MORE Center User Research
The Materials for Opto/Electronics Research and Education (MORE) Center at Case Western Reserve University offers a collaborative and student-led research environment and shared lab space for faculty, researchers and students engaged in a broad range of scientific pursuits. Our community specializes in nanoscale science and technology, pushing boundaries in solar energy, biotechnology, sensing, information technology development, among others. Since its inception in July 2010, the MORE Center has been a cornerstone for pioneering research and fostering research collaboration at CWRU, including:
Physics
The Gao Research Group uses the clean room and the lithography/metal deposition tools at the MORE Center to fabricate nanoelectronic devices from nanowires, e.g. the InAs nanowire FET device shown below.
The Singer Research Group uses the MORE Center’s deposition capabilities to vary the thickness and composition of various solar cell thin film materials to control the optical cavity created within the device. Understanding optical cavity effects leads to enhanced absorption in bulk heterojunction layers, thus advancing next generation photovoltaic technology.
Chemistry
The Sauvé Research Group uses the polymer photovoltaic facility to characterize their novel conjugated polymers, and to make and characterize solar cells based on these polymers.
Macromolecular Science and Engineering
The Dai Research Group uses the Polymer Photovoltaic Facility to make and characterize solar cells made out novel materials developed in their group, including a new class of highly crystal- line, low bandgap D-π-A polymers.