Current Projects

Research Project/Thrust Area	Faculty Name
Adsorption of Soft materials under Non-Equilibrium Conditions	Alexander-Katz
Artificial Chlorosomes for Controlled Exciton Transport	Olsen
Cell Migration Through Biological Gels	Ribbeck
Chemomechanics at the cell-material interface	Van Vliet
Chemomechanics of complex gels	Van Vliet
Chemomechanics of defected crystals and nanocomposite interfaces	Van Vliet
Cohen Group Current Research	Cohen
Conducting Polymer Actuators	Swager
Conjugated Polymer Monolayers	Swager
Blankschtein Group Current Research	Blankschtein
Dendritic and Peptide Block Copolymers: Assembly Behavior and Gene and Drug Delivery	Hammond
Die Swell	McKinley
Doyle Group Current Research	Doyle
Dynamics of Non-Gaussian Polymers	Olsen
Electrode-driven Biocatalysis	Sikes
Electrospun Fiber Scaffolds for Medical Use	Rutledge
Enzyme Engineering	Sikes
Griffith Group Current Research	Griffith
Imaging Agents	Swager
Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD); Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition (oCVD) of Conducting Polymers;	Gleason
Invasion of Mucus Barriers by Pathogens	Ribbeck
Investigating the Live Mucosa in Zebrafish	Ribbeck
Johnson Group Current Research	Johnson
Laboratory for Bio-inspired Research	Holten-Andersen
Laser Sensors	Swager
Layer-by-Layer for Electrochemical Energy, Display and Sensor Applications	Hammond
Materials for Cancer Immunotherapy	Irvine
Modeling of Crystallization	Rutledge
Modeling of Nanofibers and Nonwoven Materials	Rutledge
Modeling of Semicrystalline Polymer	Rutledge
Modeling of Surface Properties	Rutledge
Multiscale Modeling	Rutledge
Nanofiber Membranes	Rutledge
Nanolayer Assemblies for Biomaterials and Delivery	Hammond
Nanoparticles for Intracellular Drug and Vaccine Delivery	Irvine
Naturally Occurring Polymers	McKinley
Novel Organization Methods	Swager
Open Syphon 2	McKinley
Ortiz Current Research	Ortiz
Physical Properties of Mucus Barriers	Ribbeck
Polymer Electronics and Molecular Wires for Chemical Sensors	Swager
Polymerization-based Amplification	Sikes
Probing and Controlling Immune Cell Chemotaxis	Irvine
Processing and Properties of Electrospun Fibers	Rutledge
Responsive Polymer Systems	Hammond
Responsively Nanostructured Injectable Protein Hydrogels	Olsen
Rubner Group Research	Rubner
Self-Assembly of Globular Proteins Using Block Copolymers	Olsen
Self-assembly of Polymers, Block copolymers, and supramolecular systems	Alexander-Katz
Shear History Extensional Rheology Experiment	McKinley
Slug Mucus	McKinley
Soft Materials Under Non-Equilibrium Conditions	Alexander-Katz
Synthetic Biomaterials	Hammond
The “Open Syphon” or “Fano Flow”	McKinley
The “Weissenberg Effect” or “Rod-Climbing Experiment”	McKinley

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