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Research objectives include achieving a fundamental understanding of the mechanical, physical, electrical, magnetic, superconducting, and electrochemical properties of materials; identifying composition, processing, and microstructural parameters to produce improved materials; and developing guidelines for the selection, design, and certification of materials for life-cycle management of naval structures and systems.

Research Articles

• Transparent Ceramics: Magnesium Aluminate Spinel
  G.R. Villalobos, J.S. Sanghera, and I.D. Aggarwal
  
  
• Surface Hardening with LAPPS
  D. Leonhardt, S.G. Walton, R.A. Meger, and C. Muratore
  
  
• Cavitands: Container Molecules for Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)-Based Chemical Vapor Detection
  D.K. Shenoy
  
  
• Seawater Deoxygenation: Problem or Solution?
  J.S. Lee, R.I. Ray, B.J. Little, and E.J. Lemieux
  
  

Research Groups

• Optical Sciences, 5600
  • Optical Physics, 5610
  • Advanced Concepts, 5620
  • Applied Optics, 5630
  • Photonics Technology, 5650
  • Optical Techniques, 5670

• Chemistry, 6100
  • Chemical Dynamics & Diagnostics, 6110
  • Materials Chemistry, 6120
  • Center for Corrosion Science & Engineering, 6130
  • Surface Chemistry, 6170
  • Navy Technical Center For Safety & Survivability, 6180

• Plasma Physics, 6700
  • Radiation Hydrodynamics, 6720
  • Laser Plasma, 6730
  • Charged Particle Physics, 6750
  • Pulsed Power Physics, 6770
  • Beam Physics, 6790

• Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, 6900
  • Laboratory for Biosensors & Biomaterials, 6910
  • Laboratory for Biomolecular Dynamics, 6920
  • Laboratory for the Study of Molecular Interfacial Interaction, 6930
  • Laboratory for Molecularly Engineered Materials & Surfaces, 6950