MULTISCALE PHILOSOPHY
Multiscale Research Philosophy
Research moves from atomic and molecular insight to materials, devices, and system-level performance.
Research Framework
IMMS organizes multiscale research as a connected system: Technical Groups build long-term capabilities, Core Projects focus those capabilities on strategic challenges, and shared platforms turn research cycles into reproducible outcomes.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
An operating map for multiscale research
IMMS connects philosophy, capability groups, mission projects, shared platforms, and publications into one research operating system.
Atomic insight
Materials function
Device implementation
System performance
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02 CAPABILITY LAYER
Technical Groups
Five Technical Groups build durable expertise across materials, computation, characterization, devices, and autonomous experimentation.
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03 MISSION LAYER
Core Projects
Four Core Projects integrate multiple TG capabilities around strategic materials and systems challenges.
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04 RESEARCH ENGINE
IMMS Platforms
Open platforms make experimentation, measurement, analysis, and data learning repeatable and shareable.
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05 OUTPUTS
Publications & Impact
Research outputs feed back into the TG-CP system and shape future projects, collaborations, and publications.
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK
Core Project outcomes renew Technical Group capabilities, while platform data strengthens the next cycle of research.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Research Framework
CAPABILITY LAYER
Technical Groups build reusable capabilities from atomic insight to materials and device implementation.
MISSION LAYER
Core Projects turn those capabilities into mission programs, while platform data and research outputs feed the next cycle.
TG-CP SYSTEM
Capabilities and missions work together
Technical Groups keep IMMS expertise durable. Core Projects focus that expertise on strategic research missions.
Technical Groups
Long-term capability groups that sustain IMMS research expertise beyond any single project lifecycle.
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TG1Frontier Materials
Creates candidate materials and structure-function knowledge for CP missions.
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TG3Multiscale Characterization
Provides multiscale measurement evidence and feedback for design decisions.
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TG4Frontier Device Solutions
Translates materials and evidence into device prototypes and operating systems.
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TG5Scalable Self-Driving Laboratory
Automates design-make-test-analyze loops through AI and robotics.
Core Projects
Mission-oriented projects that integrate multiple TG capabilities around national and global challenges.
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CP1Advanced Semiconductor Materials and Devices for AI age
Non-epitaxial materials for zero-heat photonics and extreme-temperature (50mK–300°C) devices.
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CP2Next-Generation Integrated Hydrogen Energy System
A next-generation hydrogen system integrating production, storage, conversion and utilization.
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CP3AI-Driven Self-Driving Lab
An open autonomous experimental platform performing synthesis to analysis via AI and robotic automation.
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CP4Next-Generation Rechargeable Battery Strategic Technologies
Next-generation battery materials and systems with enhanced energy density, safety, and durability.
PLATFORMS & OUTCOMES
Shared infrastructure turns the framework into practice
IMMS platforms support repeatable experimentation, advanced characterization, data learning, and external collaboration across the TG-CP system.
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OA-SDL Open-Access Self-Driving Laboratory
An AI- and robotics-enabled autonomous experimentation platform that connects hypothesis generation, execution, analysis, and data learning.
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FACILITY IMMS Analytical Facility
A shared characterization and measurement hub for reliable, quantitative, and reproducible materials and device research.
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