Research Areas

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Current Research Projects

• Material Behavior at the Nanoscale
• Ultra-stable Glasses: Testing Paradigms of the Glass Transition
• Molecular Rheology
• Colloid Rheology and Dynamics
• Dynamics and Crystallization in Pharmaceuticals and Energetic Materials
• Mechanical and Viscoelastic Responses of Glassy Polymers and Their Nanocomposites

 

Past Research Projects

• Nanorheology
• Characterization of Dynamic Heterogeneity
• Molecular Rheology
• Plasticizer Effects on Polymer Glasses
• Development of a Dielectric Nonresonant Spectral Hole Burning Capability
• Molecular Origins of the Nonlinear Response of Glassy Polymers
• Dynamics of Small Molecule Glass Formers
• Thermodynamics of the Glass Transition
• Study of Colloidal Materials
• Rheological Measurements of Ultrathin Polymer Films
• Indentation on Organic Single Crystal
• Characterization of Polymeric Materials at Different Test Conditions
• Substrate Effects on Glass Transition and Free Surface Viscoelasticity of Ultrathin Polymeric Films
• Dynamic Fragility of Glass Forming Materials: Rheological and Calorimetric Determinations
• Temperature-Step Liquid Dewetting Method for Tg Determination of Thin Films