Multi-phase, Multi-physics Modeling of Interfacial Phenomena in Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems

Abstract: Chemical-physical processes at material interfaces drive performance and degradation in various energy and environmental systems, such as high energy density batteries, carbon capture reactors,…

Molecularly Architected Polymers Enabled by Frontal Polymerization

Abstract: Materials with hierarchical architectures that combine soft and hard material domains with coalesced interfaces possess superior properties compared to their homogeneous counterparts. This talk describes the control of material…

Statistical Mechanics of Light- and Field- Responsive Soft Materials

Abstract: Light- and electric field- responsive polymeric materials are important for emerging technologies in fields ranging from soft robotics to biomedical devices. However, engineering models of these materials are largely…

Radiative Heat Transfer: From Archimedes’ Mirror to Condensed Matter Physics

Abstract: Thermal radiation is one of the three fundamental modes of heat transfer in nature and its study has significantly influenced the development of blackbody theory and the foundation of quantum physics. Recent advances in…

Engineering with Atomic-Scale Building Blocks 

Abstract: Scaling to the atomic dimensions unlocks new material properties and physical phenomena. On-demand engineering of these new functionalities is foundational to enable the next-generation computing, sensing and information processing technologies…

Unlocking Non-Equilibrium Phases: How Strain and Light Transform Mott Materials

Abstract: Over a century has passed since Röntgen first discovered X-rays, launching a revolution in how we probe and understand materials. Today, advances in X-ray optics and ultrafast sources have achieved few nm spatial and…

Faculty, staff, and scholars are invited to join our Materials Salon series on February 27, 2025, 3:00-4:30 PM, featuring lightning talks centered on one material theme, glass, from faculty and scholars across the university. Through this series, we intend to convene a broad group of scholars with shared interdisciplinary interests in this area…

DNA Liquids

Abstract: We seek to create self-assembled biomolecular liquid droplets that act as rough mimics of biological condensates, and to engineer mesoscopic structure and function into the droplets through molecular design. We particularly form liquids composed of DNA nanostars-- multi-armed DNA…

Harnessing Electron Dynamics: Attosecond and Nanometer Scale Control and Observation

Abstract: Attosecond science, which garnered the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, offers unprecedented insights into electron dynamics by allowing for the control and observation of electrons on their intrinsic time and…