Confinement and Template Directed Assembly in
Chemical and Biomolecular Materials
We use synchrotron x-ray scattering, scanning
probe and optical microscopy techniques to study fundamental
properties of complex fluids, simple liquids, macromolecular
assemblies, polymers, and biomolecular materials under confinement and on
templates.
The challenges are:
To understand liquids under nano-confinement.
How templates and
confinement can be used to direct the assembly.
To understand the
fundamental interactions which give rise to similar self-assembly behavior
for a wide variety of systems.
How the resulting order correlates
with the functional properties.
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One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of
Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory
conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as
well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds
and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and
government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of
Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by
the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony
Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle,
a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.
We use synchrotron x-ray scattering, scanning
probe and optical microscopy techniques to study fundamental
properties of complex fluids, simple liquids, macromolecular
assemblies, polymers, and biomolecular materials under confinement and on
templates.
Dr. Julian David Baumert
