Cordova Lab

engineering anisotropic solids across length scales

The Cordova Lab at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in Michigan State University will focus on understanding the underlying chemistry of highly anisotropic extended lattices. We aim to build on existing interfaces in bulk crystals to target new materials with multi-dimensional heterointerfaces and modular subunits. Our unifying concept is control — specifically, control over nucleation and crystal growth. Once we achieve this control by understanding the interactions at the interfaces of low-dimensional motifs, we can intuitively design structures with specific functionalities for energy harvesting, optoelectronics, quantum devices, and sensing.

Lego scientist with the physical vapor deposition (PVD) system.

If you are interested in working on solid-state materials growth reseach, email Dmitri.
  • Graduate students must be enrolled in MSU Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Ph.D. or M.S. programs. Click here for more information and to apply.
  • Undergraduate students must be enrolled in MSU B.S. programs.
  • Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scientists with external funding are welcome to send their CV and a cover letter to Dmitri.
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