News & Announcements

Triangle MRSEC Featured on News 14 Carolina

On April 17th, 2012 Triangle MRSEC participated in the North Carolina Science Festival by holding an event called "Goo, Goop & Gack: The Materials of Life, Technology & Fun!" on the Duke campus.  News 14 Carolina coverage of this event can be found here.

Creating Nano-Structures from the Bottom Up

MRSEC faculty featured on Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and NSF websites.

Dr. Yellen’s group has developed a highly tunable strategy to coax micron-size particles to assemble into a wide variety of two-dimensional structures. Assembling microscopic particles into macroscopic structures can open new pathways for producing complex materials that cannot be produced by lithographic methods.

For details please visit:

http://www.pratt.duke.edu/node/3253

http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=123996.

2012 Triangle Soft Matter Workshop to be held on 5/14/12

The fourth annual Triangle Soft Matter Workshop will be held on May 14, 2012 at North Carolina State University.

Process Makes Polymers Truly Plastic

MRSEC faculty featured on Duke's Pratt School of Engineering website.

Dr. Zhao invented a method that dynamically modifies plastic surfaces by changing the voltage applied to the polymers. This basic research finding has a huge potential for applications as a new technology platform is developed that allows the generation of on-demand patterns on large areas simply by the application of electrical voltages.

For details please visit:

http://www.pratt.duke.edu/node/3244

MRSEC to host NC Science Festival Event on 4/17/12

MRSEC will host "GOO, GOOP & GACK: The Materials of Life, Technology & Fun!" as part of the North Carolina Science Festival on April 17th, 2012.  The event will be held at Duke University from 5pm-8pm in the Fitzpatrick Center. This event is free and open to the public.

There will be hands on activities, a guest lecture by Dr. Richard Superfine (UNC Physics), and tours of Duke facilities including the DiVE virtual reality theater.

More information on this event and the NC Science Festival can be found at:

Gordon Research Conference on Biointerface Science Conference 5/20/12-5/25/12

MRSEC faculty member Stefan Zauscher is vice-chair of the 2012 Gordon Research Conference "Biointerface Science" to be held May 20 through May 25, 2012 at Les Diablerets Conference Center in Switzerland.  Applications will be accepted through April 22, 2012.

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&program=bioint

Gordon Research Conference on Bioinspired Materials Conference 6/24/12-6/29/12

MRSEC faculty member Tosh Chilkoti is co-chair of the 2012 Gordon Research Conference "Bioinspired Materials" to be held June 24, 2012 through June 29, 2012 at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina.  Applications are being accepted until May 27th, 2012.

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&program=bioinsp

Visiting Researchers at Duke Work on IRG2

Elisabeth Garanger and Desiree Weller Visit Duke to Work on IRG2 in Dr. Chilkoti's Lab.

North American Soft Matter Community Meeting

The Soft Matter community together with the Division of Polymer Physics is organizing a series of joint focus sessions and invited symposia at the upcoming APS March meeting in Boston, February 27-March 2, 2012, covering the recent developments in the field.

Please see http://soft-matter.us/ for details.

Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics: Polymers in Soft and Biological Matter

The Boulder Summer School in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics has been established to provide education for advanced graduate students and postdocs working in condensed matter physics, materials science and related fields. The goal is to enable students to work at the frontiers of science and technology by providing expert training not easily available within the traditional system of graduate education and postdoctoral apprenticeship. 

For details see http://boulder.research.yale.edu/index.html