Department of Physics and Astronomy
Collins Research Group
Welcome to the Collins Group at Washington State University. Our research is highly interdisciplinary, straddling physics, materials science, electrical engineering and chemistry. We specialize in developing and using synchrotron X-ray techniques to investigate carbon-based materials designed to have novel optoelectronic properties. We strive to understand how interactions of organic molecules and polymers in aggregate and at interfaces govern the creation, transport, and annihilation of excited and charged states that result in power generation/storage, illumination, sensing and information processing.
Recent News
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Acacia Patterson Awarded William J. Shelton Scholarship
Acacia Patterson has been awarded the William J. Shelton Scholarship from the College of Arts and Sciences…
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Elijah Allen and Chris Lum Receive Research Scholarships
Undergraduate physics majors Chistopher Lum and Elijah Allen have each received research scholarships…
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New Lab Course on Xeuss Beamline Trains Gradstudents in X-ray Science
The new PHYS/CHEM 511 Course Advanced X-ray Characterization focuses on hands-on training of the new Xeuss 3.0 X-ray beamline instrument…
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