We are a team of polymer scientists, chemical engineers and chemists with an interest in the synthesis, characterization and utilization of nanoscale and hybrid materials and the fabrication of devices that exploit the unique properties of the materials we create. Our approaches include additive driven self-assembly in which interactions among each of the components of hybrid materials are designed so as to overcome barriers to creating well ordered systems containing high concentrations of nanoparticles, nanorods, fullerenes or functional organics and the creation of novel deposition techniques that are well suited to controlling structure at the nanoscale. We support this work with fundamental studies of phase behavior and transport in soft condensed matter systems and the kinetics of reactions used in materials synthesis. The techniques developed are then adapted to practical fabrication/manufacturing schemes for device applications in energy generation and storage, flexible electronics, metamaterials and sensors. Some of our work involves a class of compressed gases called supercritical fluids (SCFs). SCFs can be viewed as a hybrid of liquid and gases that offer tunable solvent properties and unique advantages for the study and processing of nanoscale materials.