{"id":22,"date":"2025-10-15T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/rrunocic\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:16:45","slug":"welcome-to-the-raymond-unocic-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/rrunocic\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Raymond Unocic Research Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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The Raymond Unocic Research Lab, under the direction of Raymond Unocic, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, advances electron microscopy for nanoscience research. With expertise in aberration-corrected, analytical, cryogenic, and in situ\/operando methods<\/em> scanning transmission electron microscopy, we pioneer novel characterization methods to probe atomic-scale structures, chemistry, and dynamic behavior of materials, establishing critical structure-property-function relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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AIF Associate Director<\/h2>\n

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Atomic-Scale Microscopy<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

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In Situ\/Operando and Cryo Methods<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

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Nanoscience Characterization<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

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Raymond Unocic, Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

Raymond Unocic, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Associate Director of the Analytical Instrumentation Facility. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Ohio State University. Before joining NC State in Fall 2024, he spent over a decade as a Senior R&D Staff Scientist and Group Leader of the Materials Micro\u00c5nalysis Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory\u2019s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences. His research focuses on advancing aberration-corrected, analytical, cryogenic and in situ\/operando methods <\/em>scanning transmission electron microscopy to probe atomic-scale structures, chemistry, and dynamic behavior of materials.<\/p>\n \n

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Research Focus: Advancing Electron Microscopy for Nanoscience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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    • Mapping defects and interfaces in materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Cryogenic and in situ\/operando methods<\/em> microscopy:\n
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      • Observing structural changes under applied fields and environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Investigating nanoscale behavior in functional materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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        • Developing techniques to correlate structure, property, and function<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Pioneering microscopy workflows for emerging materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Enhancing imaging and analysis across wide-ranging material systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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          • Establishing atomic-scale structure\u2013property\u2013function relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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          • Advancing microscopy as a tool for next-generation materials discovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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            An Interview With AIF\u2019s New Associate Director, Raymond Unocic<\/h3>\n \n\n \n

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