Soft matter and complex fluids are ubiquitous in natural and synthetic systems. Our interests lie in the fundamental physics and chemistry that determines the structure and dynamics of these materials. Through studies focused on interfacial phenomena, directed self-assembly, rheology and microfluidics, we advance basic structure-property relationships, materials science, of colloids, liquid crystals, surfactants, polymers and biological materials.

 

 

X-ray Scattering from a highly aligned hexagonal lyotropic mesophase Different sequence distributions of hydrogen bonded surfactants along polymer backbone X-ray scattering geometry/cell Non-degenerate alignment of lamellar samples is enabled through rotation of field/sample Shear thickening in sticky colloidal dispersions is controlled by a critical stress Polymer-Surfactant complexes form temperature dependent liquid crystalline phases Highly anisotropic vorticity aligned flocs in sticky colloidal dispersions Birefringent texture of a lyotropic mesophase viewed through crossed polarizers


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