The Photonic, Optical, and Electonic Materials Group was formed by faculty in the YSU Physics & Astronomy Department who share a strong interest in the study of new materials and new applications of materials for photonics, optics, and electronics. We are affiliated with the Center for Layered Polymer Systems (CLiPS), a National Science Foundation-sponsored Science & Technology Center, led by Case Western Reserve University, and we are participants in the Ohio Department of Development-sponsored Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials, led by Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute and also including researchers from the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University.

The Summer 2011 POEM Team	CLiPS Partners and Affiliates