Bryan D. Huey
Bryan D. Huey
Department Head, Professor
Centennial Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1999)
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
25 King Hill Road, Unit 3136
Storrs, CT 06269-3136
Office: G02J
Phone: 860.486.3284
Email: bryan.huey@uconn.edu Web: http://hueyafmlabs.mse.uconn.edu/
Current Research
- Tomographic AFM.
- Ultra-depth-resolution nano-lithography.
- Switching dynamics in ferroelectric and multiferroic materials.
- Piezoactuation of novel Piezoelectrics.
- In-situ imaging of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems.
- Nanoscale performance mapping of photovoltaics.
- Photovoltaic reliability and accelerated lifetime testing.
- Nanomechanical dynamics of tissue and living cells.
- Characterization of various nanomaterials and structures.
- Ultrasonic micro-manipulation.
- Various industrial partnerships.
- High Speed AFM and combined AFM/optics.
Awards & Honors
| 2023 | Fellow, American Ceramic Society |
| 2023 | Otto York Distinguished Lecture |
| 2019 | Inducted into Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering |
| 2016 | Fulrath Award (American Ceramics Society) |
| 2014/15 | Chair: Basic Science Division, American Ceramic Society |
| 2013 | Conference Co-Organizer: Electronic Materials and Applications |
| 2011-2012 | VELUX Visiting Professor, Villum Foundation, iNANO Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark |
| 2007 | Outstanding faculty member (teaching, research, service), UConn MS&E |
| 2003-2004 | NRC Fellowship |
| 2001 | NSF International Postdoctoral Award |
| 2000 | Marshall-Sherfield Fellowship |
| 1999 | S. J. Stein Prize, outstanding Engineering Thesis, University of Pennsylvania |
| Fall 1998 | Materials Research Society, graduate student Gold Medal |
| 1996 | William S. Yerger Memorial Prize, outstanding graduate student, University of Pennsylvania |
Significant Recent Publications
E. Gradauskaite, Q.N. Meier, N. Gray, M.F. Sarott, T. Scharsach, M. Campanini, T. Moran, A. Vogel, K. Del Cid-Ledezma, B.D. Huey, M.D. Rossell, M. Fiebig, and M. Trassin, “Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics,” Nature Materials, 22(12): p. 1492-8, 2023., “Defeating depolarizing fields with artificial flux closure in ultrathin ferroelectrics,” Nature Materials, 22(12): p. 1492-8, 2023.
E.D. Roede, K. Shapovalov, T.J. Moran, A.B. Mosberg, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, A. Cano, B.D. Huey, A.T. van Helvoort, and D. Meier, “The third dimension of ferroelectric domain walls,” Advanced Materials, 34(36): p. 2202614, 2022.
M. Aleksich, … W. Linthicum, … B.D. Huey, … J.N.Hohman, “XFEL Microcrystallography of Self-Assembling Silver n-Alkanethiolates,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(31): p. 17042-55, 2023.
Y. Wang, Z. Li, T.J. Moran, L.A. Ortiz, C. Wu, A.C. Konstantinou, H. Nguyen, J. Zhou, J. Huo, K. Davis‐Amendola, P. Zhou, B.D. Huey, and Y. Cao, “Interfacial 2D montmorillonite nanocoatings enable sandwiched polymer nanocomposites to exhibit ultrahigh capacitive energy storage performance at elevated temperatures,” Advanced Science, 9(35): p. 2204760, 2022.
R. Nath, N.A. Polomoff, J. Song, T.J. Moran, R. Ramesh, and B.D. Huey, “Nanoscale Activation Energy Mapping and Leveraging for Accelerating Ferroelectric Domain Nucleation and Growth,” Advanced Electronic Materials: p. 2101389, 2022.
Y. Li, Y. Teixeira, G. Parlato, J. Grace, F. Wang, B.D. Huey, and X. Wang, “Three-dimensional thermochromic liquid crystal elastomer structures with reversible shape-morphing and color-changing capabilities for soft robotics,” Soft Matter, 18(36): p. 6857-67, 2022.
N. Iqbal, D.J. Colvin, E.J. Schneller, T.S. Sakthivel, R. Ristau, B.D. Huey, X. Ben, J.-N. Jaubert, A.J. Curran, and M. Wang, “Characterization of front contact degradation in monocrystalline and multicrystalline silicon photovoltaic modules following damp heat exposure,” Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 235: p. 111468, 2022.
Z. Gao, G. Wu, Y. Song, H. Li, Y. Zhang, M.J. Schneider, Y. Qiang, J. Kaszas, Z. Weng, and H. Sun, “Multiplexed Monitoring of Neurochemicals via Electrografting-Enabled Site-Selective Functionalization of Aptamers on Field-Effect Transistors,” Analytical Chemistry, 2022.
B. Zhang, J. Liu, M. Ren, C. Wu, T.J. Moran, S. Zeng, S.E. Chavez, Z. Hou, Z. Li, and A.M. LaChance, “Reviving the “Schottky” barrier for flexible polymer dielectrics with a superior 2D nanoassembly coating,” Advanced Materials, 33(34): p. 2101374, 2021.
J. Song, S. Zhuang, M. Martin, L.A. Ortiz‐Flores, B. Paudel, D. Yarotski, J. Hu, A. Chen, and B.D. Huey, “Interfacial‐Strain‐Controlled Ferroelectricity in Self‐Assembled BiFeO3 Nanostructures,” Advanced Functional Materials, 31(34): p. 2102311, 2021.
J. Song, Y. Zhou, and B.D. Huey, “3D structure–property correlations of electronic and energy materials by tomographic atomic force microscopy,” Applied Physics Letters, 118(8): p. 080501, 2021.
T.J. Moran, K. Suzuki, T. Hosokura, A. Khaetskii, and B.D. Huey, “Charge injection and decay of nanoscale dielectric films resolved via dynamic scanning probe microscopy,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 104(10): p. 5157-67, 2021.
S.V. Kalinin, J.J. Steffes, Y. Liu, B.D. Huey, and M. Ziatdinov, “Disentangling ferroelectric domain wall geometries and pathways in dynamic piezoresponse force microscopy via unsupervised machine learning,” Nanotechnology, 33(5): p. 055707, 2021.
N. Iqbal, D.J. Colvin, A.J. Curran, F. Li, J.P. Ganesan, D.B. Sulas-Kern, S.P. Harvey, A. Norman, J. Karas, and G. TamizhMani, “Multiscale characterization of photovoltaic modules—Case studies of contact and interconnect degradation,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 12(1): p. 62-72, 2021.