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Prior Research Highlights
2001 — 2023

MRSEC Research Year:

(Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC [DMR-2011754])
2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022


(Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC [DMR 1420570])
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010


(Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC [DMR-0820484])
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2023

schematic view of proposed inverse design algorithm
Inverse Design of Mechanical Metamaterials with Target Nonlinear Response via a Neural Accelerated Evolution Strategy
Bertoldi, Rycroft
Rotational multi-material printing of 'springy' elastomer lattices
Rotational Multimaterial Printing of Springy Filaments with Subvoxel Control
Lewis, Clarke
equivariant force field models
Equivariant Force Field Models for Molecular Dynamics of Complex and Soft Materials
Kozinsky
hydrolysis effects on poly(lactic acid)
Hydrolysis Embrittles Poly(lactic acid)
Suo, Vlassak
how pressure-induced thermal changes (barocaloric effects)
Driving Barocaloric Effects in a Molecular Spin-Crossover Complex
Mason
viscoelastic materials have been fabricated from alginate polymer
Viscoelastic Conductive Materials Interface with the Nervous System
Mooney, Khalil, Jaenish
Teachers at science of cheese workshop with students
Say Cheese: Teaching Materials Science through Science & Cooking
Weitz, Hollar, Sorensen, Strangfeld
PREM NTU and Harvard MRSEC developed pathways into materials science-related careers and advanced studies for Navajo students
Partnership in Research and Education in Materials with Navajo Tech: Inspiring STEM Pathways from High School to Graduate Studies
Lewis, Soundappan, Hollar
leading entrepreneurs in the course Innovation in Science and Technology
Instilling a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Weitz
MRSEC Networking: Holiday Lecture and New England Complex Fluids Workshop
MRSEC Networking: Holiday Lecture (Harvard - Princeton) and New England Complex Fluids Workshop (Brandeis - Harvard)
Lewis, Stone, Fraden, Weitz

  

  

2022


Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC (DMR-2011754)

Self-Regulated Non-Reciprocal Motions in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Pillars
Self-Regulated Non-Reciprocal Motions in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Pillars
Aizenberg, Bertoldi
Architected Multimaterial Lattices with Thermally Programmable Mechanical Response
Architected Multimaterial Lattices with Thermally Programmable Mechanical Response
Lewis, Bertoldi
Texture Development during Evaporation-Induced Colloidal Crystallization
Texture Development during Evaporation-Induced Colloidal Crystallization
Spaepen, Weitz
Building Soft Materials Using Surface Tension
Building Soft Materials Using Surface Tension
Manoharan, Brenner
Stretchable Mesh Nanoelectronics with
Stretchable Mesh Nanoelectronics with "Tissue-Like" Mechanics
Liu, Suo
MRSEC-NTU Partnership: Expanding Pathways for Navajo Students
MRSEC-NTU Partnership: Expanding Pathways for Navajo Students
Lewis, Soundappan
Macroscopic Self-Assembly of Binary Crystals Formed by Vigorous Shaking in a Music SLAM
Macroscopic Self-Assembly of Binary Crystals Formed by Vigorous Shaking in a Music SLAM
Whitesides, Weitz
Leaders in Innovation: New Startups Addressing Societal Problems
Leaders in Innovation: New Startups Addressing Societal Problems
Lewis, Clarke, Liu, Parker
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building: 89th New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building: 89th New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Weitz, Fraden


(Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC [DMR-1420570])

2021

([DMR-1420570]
September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021)

