Elsa Reichmanis
Professor
Contact Information
Building: Ford ES&T Building
Office:
1230
Phone: 404.894.0316
Fax: 404.894.2866
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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Elsa Reichmanis
Education
B.S., 1972, Syracuse University
Ph.D. 1975, Syracuse University
Research Interests
Prior to joining the ChBE faculty in January 2008, Elsa Reichmanis was a Bell Labs Fellow and Director of the Materials Research Department at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies. She joined Bell Labs in 1978 after working as a Chaim Weizmann Postdoctoral Fellow at Syracuse University for three years. Her research interests include the chemistry, properties, and application of materials technologies for photonic and electronic applications, with particular focus on polymeric and nanostructured materials for advanced technologies.
She has had an impact on the field of microlithography, which is central to the manufacture of electronic devices. Her work has contributed to the development of a molecular-level understanding of how chemical structure affects materials function, leading to new families of lithographic materials and processes that may enable advanced VLSI manufacturing. Notably, Dr. Reichmanis was responsible for the design of new imaging chemistries for 193 nm lithography that were the first readily accessible and manufacturable materials for this technology. In a related area, she was involved in the design and characterization of “closed-pore” nanoporous low-dielectric constant (k > 1.4) materials exhibiting a high degree of mechanical and environmental stability. She is currently exploring imaging and hybrid organic/inorganic materials chemistries for photonic applications and materials as well as processes for plastic electronics.