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Research Overview
The primary focus of our work in the Polymer Surface &
Interface Group is the physics of polymers, biopolymers and bacterial cells at
surfaces and interfaces. These systems are very important in technological
applications ranging from adhesion to optical coatings to information
storage to biofilm contamination to self-assembled morphologies in bionanotechnology.
In our research, we use a wide range of state-of-the-art, surface-sensitive techniques
to probe the interaction of polymers, biopolymers and bacterial cells with a variety of
different surfaces, ranging from atomically-flat surfaces to tethered lipid bilayer films
to industrial-grade and food surfaces. By tuning both the properties of the surfaces and the
polymer and biopolymer molecules, we hope to achieve an understanding of the
underlying physical, chemical and biological principles and therefore predictive
power in the design of novel technologies. Please see the links shown to the left for
more details on our research projects, recent publications and research opportunities.
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