Dynamic Speckle Holography: Measuring Small Motion over a Large Field of View
Dynamic Speckle Holography: Measuring Small Motion over a Large Field of View
Spaepen, Weitz
Combining Microfluidics and 3D Printing to Fabricate Droplets in Droplets
Combining Microfluidics and 3D Printing to Fabricate Droplets in Droplets
Weitz
Soft Inflatable Materials based on Kirigami
Soft Inflatable Materials based on Kirigami
Bertoldi, Wood, Whitesides
Large-scale, Microfluidic Methods to Encapsulate and Protect Cells for Therapeutics
Large-scale, Microfluidic Methods to Encapsulate and Protect Cells for Therapeutics
Mooney, Weitz
Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Science and Engineering
Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Science and Engineering
Weitz
Fracture, Fatigue, and Friction of Polymers in which entanglements greatly outnumber cross-links
Fracture, Fatigue, and Friction of Polymers in which entanglements greatly outnumber cross-links
Suo
Liquid-induced Topological Transformations of Cellular Microstructures
Liquid-induced Topological Transformations of Cellular Microstructures
Aizenberg, Bertoldi
Printing Reconfigurable Bundles of Dielectric Elastomer Fibers
Printing Reconfigurable Bundles of Dielectric Elastomer Fibers
Clark, Lewis
Statistical Mechanics of Dislocation Pileups in Two Dimensions
Statistical Mechanics of Dislocation Pileups in Two Dimensions
Nelson, Spaepen
Degradable Composites with Resistance to Stress-corrosion Cracking
Degradable Composites with Resistance to Stress-corrosion Cracking
Suo, Vlassak
Dynamics of Flow Networks in Porous Media
Dynamics of Flow Networks in Porous Media
Amir, Weitz
Perfluorinated Elastomers for Bioelectronics
Perfluorinated Elastomers for Bioelectronics
Liu, Suo
Engaging Families in Materials Science:// Holiday Science Virtual Lecture for Families
Engaging Families in Materials Science: Holiday Science Virtual Lecture for Families
Hollar, Stone
Science and Cooking: Highlighting Indigenous Scientific Innovations and Traditions
Science and Cooking: Highlighting Indigenous Scientific Innovations and Traditions
Weitz, Brenner
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building: 85th New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building: 85th New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Weitz, Fraden

2020

Bioinspired kirigami metasurfaces as assistive shoe grips
Bioinspired Kirigami Metasurfaces as Assistive Shoe Grips
Bertoldi
Pore-level flow velocity magnitude
Understanding Flow and Clogging in Disordered Porous Media
Amir, Weitz
Predictive design method used to guide multimaterial 4D printing
Shape-Shifting Lattices via Multimaterial 4D Printing
Mahadevan, Lewis
STATs implementations
Smart Thermally Actuating Textiles (STATs)
Walsh, Wood, Whitesides
Design of active cell encapsulating materials
Mechanical Loading of Single Cells
Mooney, Weitz
Navajo Technical University students participating in several Harvard MRSEC STEM programs
Building Enduring Pathways in STEM: Incorporating Traditional Ways of Knowing in Materials Research
Seed PREM: Navajo Tech University—Harvard MRSEC
Weitz, Soundappan
K-12 students engaging in Soft Robotics Workshops
Introducing Students to Materials Science through Soft Robotics Workshops
Whitesides, Weitz
Over 20 years of New England Complex Fluids workshops in New England
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building:
81st New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Weitz

2019

Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels below Water-freezing Temperature
Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels below Water-freezing Temperature
Suo, Vlassak
Acoustophoretic Printing: Printing Soft Materials with Sound
Acoustophoretic Printing: Printing Soft Materials with Sound
Lewis
Ultra-soft, Nanofiber-reinforced Actuators and Delicate Manipulators
Ultra-soft, Nanofiber-reinforced Actuators and Delicate Manipulators
Parker, Vlassak, Wood
Mechanically Active Biocompatible Materials for Applying Contraction to Cells and Tissues
Mechanically Active Biocompatible Materials
for Applying Contraction to Cells and Tissues
Mooney
Building Enduring Pathways in STEM: Incorporating Traditional Ways of Knowing in Materials Research
Building Enduring Pathways in STEM:
Incorporating Traditional Ways of Knowing in Materials Research
Weitz, Soundappan
Mentoring the Next Generation through Sustained MRSEC Support
Full Circle: Mentoring the Next Generation through Sustained MRSEC Support
Parker, Weitz
Digital Rock Workshop at Schlumberger-Doll Research Laboratory
Industrial Partnership: Digital Rock Workshop
at Schlumberger-Doll Research Laboratory
Rice, Weitz
Colliding Smoke Rings: Visualizing Turbulence at New Length Scales
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building:
77th New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Weitz

