavior in NaSiCON Electrolytes and Electrodes Dr Zeyu Deng
30 Oct Ceramic and Metal Multi-Materials Additive Manufacturing by Robocasting Mr. Win Jonhson
28 Oct ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL STRUCTURES Mr. LI Xinwei
16 Oct Unlocking the Origin of Compositional Fluctuations in InGaN Light Emitting Diodes Mr. Tara Prasad Mishra
9 Oct Towards High Power Aqueous Flow Batteries: SILAR-Deposited CuS Electrocatalyst For Polysulfide-based Electrolyte Mr. Gao Mengqi
9 Oct Redox Targeting-based TREC Flow Cell for Enhanced Low-grade Heat Harnessing Mr. Zhang Hang
18 Sep Design and Construction of Zinc Metal Anode Protection Layer in Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries Ms. Yang Yi
18 Sep Hygroscopic Copper Complex Harvesting Air Moisture for Potable Water and Autonomous Urban Agriculture Ms. Yang Jiachen
11 Sep ENGINEERING MANGANESE OXIDES FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE AQUEOUS SUPERCAPACITORS Ms. Xiong Ting
11 Sep Environment-Resilient Graphene Vibrotactile Sensitive Sensors for Machine Intelligence Mr. Guo Hongchen
11 Sep Design of 3D helical stretchable conductors for soft electronics Mr. Zhao Yue
4 Sep Tailoring Physical Properties of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Substitutional Dopingcells Ms. Leyi Loh
4 Sep Toward Good Processability and High Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Modulated by Bimodal Molecular
Weight Distribution		 Mr. Long Chuanjiang
19 May SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS TO INVESTIGATE THE MECHANISM OF CORROSION ON STEELS AND INHIBITION EFFECT OF SODIUM MOLYBDATE Ms. Xu Le
8 May DEVELOPMENT OF SUPER-HYGROSCOPIC MATERIALS FOR HARNESSING AMBIENT HUMIDITY
 Mr. Dilip Krishna Nandakumar
6 May PROBING FUNCTIONALITIES OF COMPLEX OXIDE HETEROINTERFACES BY SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY Ms. Li Mengsha
27 Apr THIN FILM MATERIALS AND DEVICES FOR SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING Mr. Liu Xixia
23 Apr MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SELECTIVE LASER MELTING PROCECESS AND PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS 3D-PRINTED Mr. Habimana Jean Will
7 Apr FINITE ELEMENT MODELING AND MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF CORROSION PROTECTION BY ZINC BASED COATINGS Mr. Mohsen SAEEDIKHANI GERAEI
2 Mar GRAPHENE-BASED mseBRANES: RATIONAL DESIGN AND NANOFLUIDICS Mr. Marcos V. Surmani Martins
13 Feb Magnetic Nanocomposites for Biomedical and Environmental Applications Ms. Pon Janani Sugumaran
3 Feb Corrosion– a Pragmatic Predictive Model from Atoms to Pipelines Prof. Nicholas M Harrison
31 Jan From Spin Transfer Torque (STT) to Toggle Spin Torque (TST) for the next generation of MRAM Prof Zhao Weisheng
23 Jan New Adventures in Computational Chemistry Prof. Aron Walsh_PC
16 Jan Interfacial Assembly of Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Functional Materials Prof Dongyuan Zhao
14 Jan REDOX FLOW BATTERY FOR LARGE-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE Mr. Zhou Mingyue
13 Jan Engineering Hybridized Electrocatalysts for Electrolytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Mr. Yu Shu Hearn

 

Date Title Speaker
20 Dec Transparent Ceramics & Their Composite Systems for Protective Window Applications
 Mr. Jeremy Koh
18 Dec Growth of Conductive Reduced Molybdenum Oxides and Electrochemical Applications Mr. Dai Haiwen
25 Nov HIGH PERPENDICULAR MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPIC L10 IRON PLATINUM FOR SPIN ORBIT TORQUE BASED MAGNETIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES Ms. Yu Jihang
19 Nov Bioinspired super-repellent surfaces and how to characterize them Dr. Dan Daniel
15 Nov Low-voltage transmission electron microscopy for defect and defect dynamics in novel 2D materials Dr. Lin Junhao
14 Nov Explore the nature of generation and migration of van der Waals Ge gaps in (GeTe)1-x(Bi2Te3) Mr. Yu Yong
14 Nov Biocompatible conductive polymers with high conductivity and high stretchability Mr. He Hao
12 Nov ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF CERAMIC STRUCTURES AND CORRESPONDING APPLICATIONS Mr. Chen Zhe
11 Nov PHOTOTHERMAL MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLAR INTERFACIAL WATER PURIFICATION Mr. Zhang Yaoxin
7 Nov Current-induced field-free magnetization switching in metallic heterostructures Mr. Zhou Chenghang
7 Nov Fabrication of advanced ceramics via additive manufacturing Mr. Li Yuemeng
