2018-2019 Graduate Student Fellow
Previous Faculty Advisor: Professor Alex Zettl
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory
Matthew's research focused on the chemical synthesis of and direct-write nanostructuring of the two-dimensional (2D) materials, graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). The goal of his work is to 1.) understand and control the properties of the large-scale chemical synthesis of high-quality 2D materials, 2.) to develop new methods for the fabrication of nanostructures (e.g. nanoribbons, nanopores, nanopatterned heterostructures, etc.) in these 2D sheets, and 3.) to explore the applications of these materials for nanoscale sensing.