Capacity-Building Grants for Faculty Mentors
CLAS Supplementary Research Support: Joshua Veazey
Silicon is the foundation of today’s technology. However, the search for materials for next-generation storage and information processing reaches well beyond silicon. Understanding emergent physics arising at the nanoscale in new materials is essential in this search. Dr. Veazey’s lab studies materials that are multiferroic—both ferromagnetic and ferroelectric. To probe the nanoscale properties, they employ an atomic force microscope (AFM). The AFM can probe the material’s conductivity, ferroelectricity, and magnetism at the nanoscale—one-billionth of a meter. The images created are really spatial maps of intricate physical interactions.
Students in Dr. Veazey’s lab gain experience with electric and magnetic modes of atomic force microscopy. Expertise with this instrument is transferrable to careers in physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, and medicine, due to its ubiquity in micro- and nanoscience research.
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