CU Boulder faculty help launch Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand

CU Boulder is a founding partner of a major National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC): the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD). The center represents a research partnership spanning 11 universities led by the University of Washington.

The center’s research into optoelectronics — devices and materials that sense, transmit, display or otherwise utilize light — will be based on recent advances in quantum dots and halide perovskites.

Starting in October, NSF will invest $25 million across five years to fund IMOD’s collaborative research into the science underlying new optoelectronic technology and applications, including semiconductor materials, quantum optics, display screens, clean energy, sensing technology and the manufacturing processes that will build them at scale.

Denise Bale, Seth Marder and Michael Toney close ups
From left to right: Denise Bale, Seth Marder and Michael Toney

The center will be led by Alvin L. and Verla R. Kwiram Endowed Professor of Chemistry David Ginger of the University of Washington. Faculty from CU Boulder, including Senior Research Associate Denise Bale, Professor Seth Marder and Professor Michael Toney, are founding members.

Bale will serve as IMOD’s managing director, and will work closely with Ginger and Marder on management, staffing and center operations in support of research and integrative activities.