My research group focuses on developing structured polymeric materials with novel fabrication approaches for applications in energy, water, and environmental sustainability. By leveraging fundamental principles of polymer chemistry, chemical engineering, electrochemistry, and materials science, we design porous polymer networks with … Read more

The Bai lab focuses on both fundamental and applied study of soft materials and nanomaterials, design assembly and manufacturing approaches to enable hybrid integration of multi-materials towards high-performance electronic and photonic systems, develop new technology that can intelligently immerse electronics … Read more

Peptides and DNA represent two of the most attractive categories of molecules for the construction of nanomaterials for biology and medicine. Peptides provide a rich palette of biological functionality and self-assembly behavior and DNA can be used to construct complex … Read more

Given the interdisciplinary nature of our research projects, it is rather difficult, and perhaps unnecessary, to put a specific label on individual projects. In terms of applications, we are researching solar cells, electronic/spintronic devices, dental/bone repair, and cancer curing, among … Read more

Professor Richard Superfine studies stimulus-responsive active and living materials from the scale of individual molecules to the scale of physiological tissues, including molecular motors, DNA, cells and microfluidic-based tissue models. He develops and applies new techniques for these studies using … Read more

Our group is interested in Complex fluids, in essence fluids that are driven out of their equilibrium state by internally generated or externally imposed forces and stresses. Some examples of complex fluids in living systems include macromolecular entities like DNA … Read more

The Lopez research group focuses on challenges at the intersection between electromagnetic radiation and nanostructured materials. Beyond its well established footprint in telecommunications, the physics of light manipulation and control with/within nanoscale materials is nowadays a rendezvous point for solar … Read more

Nature has perfected obtaining robust collective behavior and global order from simple local interactions. The challenge for us is to engineer similar systems at various scales that are composed of many agents, ranging from self-propelled nanoparticles in solution to cars … Read more

Major Honors and Awards Postdoc Mentor Award, University of Nebraska Lincoln, 2015; College Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award, 2015; Susan J. Rosowski University Professorship, 2015; William E. Brooks Engineering Leadship Fellow, 2014; NSF CAREER Award, 2013; Edgerton Innovation Award, … Read more