Steacie Fellowship RTI - Infrastructure for the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured metal-functionalized multiferroic materials

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The development of new technologies depends critically on the ability to control materials properties in new and exciting ways. Modern trends towards miniaturization and efficiency, as well as emerging societal demands for clean energy generation and efficient energy storage, have revealed the need for new materials that can enable next-generation technologies with improved performance. Multiferroic materials (MFs) are among the leading contenders for applications across many of these areas. MFs are defined by the interrelationship between their electronic, magnetic and/or elastic properties. Our recent work has shown that MFs have unique properties with respect to light-to-electrical conversion (photoconversion, as required for solar electric generation) and that MFs decorated with noble metal nanoparticles have enhanced efficiencies for water splitting, a process that generates hydrogen gas from water.