Engineering Nanoscle Polymer Films as Tunable Mechanical Substrata (IRG-II related seed)
Leader:
- Krystyn Van Vliet, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Goals
The goal of this seed project is to develop novel experiments and rigorous analyses that quantify key mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer films under the aqueous environments required for biological applications including cellular sustrata. In this study, we utilize a unique substrata material system, weak polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs), and show that the PEM mechanical properties can be controlled directly through modulation of the component solution pH during PEM assembly.
Read more about Seed-V activities in our 2008 annual report
This project concluded in Spring 2008.
New seed projects will begin in Fall 2008.
