Science Storms, the newest permanent exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, opened to the public on March 18th. MRSEC graduate students, postdocs, research staff and faculty assisted with the compilation of an inventory of chemical reactions for the Interactive Periodic Tables. In addition, aspects of granular materials research in IRGs 1 and 2 are featured prominently.
The video describes the Montclare lab research efforts to fabricate nano-scaled self-assembling proteins as materials. It focuses on the use of bacteria as the synthetic powerhouse for soft materials synthesis and features the self-assembly behavior of these biologically-inspired materials for potential use in therapeutic delivery and regenerative medicine.
Block copolymer/nanoparticle (BCP/NP) composites have attracted interest because of the unique opportunities for tuning the properties of hybrid materials arising from the control of orientation and location of particle fillers within the copolymer matrix. However, quiescent organized block copolymer microstructures are not
A collaboration between the CMU MRSEC and Sandia National Laboratory has permitted the first large scale comparison between experimentally measured grain boundary energies and energies calculated based on atomistic simulations.
In designing new motile materials, much can be learned by studying the physical mechanisms underlying cell crawling.
A single electron spin in an external magnetic field forms a two-level system that can be used to create a spin qubit. However, achieving fast single spin rotations, as would be required to control a spin qubit, is a major challenge.
Silicon/silicon dioxide is arguably the most important technological interface. With the end of
The interplay between spin transport and exchange coupling profoundly affects charge transport between conventional metals and ferromagnets. This results in giant magnetoresistance and the spin valve
The NYU team, led by Jasna Brujic, an assistant professor in NYU’s Department of Physics, developed an innovative way to tabulate the number of spheres-they created a method for determining how spheres
