| Abstract Scope |
Material properties for “ideal” systems, simple gases, elemental metals and semi-conductors as well as for some simply mixed “ideal” systems, like doping of semi-conductors are reasonably well understood. Less understood are ceramic systems that afford significant opportunities for an enormous range of devices and environments. Atomic positions in time and space define material properties and are related to boundary conditions: precursors, processing, kinetics, thermodynamics, etc. The Laboratories for Electro-ceramics (LEC) Group at Alfred University is integrating material design, fabrication, characterization and modeling to reduce the time for discovery and development of materials that outperform materials used in present energy storage and conversion technologies. Some of our ongoing efforts are discussed to illustrate our ability to a priori predict material properties using NSMM, mapping, and our ability to integrate material fabrication, characterization and modeling to maximize return on investment (ROI) in support of “sustainability”. |