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Key Research Themes
Soft Matter Simple idea; complex field.
Liquid Crystals Where the flow of a fluid meets crystalline ordering.
Circular Polarization of Light Helical structures interact interestingly with circular polarization.
Structural Color How do we get colors without dyes and pigments? The answer can be found at the nanoscale.
Colloids Things that are not soluble don't necessarily always sediment.
Phase Separation We use the natural tendency of phase separation of materials in a variety of applications.
Microfluidics We use microfluidics to enable our studies of liquid crystals under confinement.
Cholesteric Spherical Reflectors (CSRs) Confinement of cholesteric liquid crystals into a spherical shape gives rise to striking reflection patterns.
Polymers They're everywhere around us, but there's more to them than just plastics.
Elastomers Imbuing polymers with an elastic response gives rise to materials, like rubbers, with...
Fiber Spinning Two different approaches—microfluidic wet spinning and electrospinning—let us work towards functional fibers.
Mechanochromism Color changes through physical trauma.