31 Oct Development of Layered Vanadium Oxide as Cathode for Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery Applications Ms. Shi Wen
31 Oct Electrodeposited NiFeCu ternary metal on carbon paper as stable non-noble anode for efficient electrooxidation of ammonia Ms. Zhu Mingke
30 Oct NICKEL HYDROXIDE NANORIBBONS FOR EFFICIENT WATER SPLITTING AND DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL Mr. Wang Xiaopeng
24 Oct Development of CoCrFeMnNi-0.18Ti High Entropy Alloy via Electron Beam Melting Mr. Mehmet Cagirici
24 Oct Development of Long Wavelength InGaN Light Emitters: Optical Investigations at the Atomic Level Mr. Chung Jing Yang
24 Oct Nanocrystal Optoelectronics: from Colloidal Quantum Dots to Wells Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir
24 Oct 1D AND 2D COMBINED NANOSTRUCTURES FOR HIGH PERFORMING ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION Ms. Li Xin
23 Oct Bioinspired super-repellent surfaces and how to characterize them Dr. Dan Daniel
23 Oct Atom Probe Tomography – Technology and Applications Dr. Peter H Clifton
17 Oct Spin-Orbit Torque in Chemically Disordered and L11-Ordered Cu100-xPtx Mr. Shu Xinyu
17 Oct SenSearch: A Predictive Sensor Search Engine for Performance Customization of Micro-pyramidal E-skin Mr. Yao Haicheng
14 Oct Lone Pairs in the Halide Perovskites, Hidden or Otherwise Prof Ram Seshadri
10 Oct Controllable Ceramic Green-Body Configurations for Complex Architectures via 3D Printing Ms. Zhang Danwei
9 Oct Zn/Co-MOFs DERIVED HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRODES FOR ELECTROCATALYSIS AND HYBRID SUPERCAPACITOR Mr. Hong Zhang
3 Oct Bio-inspired Coalescence Enhancement for Atmospheric Water Harvesting Ms. Barbara Ang Ting Wei
3 Oct 3D-Printed MOF-Derived Porous Frameworks for Practical High-Energy Density Li–O2 Batteries Ms. Gwendolyn Lim Jia Hao
19 Sep Redox Targeting-based Vanadium Flow Battery for Advanced Large-scale Energy Storage Mr. Wang Xun
19 Sep Computational Screening of Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries Mr. Dai Ruoyu
13 Sep High Performance Thermoelectric Polymers by Energy Filtering Ms. Guan Xin
12 Sep Balancing Single Atom Dispersion and Synergy in Pt1/Mo2C Electrocatalyst for 4-Electron Oxygen Reduction Ms. Zhang Lei
12 Sep All-solid-state sodium ion batteries realized by sulfide electrolytes Mr. Zhang Xin
5 Sep Mechanisms for Surface-enhanced Raman Effect on 2D Materials: A First Principles Study Ms. He Wen
5 Sep Self-healing Electronic Skins for Aquatic Environments Mr. Li Si
29 Jul Intelligent Soft Materials For Bio-Based Applications Mr. Low Zhi Wei Kenny
23 Jul Composite super-moiré lattices in double aligned graphene heterostructures Dr. Colin Woods
1 Jul Quest for New Thermoelectric Materials: Theory and Computation Guided Discovery and Design Dr. Vladan Stevanović
21 Jun Machine Learning for Materials Science Dr. Keith Butler
8 Jun Prospective for Low-Carbon Future Prof Yuhan SUN
30 May Compositional and Structural Engineering of Two-dimensional Chalcogenides for Advanced Transistors and Catalysts Mr. Tang Baoshan
30 May Transition metal based compounds for efficient water splitting: from substrate materials to active species Ms. Wang Ling
29 May Ion Diffusion and Interlayers in Perovskite Solar Cells Mr. Hikmet Coskun
21 May Revealing the Dynamical Structure of Nano-Catalysts with Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy: State-of-the-Art and Future Opportunities Dr. See Wee Chee
30 Apr POLY (LACTIC ACID)-NANOCELLULOSE COMPOSITES: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND TOUGHENING MECHANISMS Mr. Joseph Kinyanjui Muiruri
23 Apr Solid-state Protected Lithium Anodes Mr. PHUAH Kia Chai
16 Apr Properties of intrinsic and extrinsic defects in black phosphorus and h-BN Prof Alexander Shluger
12 Apr Ultra-low Water Contact Angle Hysteresis Surfaces: Interfacial Designs Towards Practical Applications Mr. ZHOU Xin
9 Apr Current-induced spin-orbit torque in antiferromagnetic iridium manganese Mr. ZHOU Jing
19 Mar Seeing structural origins and foreseeing new pathways to improved functional materials with aberration-corrected STEM Mr. WU Haijun
5 Mar Extracting Reliable and Quantitative Information from the STEM Dr. Lewys Jones
20 Feb Reversible spin texture in ferroelectric oxides Prof. Evgeny Tsymbal
25 Jan Making use of mid-gap defect levels: single photon emitters in various forms of boron nitride Dr. Maciej Koperski