{"id":3150,"date":"2014-11-24T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2014-12-02T16:46:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T16:46:07","slug":"into-the-lab-chemical-engineering-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=3150","title":{"rendered":"Into the lab: Chemical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/11\/Chemical-radich.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3180 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/11\/Chemical-radich-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Chemical- radich\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/11\/Chemical-radich-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/11\/Chemical-radich-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2014\/11\/Chemical-radich.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/programs\/chen\/faculty\/index.html#jradich\" target=\"_blank\">James Radich<\/a>, assistant professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/programs\/chen\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">chemical engineering,<\/a> is researching the interfaces between different nanomaterials. Technologies rarely use only one type of material, and understanding the interaction between nanomaterial interface, especially relating to sustainable energy systems, is the core focus of Radich\u2019s research.<\/p>\n<p>Semiconductor nanomaterials capture sunlight and can convert it to electricity or chemical fuels. Radich\u2019s lab includes a femtosecond laser spectroscopy system to map the electrons and holes that are created when semiconductors absorb light. Some materials transport electrons effectively, while others are better at transporting holes. Since both types of materials are required for efficient solar cells, studying their interfacial behavior is an important engineering problem relative to commercializing nanomaterial-based solar cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Radich, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is researching the interfaces between different nanomaterials. Technologies rarely use only one type of material, and understanding the interaction between nanomaterial interface, especially relating to sustainable energy systems, is the core focus of Radich\u2019s research. Semiconductor nanomaterials capture sunlight and can convert it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[177,633],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Into the lab: Chemical Engineering &raquo; Auburn Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=3150\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Into the lab: Chemical Engineering &raquo; Auburn Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"James Radich, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is researching the interfaces between different nanomaterials. 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