Nanofabrication Strategies

Featuring Luis Campos, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Research Laboratory
UC Santa Barbara

Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
Free and open to the public

Abstract:
The drive towards miniaturization, coupled with the ability to create nanostructured materials with superior function, has led to the development of several techniques for the fabrication of nanoscale structures and patterns. Among the most promising strategies for surface patterning, soft (nano)imprint lithography has demonstrated the unique ability to replicate features ranging from the micro to the nanoscale. In order to improve and exploit the viability of this process, we have developed a family of patternable materials that possess several qualities that render them useful in a myriad of applications. The talk will highlight our results from the projects employing thiol-ene based materials for the development of new polymer systems for soft lithography, including their characterization and use in light extraction strategies from GaN LEDs.

About the Speaker:
Luis M. Campos, PhD, is currently a UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow working under the supervision of Professor Craig J. Hawker at the Materials Research Laboratory (UCSB). He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and received a B.Sc. in chemistry from CSU Dominguez Hills in 2001, and a Ph.D. in chemistry & biochemistry from UCLA in 2006.