Achievement

As a researcher whose research is involved with the research theme of production, assembly, and investigation of nanoparticle-based materials, the IGERT program has enhanced trainee Bev Smith's research. One achievement has been facilitating a collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that began in February 2011 and continues presently. My work with PNNL deals with selective deposition of functionalized nanoparticles using supercritical fluids. This collaborative work has expanded my current work that is focused on using self-assembly to understand and control nanoparticle transformations as a means to investigate assembled nanoparticles on surfaces and their interactions with one another and the substrate. Both my current and work with PNNL will advance the knowledge necessary to create ordered nanoparticle arrays for devices and other applications.