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  • Ian Morrison, Director of Corporate Programs

    I(SM)2 serves to catalyze regional and national collaborations and develop and disseminate tools and principles of soft matter synthesis, protocols for processing, and techniques metrology. I(SM)2 suc

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  • Richard G. Weiss

    The Weiss group studies mechanistic photochemistry and photophysics, mechanisms of reactions, and nuclear magnetic resonance in aligning media, gels, ionic liquids, polymers, and liquid crystals. The

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  • Edward Van Keuren

    Work in the Van Keuren lab is focused on the study of the nucleation and growth of nanoparticles in solution. They use precipitation methods to induce a high level of supersaturation in a solution and

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  • Steven J. Metallo

    Natively unstructured or intrinsically disordered (ID) proteins are common in eukaryotes. Proteins with ID regions are often associated with regulatory and signaling pathways in higher organisms and h

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  • Miklos Kertesz

    The Kertesz group is interested in computational modeling of unusual intermolecular interactions. These studies involve for example secondary bonds as utilized in the design of molecular actuators, an

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  • Jong-In Hahm

    The Hahm group develops block copolymer-assisted protein arrays, featuring high protein density and functionality, using various self-assembled nanodomains in ultrathin diblock copolymer thin films fo

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  • David Egolf

    The Egolf group performs computational and theoretical research focused on the dynamical and statistical properties of systems maintained far-from-equilibrium.  Of particular interest are granular sys

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  • Daniel Blair

    In the Blair-lab we are investigating the structure and mechanical properties of soft and biological materials. These materials are often found in disordered and geometrically frustrated configuration

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  • Jeff Urbach, Director

    Researchers in Urbach Lab are investigating complex dynamics in a variety of systems, ranging from complex suspensions to biopolymer networks to migrating neurons. Using the techniques of statistical

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  • Shared Facilities

    The ISM is in Regents Hall, a purpose-built science building that opened in 2012. We have established two shared facilities dedicated to soft matter research, and we welcome industrial and academi

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