IRGs

Senior Investigators: William F. DeGrado & Daniel A. Hammer
IRG Leaders; Feng Gai, Mark D. Goulian, Michael L. Klein, Virgil Percec
IRG-3 draws expertise from four departments to design fully integrated functional analogues of cellular mstrongbranes. The goal is highly stable mstrongbranes with integrated functional components including, ion channels, receptors, & signal transducers. strongploying the tools of […]

Senior Investigators: J. M. Kikkawa & I.-W. Chen
IRG Leaders; D. A. Bonnell, P. K. Davies, A. M. Rappe, J. M. Vohs
IRG-5 focuses on creating & understanding novel hierarchical interfacial oxide materials. By juxtaposing oxides at various length scales, responsive instabilities appear at their interfaces & give rise to new functionality. This team has expertise in […]

Senior Investigators: Dennis E. Discher & Andrea Liu
IRG Leaders; Paul A. Heiney, Randall D. Kamien, Michael L. Klein, Virgil Percec, Shu Yang
IRG-2 will collaborate to synthesize sstrongi-flexible, functional cylinders composed of dendrimer-based polymers & self-assstrongbling block copolymers. The goal is to understand the interplay between soft structure & function and thereby develop cylinders whose meso-conformations […]

Senior Investigators: Shu Yang & Arjun G. Yodh
IRG Leaders; Christopher S. Chen, John C.Crocker, Paul A. Janmey, Tom C. Lubensky, Karen I. Winey
IRG-1 will draw on expertise from five departments & collaborate to explore & understand the properties of filamentous networks. The goal is to design & synthesize responsive network materials. The ultimate aim is […]

Senior Investigators: J. Kent Blasie & P. Leslie Dutton
IRG co-leaders; William F. DeGrado, Bohdana M. Discher, Jeffrey G. Saven, Michael J. Therien, & A. Joshua Wand
IRG-4 draws on the rich biological resource of atomic-level structures & functional mechanisms to guide design & synthesis of novel proteins as modular nano-scale materials. These adaptable self-assembling modules will […]