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E X P E R T I S E

Physical and Polymer Chemistry

R E S E A R C H     F O C U S

Creating ordered structures called photonic crystals to engineer the flow of light in advanced optical circuits.

We are particularly interested in polymer-based nanostuctured materials for 3D memory storage, photonics, sensors, and photomarking. By employing colloid-chemical methods we produce materials with periodic modulations in composition, structure, and function. This project includes synthesis of polymeric, inorganic, and hybrid polymeric-inorganic particles bearing desired properties, assembly of these particles in 2D and 3D highly ordered arrays, fabrication of nanocomposite materials, and studies of their optical, electric, and mechanical properties.

R E S E A R C H     F A C I L I T I E S

Surface Forces Apparatus with shear capability
Atomic Force Microscopy
Dynamic and Static Light Scattering
Experimental Setup to Study Convection in
Liquid Films
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering (Photon Correlation Spectroscopy)
ESCA
Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy
1-Photon and 2-Photon Laser Confocal
Fluorescent Microscopy
Brookfield Viscometry
GPC
NMR
Elemental Analysis