Sierra Space continues to put its Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) habitat designs through the wringer. After ...

Our research program in LC-based, nanostructured polymers is divided into three main areas. The first area is the development of polymerizable lyotropic LCs for the construction of functional, ...

Template-based methods utilize pre-formed nanostructures, such as mesoporous silica or polymer nanoparticles, as templates for the confinement and self-assembly of liquid crystal molecules. The liquid ...

The paper is published in the journal Macromolecules. This advance represents a pioneering achievement in both asymmetric chemistry and polymer chemistry. Polyisocyanides are polymers ...

Antimicrobial self-healing coatings. Nanostructured polymer colloids for live cell imaging and protein tracking. Light-actuated liquid crystalline polymers. Bridgette Maria Budhlall, Ph.D. works on ...

Polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) play a vital role in our lives, yet limited attention has been paid to their environmental impacts. We wanted to change that, so we brought together key ...

On the other hand, Finkelmann has molecularly engineered a family of polymers known as liquid-crystal elastomers (LCEs) to make a material that combines the orientational order of liquid crystals ...

During her analysis of long molecule chains at low temperatures, Kwolek observed how polyamide molecules line up to form liquid crystalline polymer solutions of exceptional strength and stiffness.

Our scientific interests encompass different branches of soft condensed matter and optical physics, including novel laser trapping and imaging techniques, molecular and colloidal self-assembly, ...

Damron revealed that when they printed their films slowly, as opposed to quickly, the evaporation portion of the physics dominated, forcing the polymers to assemble into liquid crystals before a ...