Christopher Muratore

Developing advanced thin film and coatings technologies to address issues in applications including bioengineering, nanoelectronics, flexible electronics, thermal interfaces, and mechanical contact surfaces for 25 years

Research Expertise

2-D materials
sensors
flexible electronics
plasma processing
tribology

About

Christopher Muratore is the Ohio Research Scholars Endowed Chair Professor in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining the University in 2012, Professor Muratore led different teams in advanced materials research efforts for 8 years at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Muratore is currently involved with joint research efforts in areas of flexible sensors and electronics, systems for autonomous materials discovery, and materials for extreme environments with AFRL, along with mutual academic and industrial partners. He has published over 105 peer-reviewed articles and has 14 patents granted or pending.  Muratore is an AVS Fellow

Publications

Two-Dimensional Materials in Biosensing and Healthcare: FromIn VitroDiagnostics to Optogenetics and Beyond
ACS Nano
2019
Hard coatings with high temperature adaptive lubrication and contact thermal management: review
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Adaptive VN/Ag nanocomposite coatings with lubricious behavior from 25 to 1000°C
Acta Materialia
2010
Chameleon Coatings: Adaptive Surfaces to Reduce Friction and Wear in Extreme Environments
Annual Review of Materials Research
2009
Continuous ultra-thin MoS2 films grown by low-temperature physical vapor deposition
Applied Physics Letters
2014
Lubricious oxide coatings for extreme temperature applications: A review
Surface and Coatings Technology
2014
Tribological investigation of adaptive Mo2N/MoS2/Ag coatings with high sulfur content
Surface and Coatings Technology
2009
Adaptive Mo2N/MoS2/Ag Tribological Nanocomposite Coatings for Aerospace Applications
Tribology Letters
2007
Infrared optical properties of amorphous and nanocrystalline Ta2O5 thin films
Journal of Applied Physics
2013
Silver diffusion and high-temperature lubrication mechanisms of YSZ–Ag–Mo based nanocomposite coatings
Composites Science and Technology
2007
MD simulations of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2): Force-field parameterization and thermal transport behavior
Computational Materials Science
2010
Progress in the development of adaptive nitride-based coatings for high temperature tribological applications
Surface and Coatings Technology
2009
Recent advances in hard, tough, and low friction nanocomposite coatings
Tsinghua Science and Technology
2005
Layered atomic structures of double oxides for low shear strength at high temperatures
Scripta Materialia
2010
Optical properties of HfO2 thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering: From the visible to the far-infrared
Thin Solid Films
2012
Carbon Nanotube−MoS2 Composites as Solid Lubricants
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2009
Physical vapor deposition of 2D Van der Waals materials: a review
Thin Solid Films
2019
Surface texturing for adaptive solid lubrication
Surface and Coatings Technology
2008
Amorphous Boron Nitride: A Universal, Ultrathin Dielectric For 2D Nanoelectronics
Advanced Functional Materials
2016
Tribology of adaptive nanocomposite yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings containing silver and molybdenum from 25 to 700°C
Wear
2006
Adaptive NbN/Ag coatings for high temperature tribological applications
Surface and Coatings Technology
2012
Cross-plane thermal properties of transition metal dichalcogenides
Applied Physics Letters
2013
Control of molybdenum disulfide basal plane orientation during coating growth in pulsed magnetron sputtering discharges
Thin Solid Films
2009
In situ Raman spectroscopy for examination of high temperature tribological processes
Wear
2011
Molybdenum disulfide as a lubricant and catalyst in adaptive nanocomposite coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2006
Light–matter coupling in large-area van der Waals superlattices
Nature Nanotechnology
2021
Influence of strain on thermal conductivity of silicon nitride thin films
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
2012
Adaptive nanocomposite coatings with a titanium nitride diffusion barrier mask for high-temperature tribological applications
Thin Solid Films
2007
Thermal anisotropy in nano-crystalline MoS2thin films
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
2014
A Possible Link Between Macroscopic Wear and Temperature Dependent Friction Behaviors of MoS2 Coatings
Tribology Letters
2008
Tunable friction behavior of oriented carbon nanotube films
Tribology Letters
2006
Lubricious silver tantalate films for extreme temperature applications
