​WELCOME!

Welcome to "Nano for Energy & Environment (NE2)" research group at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin! 
​As a multidisciplinary science and technology group, our aim is to bridge fragmented disciplines in fundamental science and applied technology. Having a diverse range of expertise in Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Surface Chemistry, Semiconductor Physics, and Advanced Manufacturing, we have been active in various research topics, including:

• Flexible, wearable, and printable electronics
• Thermal energy harvesting/storage via thermoelectric materials & devices
• Advanced materials for thermal management 
• Functional nano-/micro-scale surfaces & interfaces
• Additive manufacturing processes 
• Synthesis and electron microscopy analysis of 1D & 2D nanomaterials 
• Development of metal- ceramic- and polymer-matrix nanocomposites for various applications

​The NE2 Group is led by Prof. Amir Pakdel, a transdisciplinary nanomaterials scientist and nanotechnologist, and an assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing & Biomedical Engineering. Prior to joining Trinity College in 2020, Amir has served as an assistant professor of materials chemistry at University College Dublin (Ireland), and a research scientist in Trinity College Dublin's School of Chemistry and CRANN Institute (Ireland), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA; Japan), and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS; Japan). Amir has received his PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Tsukuba (Japan) & National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS: Japan). To date, he has received multiple awards for his research work and secured several million Euros of competitive research funding as the PI/Co-PI from European/Asian agencies as well as industrial partners. Amir is an editorial board member of "Energies", "AIMS Materials Science", and "Frontiers in Chemistry", a guest editor of "Materials", "Molecules" and "Catalysts", and a reviewer for more than 30 top academic journals published by Springer-Nature, the American Chemical Society (ACS), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Elsevier, and Wiley.