{"id":179,"date":"2025-08-20T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:51:23","slug":"emps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/emps\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"179\" class=\"elementor elementor-179\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-345b127 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"345b127\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-353415f\" data-id=\"353415f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72d7de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f72d7de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f726c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2f726c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ColItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/emps\/\">Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces<\/a><\/p><p class=\"ColItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/luminescent-solar-concentrator\/\">Luminescent Solar Concentrator<\/a><\/p><p class=\"ColItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/3dm\/\">Multi-photon three-dimensional microfabrication<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/photonic-materials-and-devices\/\">Photonic materials and devices<\/a><\/p><p class=\"ColItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/doe\/\">Point-spread-function engineering<\/a><\/p><p class=\"ColItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/research-training\">Research Training<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b9e7a3\" data-id=\"4b9e7a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d994e95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d994e95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25da5c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25da5c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces (EMPS) is a widely used technique to deposit metal onto otherwise nonconductive surfaces, improving their physical and optical properties. This technique has been utilized for many years across a wide variety of applications, such as automotive, biolabeling and optical waveguiding, though the exact mechanism of the process remains unknown. EMPS is uniquely different from other metal deposition techniques such as sputter coating or chemical vapor deposition in that functionalization is achieved at ambient temperature through chemical modification of the polymer surface and that the metal is coated conformally onto the substrate<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7e390e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7e390e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"394\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS.jpg 394w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-418501c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"418501c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the NPM group, we are seeking ways to control the nanoscale morphology of the deposited metal, achieved through EMPS, while trying to uncover the exact mechanism by which the deposition process occurs. Silver metal is typically deposited using EMPS due to its superior optical and physical properties, such as conductivity, though other noble metals such as platinum, gold and copper may be used.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6adf966 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6adf966\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS_SEM-768x580.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-208\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS_SEM-768x580.png 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS_SEM-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/npm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2025\/08\/EMPS_SEM.png 813w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Research Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces Luminescent Solar Concentrator Multi-photon three-dimensional microfabrication Photonic materials and devices Point-spread-function engineering Research Training Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces Electroless metallization onto polymeric surfaces (EMPS) is a widely used technique to deposit metal onto otherwise nonconductive surfaces, improving their physical and optical properties. 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