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
Electron-beam-generated plasmas for materials processing
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Direct synthesis of ultra-thin large area transition metal dichalcogenides and their heterostructures on stretchable polymer surfaces
Journal of Materials Research
2016
Toward 2D materials for flexible electronics: opportunities and outlook
Oxford Open Materials Science
2020
Generation of electron-beam produced plasmas and applications to surface modification
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Tribological coatings for lubrication over multiple thermal cycles
Surface and Coatings Technology
2009
Smart tribological coatings with wear sensing capability
Wear
2008
Multilayered YSZ–Ag–Mo/TiN adaptive tribological nanocomposite coatings
Tribology Letters
2006
Applications of electron-beam generated plasmas to materials processing
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
2005
Electrostatic quadrupole plasma mass spectrometer and Langmuir probe measurements of mid-frequency pulsed DC magnetron discharges
Surface and Coatings Technology
2003
Photonic crystallization of two-dimensional MoS2 for stretchable photodetectors
Nanoscale
2019
Direct Optoelectronic Imaging of 2D Semiconductor–3D Metal Buried Interfaces
ACS Nano
2021
Nanoparticle decoration of carbon nanotubes by sputtering
Carbon
2013
Synthesis and tailored properties of covalent organic framework thin films and heterostructures
Materials Today
2021
Limited thermal conductance of metal-carbon interfaces
Journal of Applied Physics
2012
Low-temperature nitriding of stainless steel in an electron beam generated plasma
Surface and Coatings Technology
2005
Temporally and spatially resolved plasma spectroscopy in pulsed laser deposition of ultra-thin boron nitride films
Journal of Applied Physics
2015
In situ crystallization kinetics of two-dimensional MoS 2
2D Materials
2017
Uncovering topographically hidden features in 2D MoSe2 with correlated potential and optical nanoprobes
npj 2D Materials and Applications
2020
Growth and characterization of nanocomposite yttria-stabilized zirconia with Ag and Mo
Surface and Coatings Technology
2005
Structural size and temperature dependence of solid to air heat transfer
International Journal of Thermal Sciences
2013
Transferrable AlGaN/GaN High-Electron Mobility Transistors to Arbitrary Substrates via a Two-Dimensional Boron Nitride Release Layer
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2020
Deposition and characterization of hybrid filtered arc/magnetron multilayer nanocomposite cermet coatings for advanced tribological applications
Wear
2008
Yttria-stabilized zirconia-based composites with adaptive thermal conductivity
Composites Science and Technology
2010
Spectral radiative properties of tungsten thin films in the infrared
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2013
Plasma enhanced surface treatments using electron beam-generated plasmas
Surface and Coatings Technology
2004
Growth of Multi-Layer hBN on Ni(111) Substrates via MOCVD
Crystals
2019
Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensors Based on Real‐Time Impedance Spectroscopy in Solution‐Processed 2D Materials (Adv. Funct. Mater. 12/2022)
Advanced Functional Materials
2022
Etching with electron beam generated plasmas
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films
2004
Tribological performance of hybrid filtered arc-magnetron coatings
Surface and Coatings Technology
2006
Molecular dynamics studies of thermal boundary resistance at carbon–metal interfaces
Scripta Materialia
2013
Microstructure of ZnO thin films deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Thin Solid Films
2015
Magnetic field argon ion filtering for pulsed magnetron sputtering growth of two-dimensional MoS2
Surface and Coatings Technology
2015
Domain engineering of physical vapor deposited two-dimensional materials
Applied Physics Letters
2014
Laser writing of electronic circuitry in thin film molybdenum disulfide: A transformative manufacturing approach
Materials Today
2021
Nitrogen and hydrogen plasma treatments of multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
2008
Effect of plasma flux composition on the nitriding rate of stainless steel
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films
2004
The mechanisms of gross slip fretting wear on nickel oxide/Ti6Al4V mated surfaces
Wear
2010
Tribological properties of pulsed laser deposited Mo–S–Te composite films at moderate high temperatures
Surface and Coatings Technology
2009
Embedded phase change material microinclusions for thermal control of surfaces
Surface and Coatings Technology
2012
Pressure effects on HiPIMS deposition of hafnium films
Surface and Coatings Technology
2012
