Our group studies the effect of nano-confinement and interfacial interactions on the structure, dynamics, and other properties of nanostructured materials. Materials behave differently on surfaces, interfaces, or small length scales compared to their bulk properties. Understanding such differences are crucial in many technological applications where materials are constrained in nanometer size spaces, such as organic electronics, polymer nanocomposites, and biomolecular drugs. One can take advantage of such differences to produce novel materials, such as exceptionally stable glasses, fire-resistant composites, or magnetism in the optical domain. In biological systems, most of the dynamics occur in nanometer size proximity of surfaces and interfaces, and understanding the role of interfacial interactions in their dynamics is key in predicting their function. We focus our efforts on understanding the fundamental physics of confinement phenomena and use this knowledge to design novel materials.