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Soft Matter
We study the self assembly of different types of micro/nanoscale building blocks using a variety of computational material design approaches.
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Polymer Networks and Nanocomposites
We study a wide variety of polymer materials, including cross-linked polymer networks and reinforced polymer composites. We develop novel computational and Machine Learning-based methods to design polymer materials with desired mechanical and thermal properties.
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Phononics and Acoustic Metamaterials
Engineering phononic properties of materials and the phonon spectrum is an important challenge for controlling sound and heat waves. Our group investigates phononic behavior of metamaterials for applications such as waveguiding, acoustic filtering, and acoustic rectification.
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Nanoscale Heat Transfer
Our group focuses on understanding and solving fundamental challenges in nanoscale heat transfer such as heat transport across complex nanoscale interfaces, and thermal properties of hybrid organic-inorganic materials. Target applications include electronics, photonics, mircochip cooling, and energy storage devices.
