{"id":61,"date":"2023-01-25T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:11:11","slug":"research-interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/research-interests\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><u><strong>Strained Materials as Electrodes for Energy-Storage Devices<\/strong><\/u><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">, Quantum, and Neuromorphic<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> Materials<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">This work looks to elucidate on the stability and change in reactivity of layered materials in relation to tailored strain-site patterns on the material. The presence of stress and the resulting strain has been demonstrated to modify the local electronic structure of the material, increasing (or decreasing) reactivity, and modifying its properties. In our work, we&#8217;ve been able to elucidate on the relationship between crystal morphology, strain, and charge disproportion\/ordering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-1.png 904w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-1-768x319.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" data-id=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5-1024x854.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5-1024x854.png 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5-1200x1001.png 1200w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/Figure-5.png 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><u><strong>Elucidation of the Phase Diffusion Mechanisms within High Entropy Alloys<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> High entropy alloys and oxides (HEA\/HEO) are a novel class of materials in high-composition space. These materials are usually comprised of 5 or more transition metals within the unit cell. We seek to understand the phase transformation phenomena that occur on this system. Phase transformations of this system occurs in the presence of temperature, heat, or oxidative\/reduction environments. We will be focusing on stimuli originating from electrical potential and oxidative\/reduction environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image.png 852w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2025\/11\/image-768x326.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><u><strong>Chemically Tailored Layered Double Hydroxides as Pollutant Remediation Technology<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\">Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are lamellar inorganic solids that are comprised of positively charged brucite-type layers of divalent and trivalent metals with exchangeable intercalated anions present in between the layers to compensate the net positive charge, with general formula of [(M<sup>II<\/sup>)<sub>1-x<\/sub>(M<sup>III<\/sup>)<sub>x<\/sub>(HO<sup>&#8211;<\/sup>)<sub>2<\/sub>]<sup>x+<\/sup>(A<sup>m\u2212<\/sup>)<sub>x\/m<\/sub>\u00b7nH<sub>2<\/sub>O. The chemical diversity of this solid allows for an unprecedented tailoring of the properties of the material. In addition, the lamellar nature of this solid allows for facile intercalation of both organic and inorganic species in between the layers. We propose to use these LDHs as pollutant remediation technologies where precise capture and degradation of the undesired specie can be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" style=\"width:512px;height:363px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-2048x1450.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-1200x849.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/205\/2023\/06\/LDH_Pictures-1980x1402.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strained Materials as Electrodes for Energy-Storage Devices, Quantum, and Neuromorphic Materials This work looks to elucidate on the stability and change in reactivity of layered materials in relation to tailored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":546,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/546"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}