IRG C
Integrated Self-Assembled Nanostructures
The focus of IRG-C is the integration of self-assembled nanometer-scale building blocks into spatially-defined macroscopic structures. Self-assembling building blocks of particular interest include rigid aromatic molecules and surfactants (≈1 nm) and block copolymer nanodomains (10-100 nm). Theory and simulation are used to understand and guide the selection of molecular interactions to create building blocks with controlled structure and properties. Complex large-area patterns are formed by applying shear, electrohydrodynamics, or confining surfaces to the self-assembled building blocks
Current members:
Steve Chou (EE)
Mikko Haataja (MAE)
Lynn Loo (CBE)
Thanos Panagiotopoulos, co-leader (CBE)
Rick Register, co-leader (CBE)
Bill Russel (CBE)
Current collaborators:
D.H. Adamson (U. Connecticut)
D.E. Angelescu (ESIEE)
P.M. Chaikin (NYU)
S. K. Kumar (Columbia)
D. L. Koch (Cornell)
C. N. Likos (Vienna)
D.H. Pan (Xerox)
I. Szleifer (Northwestern)
D.A. Vega (UNDS)