The University of Maryland MRSEC grants ended in September 2013 after 17 years of successful operation. This site remains as a history of the center, but will not be actively maintained.

What is our logo?
Our MRSEC logo shows the arrangement of atoms at the surface of a crystal. Crystals are made up of layers, or "planes" of atoms, perfectly stacked in an ordered pattern. Because this surface has been cut at a slight angle to the crystal planes, it appears "stepped" (we call this type of surface a vicinal surface). Modern scanned-probe microscopes, such as the STM, allow us to see the atoms at the surface of a crystal, producing images very similar to this one.

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When active, the MRSEC was located at:
MRSEC
Physics Bldg 082 Room 2120
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4111

Email: mrsec@umd.edu

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• Individual participants can be found in the Directory
• Current University of Maryland faculty, staff, and graduate students can be located in the University of Maryland directory.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under DMR Grant No. 0520471. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.