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ADVANCED MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY
Welcome to the home page of the Advanced Materials Research Laboratory (Arumugam research group) at Louisiana Tech University.
The Advanced Material Research Laboratory is a research lab in Ruston, LA. The lab was founded in 2013 with a focus on understanding electrochemistry and underlying mechanisms behind a wide variety of studies. We are proud to have created a creative, collaborative, and open-minded lab environment where each member both offers and receives support from one another.
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Our research focuses on understanding the electrochemical, surface and mechanical properties of novel electrode architectures that employs carbon nanomaterials, conducting polymers, nanocomposites and additive (3D) printed electrode materials/substrates and applies fundamental principles such as structure-property relationships, cell-material interactions, mass transport and interfacial phenomena. Applications include multiplexed chemical, biological and environmental sensing, single cell probing, wastewater remediation, food-energy-water nexus and energy storage. Arumugam takes a comprehensive approach that includes material synthesis/characterization to micro-nano fabrication/additive manufacturing to device fabrication/integration/testing to commercialization in all our research projects. We undertake research projects that supports engineering better electrodes that would facilitate transformative advances in the fields of human health, environment and sustainability.
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In collaboration with Dr. Shabnam Siddiqui, Arumugam built and published impedance circuit models that explains the fundamental electrochemical and surface properties of carbon nanomaterial and metal based electrodes.
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Our lab is located within Louisiana Tech's Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM). The IfM is a multidisciplinary on-campus facility dedicated to developing micro- and nanotechnology for research, academic, and commercial purposes. Our lab is equipped with two electrochemical workstations (Ecochemie Autolab 302N Potentiostat / Galvanostat / Impedance Analyzer and Gamry Reference 600), Nikon stereomicroscope, micro syringe systems, micromanipulators, pulse generator and programmable oven. The newly acquired 4-channel FAST systems are capable of measuring neurochemicals in brain slices and live, freely moving animals.
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Dr. Prabhu Arumugam
Mechanical Engineering Dept.,
Nanosystems Engineering Dept.
Institute for Micromanufacturing/Center for Biomedical Engineering Rehabilitation Science
Louisiana Tech University
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