<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Sub-theme 3.2. Advanced Material Research and Development</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Aim</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">The aim of this sub-theme is to synthesize/fabricate and develop novel materials in macro/micro/nanoscale that have applications in areas such as energy and environment, agriculture and food, health and medicine, engineering, electronics and IT.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Description</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">This sub-theme focuses on the synthesis, fabrication, and device development of novel materials such as polymers, composites, hybrids, semiconductors, ion exchangers, sorbents, coordination/organometallic compounds that have unique optical, magnetic, electrical, structural, mechanical, thermal and other important functional properties. The functional properties are meant for development and production of solar cells, photo catalytic degradation of organic and inorganic pollutants, separation science and technology (sorption, exchange), sensor, and various other applications.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Toc389157655"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Research Areas</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Toc389157656"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em>3.2.1. Fabrication/development and applications of nanomaterials and nano device</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Toc389157657"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em>3.2.2. Fabrication/development of bulk materials</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_Toc389157658"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><em>3.2.3. Monitoring and control of hazards of nanomaterials</em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><a href="http://ResearchAffairs.haramaya.edu.etwp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sub-theme-3.2-Description.pdf"><u>For more details, click here</u></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><a href="http://ResearchAffairs.haramaya.edu.etwp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-Sub-theme-3.2-Priority-research-areas.pdf">Research priorities 2017</a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><a href="http://ResearchAffairs.haramaya.edu.etwp-content/uploads/2017/09/2016-Sub-theme-3.2-Priority-research-areas-1.pdf"><u>Research priorities 2016</u></a></span></p>
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