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Window on the Future
It started with an accidental discovery. In 2012, John West was in his lab when a doctoral student working with him at the time brought him a microscopic image that showed uniform cracks in a coated film he had been cutting with a razor. Fascinated, West—a senior research fellow at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s L…
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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Spinoff Company Markets Flexible Electronics
A new company formed by a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation – flexible, electrically conductive transparent films – that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaqu…
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National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million to ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Researchers
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University faculty members have been awarded nearly $2.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for research over the next three years in biology, physics and the science of liquid crystals. The awards will fund basic research on: How plants respond to environmen…
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NSF supports theoretical study on pattern formation and shape evolution in soft matter
Professors Robin Selinger and Jonathan Selinger have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research. The project is entitled, "Topological Defects, Curved Geometries, and Shape Evolution in Soft Matter." This award is funded by the Divisi…
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