Dr. Howard Katz

Chair and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

Organic-based electronic devices including transistors and diodes
Hybrid nanoparticles for biological imaging and mechanistic toxicology studies
Chemically sensitive devices and systems
Organic and hybrid materials for photonics
Synthesis of conjugated organic compounds as semimconductors and chromophores
Spin-transporting, spin-doped, and spin-coupled organic semiconductors and magnetoelectronic effects
Molecular interactions and complexation
Dielectric and high-field properties of materials
Nonlinear optical materials
Nanostructures and junctions in electronic and optical devices
Thermoelectric and photovoltaic energy conversion in organic and polymeric materials
Organic materials in science and technology education