Clifford L. Henderson
Professor
Contact Information
Building: Ford ES&T
Office:
1226
Phone: 404.385.0525
Fax: 404.894.2866
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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Clifford L. Henderson
Education
B.S. 1994, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. 1996, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. 1998, University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests
Dr. Henderson’s research interests are in the areas of polymer science, thin films, nanotechnology, organic electronic materials, and microsystems processing (i.e. the fabrication of microelectronic, optoelectronic, microfluidic, and microelectromechanical systems). The work in the Henderson group is at the crossroads of chemical engineering, polymer science, materials science, chemistry, and nanoscience. His group is mainly interested in the following areas:
Polymer Ultra-Thin Films & Advanced Membranes
The behavior of polymeric materials can change quite dramatically as the materials are confined to small dimensions. The Henderson group is pioneering the discovery of which physiochemical properties in polymer ultra-thin films change due to confinement, characterizing what the important length scales are for confinement with respect to different properties, and characterizing the magnitudes and potential universal scaling of such behaviors.
Advanced Materials and Processes for Semiconductor Patterning
The semiconductor industry is constantly shrinking the size of device features (e.g. the transistor gate) in order to produce faster and more powerful microelectronic products. This imposes strong demands on the microlithographic technologies and imaging materials used to pattern semiconductor devices. A variety of projects are being pursued in the area of imaging materials (photoresists) to develop a fundamental understanding of the important physical and chemical processes that control their performance. A series of projects is also being pursued to develop new imaging materials for next generation lithography (e.g. EUVL and e-beam systems).
Novel Routes to Manufacturing Graphene and Graphene Devices
Graphene is an exciting new nanomaterial that possesses an array of unique properties that make it a promising candidate material in a variety of electronic and optoelectronic applications. Work in the Henderson group is focused on the development of novel organic precursors and processing methods that will allow for the direct fabrication of graphene nanostructures in ways compatible with current electronics processing technology.