2018

Printing of the MRSEC logo in two-color wax and two-color silicone
Printing of the MRSEC logo
in two-color wax and two-color silicone
Lewis
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Colliding Smoke Rings: Visualizing Turbulence at New Length Scales
Brenner, Rubinstein
image of Crumpling Soda Cans: Predicting the Stability Landscape of Shell Buckling
Crumpling Soda Cans: Predicting the Stability Landscape of Shell Buckling
Brenner, Hutchinson, Rubinstein
image of Using Frustration to Design New Chiral Structures for Sensing Applications
Using Frustration to Design New Chiral Structures
for Sensing Applications
image of Digital Assembly of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators with Spatially Programmed Nematic Order
Digital Assembly of Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators
with Spatially Programmed Nematic Order
image of A Biologically Inspired, Functionally Graded End Effector for Soft Robotics Applications
A Biologically Inspired, Functionally Graded End Effector for Soft Robotics Applications
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Forward-Looking Metalens
Adaptive Metalens
image of How the Cookie Sheet Crumples: New Insights into Material Deterioration and Failure
How the Cookie Sheet Crumples:
New Insights into Material Deterioration and Failure
image of Community College Partnerships: Recruiting Veterans into Materials Science Research Careers
Community College Partnerships:
Recruiting Veterans into Materials Science Research Careers
image of Hands-on Science Labs Inspire Native American High School Students
Hands-on Science Labs Inspire
Native American High School Students
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Raising visibility of NSF MRSEC program
at the Materials Research Society meeting
image of International Industrial Partnership: Developing an Microfluidic Acoustic Wave Cell Sorter
International Industrial Partnership:
Developing an Microfluidic Acoustic Wave Cell Sorter
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Nexus of Engineering and Societal Needs
Partnership between Harvard & UTEC (Lima, Peru)

2017

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Tough Adhesives
for Wet Surfaces
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Controlled Self-Assembly
of Optical Microstructures
image of Nanofiber Yarns Fabricated by Immersion Rotary Jet Spinning
Nanofiber Yarns
Fabricated by Immersion Rotary Jet Spinning
image of Science in Three Dimensions Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
Science in Three Dimensions
Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
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Diversity Negotiation Workshop
image of Spreading MRSEC Technology Internationally to Create New High-tech Jobs at Home
Spreading MRSEC Technology Internationally
to Create New High-tech Jobs at Home
image of New.Mech Workshop for the New England Mechanics Community
New.Mech Workshop
for the New England Mechanics Community

2016

image of an Octobot, which is an integrated design with soft fabrication for an autonomous robot
Octobot
An Integrated Design and Fabrication Strategy for Entirely Soft, Autonomous Robots
image of a chart showing the stages of crystallization of undercooled liquids to improve drug bioavailabilit
Crystallization of Undercooled Liquids
Materials to Improve Drug Bioavailability
image of Graduate student Jordan Kennedy performs a demonstration on the effect of temperature on materials for students from the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing during a Project TEACH visit.
Biomimetic 4-D Printing
Lewis and Mahadevan
image of a new soft structure that uses a meso- or macro-scale elastic instability to generate a shape-memory effect similar to that of a ferroelastic material.
Shape-Memory Phase Transitions in Soft Materials
Bertoldi, Suo, and Whitesides
image of a calorimeter that is designed to be sufficiently sensitive to resolve the metabolic rate of a single mammalian cell.
Development of a Microcalorimeter
Needleman and Vlassak
image of children partipating with Professor Howard Stone at the 14th annual Holiday Science Lecture for an interactive hour on the properties of table salt, or sodium chloride.
Holiday Science Lecture for Families
A Grain of Salt: Isn't it Ionic
image of Graduate student Jordan Kennedy performs a demonstration on the effect of temperature on materials for students from the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing during a Project TEACH visit.
College and Career Awareness for Middle School Students
Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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That's How the Cookie Crumbles...
Science and Cooking
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Nature's FARMacy
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Preparing Postdoctoral Fellows
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New England Complex Fluids Workshop
Knowledge Transfer and Community Building
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Solchroma Technologies
Startup Company Formation
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Shared Experimental Facilities
Aerotech Multi-Material 3-D Printer

