A second facet of Dr. Miller´s research is focused on the surface chemistry of electronic materials, particularly wide bandgap semiconductors such as diamond and silicon carbide. Applications of this research include adhesion at materials interfaces, modification of surface electronic properties, crystal growth and surface passivation or activation. Research directions in this effort include:

1. Development of a selective, robust metallization technology, especially for Group IV semiconductors, by photochemically introducing nuclei to enable area-selective chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
2. Determining the effects of surface chemistry on the surface electronic structure, particularly the secondary-electron emissive properties of diamond, which has a negative electron affinity, and is thus a promising dynode material
3. Investigating homogeneous analogs of the surface reactions
4. Computationally modeling the surface reactions and structures to gain additional insight into the details of the various systems.