GAMAGE LAB

Adaptive Functional Materials
Discover. Understand. Adapt.

Welcome

Welcome to the Gamage Lab at UNC Greensboro. We are located at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) in Gateway Research Park.

Our research bridges thin-film and molecular synthesis, nanoscale characterization, and device physics to develop the science of adaptive functional materials. Using oxide and organic–inorganic hybrid systems as complementary platforms, we investigate how electronic, ionic, structural, optical, and interfacial processes interact to produce emergent functionality.

Research Thrusts

Adaptive Oxide Materials: We investigate how coupled ionic, electronic, structural, and magnetic phenomena give rise to adaptive behavior in complex oxide thin films and devices.

Adaptive Hybrid Materials: We develop molecularly engineered organic–inorganic materials using ALD/MLD and complementary synthesis approaches to create new forms of adaptive functionality.

Mechanistic Nanoscopy: We use nanoscale spectroscopy, microscopy, and electrical characterization to understand how adaptive materials evolve across interfaces, length scales, and external stimuli.

selected publications

  1. Infrared nanoimaging of hydrogenated perovskite nickelate memristive devices
    Sampath Gamage, Sukriti Manna, Marc Zajac, and 8 more authors
    ACS Nano, 2024
  2. Reconfigurable perovskite nickelate electronics for artificial intelligence
    Hai-Tian Zhang, Tae Joon Park, ANM Nafiul Islam, and 8 more authors
    Science, 2022
  3. Nanoscopy reveals surface-metallic black phosphorus
    Yohannes Abate, Sampath Gamage, Zhen Li, and 5 more authors
    Light: Science & Applications, 2016
  4. Nanoscopy of Black Phosphorus Degradation
    Sampath Gamage, Zhen Li, Vladislav S. Yakovlev, and 4 more authors
    Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2016
  5. Control of plasmonic nanoantennas by reversible metal-insulator transition
    Yohannes Abate, Robert E Marvel, Sampath Gamage, and 3 more authors
    Scientific Reports, 2015