Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices; Strain-driven Self-Assembly of Advanced Materials; Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials; Clean Energy Technologies.
The Buffalo News reported the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation awarded UB $4.5 million to create a state Center for Plastic Recycling Research and Innovation at UB. The center will be led by Amit Goyal, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
Research comes after China’s National Sword policy set strict contamination limits and restrictions on recyclable materials, throwing the U.S. recycling market into disarray.
The powerful technique, which combines combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput analysis, could lead to new electrical and electronic materials and devices.
SUNY Distinguished Professor and SUNY Empire Innovation Professor Amit Goyal is the principal investigator on a research project funded by the Office of Naval Research that has the potential to revolutionize the electric grid of the 21st century.