In situ transmission electron microscopy of solid–liquid phase transition of silica encapsulated bismuth nanoparticles
Nanoscale
2011
In Situ Studies of TiC1−x N x Hard Coating Tribology
Tribology Letters
2010
A simultaneous increase in the thermal and electrical transport in carbon nanotube yarns induced by inter-tube metallic welding
Carbon
2013
Ultrathin Broadband Metasurface Superabsorbers from a van der Waals Semimetal
Advanced Optical Materials
2022
Effects of disorder state and interfacial layer on thermal transport in copper/diamond system
Journal of Applied Physics
2015
Control of plasma flux composition incident on TiN films during reactive magnetron sputtering and the effect on film microstructure
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films
2005
Mechanical Strain Dependence of Thermal Transport in Amorphous Silicon Thin Films
Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
2014
Pulsed laser annealing of amorphous two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films
2020
Pore‐Wall Decorated Covalent Organic Frameworks for Selective Vapor Sensing
Advanced Functional Materials
2024
Printed biomolecular templates for 2D material patterning
Applied Physics Letters
2018
Two step synthesis of ultrathin transition metal tellurides
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
2022
Photo-sensitivity of large area physical vapor deposited mono and bilayer MoS2
Nano Convergence
2014
Ion and Electron Currents to Electrodes in Pulsed Electron Beam-Produced Plasmas
Unknown Venue
2003
Composition, dielectric breakdown, and bandgap of ultra-thin amorphous boron oxynitride produced by magnetron sputtering
Vacuum
2021
Laser‐Fabricated 2D Molybdenum Disulfide Electronic Sensor Arrays for Rapid, Low‐Cost, Ultrasensitive Detection of Influenza A and SARS‐Cov‐2
Advanced Materials Interfaces
2022
Orientation and morphology control in acid-catalyzed covalent organic framework thin films
Nanoscale
2024
Beyond point of care diagnostics: Low-dimensional nanomaterials for electronic virus sensing
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
2020
Thermal conductance at nanoscale amorphous boron nitride/metal interfaces
Surface and Coatings Technology
2020
V-alloyed ZrO2 coatings with temperature homogenization function for high-temperature sliding contacts
Surface and Coatings Technology
2013
Electrostatic quadrupole plasma mass spectrometer measurements during thin film depositions using simultaneous matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation and magnetron sputtering
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films
2010
Plasma diagnostics of hybrid magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition
Surface and Coatings Technology
2006
Nanoscale Adhesion and Material Transfer at 2D MoS2–MoS2 Interfaces Elucidated by In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomistic Simulations
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2024
High Throughput Data-Driven Design of Laser-Crystallized 2D MoS2 Chemical Sensors: A Demonstration for NO2 Detection
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2022
Graphite Nanocomposite Substrates for Improved Performance of Flexible, High-Power AlGaN/GaN Electronic Devices
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
2021
Exploiting Laser‐Induced Oxidation Phase Diagrams for Multifunctional Titania Thin Films
Advanced Functional Materials
2023
Synthesis of two-dimensional van der waals superlattices, heterostructures, and alloys from conversion of sequentially layered sub-nanometer metal films
Materials Today Nano
2023
Tailoring ultra-thin MoS2 films via post-treatment of solid state precursor phases
Thin Solid Films
2018

Education

Colorado School of Mines

Ph.D. Materials Science

Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Colorado School of Mines

B.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Golden, Colorado, United States of America

Experience

University of Dayton

Ohio Research Scholars Endowed Chair Professor / December, 2013 — Present

Leads research team working with academic partners in addition to government and industry collaborators. One particular area of expertise is development of new technology enabling advanced thin film deposition methodologies.

US Air Force Research Laboratory

Research Team Lead / August, 2004 — December, 2012

Lead teams using advanced coatings materials and processes to address diverse technical problems including electrical performance in extreme environments, thermal management of electronics, and friction & wear of mechanical components.

US Naval Research Laboratory

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow / August, 2002 — August, 2004

Developed plasma-based processes for advanced surface engineering

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