Welcome to Balandin Group! We conduct basic science research aimed at understanding the properties of strongly correlated materials and developing new electronic and energy conversion devices based on such materials. We use state-of-the-art cleanroom facilities to investigate 1D and 2D van der Waals materials and utilize advanced instrumentation to study the properties of such materials, including Brillouin – Mandelstam and Raman spectroscopies, thermal characterization, electronic noise spectroscopy, and microscopy. The group is recognized for the discovery of unique heat conduction properties of graphene and few-layer graphene, the investigation of charge-density-wave materials, the pioneering contributions to the phonon engineering field, and more.