Multi-Functional, Scalable and Controllable Nano-Structured Surfaces

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During the last decade, the boost of nanotechnology has benefited and continues to revolutionize many fields such as energy, medicine, health, biotechnology, the environment, and security. However, the performance of available nanostructures, and the lengthy fabrication time and costs are limiting progress in this field. The mechanisms behind the emergence of nanotechnology are at the heart of my current research on advanced nano-structures and functionalised materials. I research innovations in nanotechnology to develop responsive and programmable materials that display, connect, sense, process, store, and archive information to transform the surfaces of the world into interfaces, screens, and an “Internet of Things,” and reconfigure the nature of human-computer interaction. This fusion of the form and materials used for information display, storage, and computation is the setting of my proposed research program that focuses on the investigation of new advanced nanostructures and innovative fabrication processes for novel devices, systems, and fabric.****My work on nano-optical surfaces, screens, and interfaces is part of a longer technological approach to image-making. I aim to situate my proposed novel strategies of nanofabrication within overlapping material investigations into biomimicry, information technologies, media, and art-making processes, using programmable nano-structured material as a point of contact across disciplines. I will collaborate with biomedical and new media researchers to fully understand and explore the potential of this new class of surfaces and their functionalities for seamless sensing, connecting, data storage and archiving. I will focus on the field of nano-optics that is concerned with the nano-scale interaction between light and matter and, as with any optical venture, with expansive questions of vision and perception. My program proposed here will contribute to two key areas of active research: improving the brightness of optical devices and the elimination of viewing confusion that is heavily dependent on viewing angle; and simultaneously incorporating high density data storage and sensing capabilities into optical fabric. Such fabric will be able to connect with other devices, and the proposed nano-media surfaces incorporated into other material systems.**