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Faculty Profile:
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Thomas P. Russell
Professor
Polymer Science and Engineering |
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Biomimetics and Bioconjugates |
| Polymers and block copolymers offer unique avenues for the fabrication of nanostructured materials. Over the past decade Prof. Russell has been developing routes and understanding the mechanism by which the orientation of the morphology in thin block copolymer films can be controlled with exquisite precision. This has given rise to a plethora of applications of polymers in current technologies. Efforts in his group have recently focused on: developing large scale arrays of nanoscopic elements using block copolymers having exceptional long-range order and, by chemical modification of the polymer; minimizing the size scale of the elements; simplifying the fabrication process; and, by use of supercritical fluid (SCF) CO2, performing spatially-specific metallization chemistries within the microphase separate morphologies. He is currently exploring electronic, magnetic, biological and sensory applications of the scaffolds and templates that are generated. |
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