2015

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Amorphous Salt
The Microfluidic Nebulator
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Soft Fiber Sensor Fabrication
Multicore-shell printing of textile-mounted, capacitive strain sensors
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Hopping Towards a Better Soft Robot
A 3-D-printed, functionally graded soft robot powered by combustion
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Sensors for Cellular Bioenergetics
Integrating nanocalorimetry with microfluidics
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New Nanofiber Production Platform
Nanofibers fabrication from an immersion rotary jet-spinning system
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3-D Printing and Soft Robotics Workshop
Artemis Project Girls Summer Camp
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Developing a Culture of Innovation
MRSEC-inspired course on innovation and entrepreneurship
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Shared Experimental Facilities
EnvisonTec Aureus 3-D printer
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Shared Experimental Facilities
Andor/Yokogawa spinning-disk confocal microscope
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Ultra-Stable Metallic Glasses
New in-situ method to study the thermal and mechanical behavior of metallic glasses
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Paper-Based Electronics and MEMS
Controlled ink wetting and reactivity on paper yields defect-free devices
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New Unimorph-Based Devices
Using aligned fibers to design deflection directions of dielectric elastomers
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Measuring Concentration Dynamics in Porous Media
Development of new tools to observe ionic concentration in porous media
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Shared Experimental Facilities
TA OSP-ARES-G2 Rheometer
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Start-Up Company Formation
GnuBIO acquired by BioRad

2014

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Electrogels
Electrically Collapsible Hydrogels with Enhanced
Mechanical Toughness
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Magnetic Gels
Biphasic Design Enhances the Mechanical Properties
of Magnetically Responsive Hydrogel
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New Morphological Instability
in Plastic Fluids
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Pull Spinning
Novel Technique for Production of Nanofibers
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Curves Alter Crystallization
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Thermal Excitations of Warped Membranes
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Sensor Skin
A Platform for Highly Stretchable,
Biocompatible, Transparent Sensors
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Inducing Chirality
Buckling-induced Reversible Symmetry Breaking
and Amplification of Chirality
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Odd Performance Under Pressure
Soft Auxetic Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratio
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Printing Tissue
3D Bioprinting of Vascularized,
Heterogeneous Cell-Laden Tissue Constructs
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Impacting Drops
Drops Skating and Bouncing Off Surfaces
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Mentoring Veterans
Building a Long-Term Support Network
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Shared Experimental Facilities
New TA Discovery Rheometers
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International Soft-Matter Workshops
Dutch Soft Matter Days

2013

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Complexity from Simplicity
Very Fine Art: Stunningly Beautiful Microscale Sculptures
Aizenberg, Mahadevan
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Hydroglyphics: Visualizing Patterns from Wetting Contrast
Writing Secret Messages with Water
Aizenberg
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Science, Engineering, and Technology in the City
A Career Exploration Day for High School Girls
Lewis
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Shared Experimental Facilities
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Soft-Matter Day Workshops initiated in China
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Photonic Droplets:
Non-toxic Displays, Cosmetics, and Paints
Manoharan, Weitz
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Liquid Embedded Elastomers
New Bendable and Stretchable Electronics
Wood
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Metaphase Spindle as an Active Liquid Crystal
Experimental Test of Theory
Needleman

2012

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Tough gel stretches to 21 times its length, recoils, and heals itself
Zhigang Suo, Joost J. Vlassak, David J. Mooney
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International Ambassador, Career Development of Dr. Andy Utada
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Soft-Matter and Innovation Workshop
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Microtubules in Metaphase Spindles, Organization Revealed by Laser Nano-cutting
Daniel J. Needleman and Eric Mazur
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Active Soft Materials, Sensing Deformation and Contact Pressure
R.J. Wood
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Active Soft Materials, Sensing Deformation and Contact Pressure
G.M. Whitesides
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Fluctuating Thin Elastic Shells, Thermal Fluctuations Modify Elastic Properties
David R. Nelson and David A. Weitz
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Particles at Liquid Interfaces, Energy Barrier to Particle Surface Adsorption
Vinothan N. Manoharan and Michael P. Brenner
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Fluid Drops Impacting Solid Surfaces, Drops 'Skate' on a Thin Layer of Air
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan, David A. Weitz, and Michael P. Brenner
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Combinatorial AC NanoCalorimetry, In-situ X-ray diffraction and nanocalorimetry setup
Joost J. Vlassak, John M. Gregoire, and Kechao Xiao
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Particles at Liquid Interfaces, Energy Barrier to Particle Surface Adsorption
Frans Spaepen

2011

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Softer-than-Skin Electronics, Sensors, and Adaptive Materials
R.J. Wood, G.M. Whitesides, and Z. Suo
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Universal Gripper for Soft Robotics
G.M. Whitesides and R.J. Wood
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Crystals on Curved Surfaces
V.N. Manoharan and D.R. Nelson
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Statistical Mechanics of Pressurized Shells
D.R. Nelson and D.A. Weitz
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Conical Indentation of PDMS Gels
Z. Suo and J.J. Vlassak
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Nanoporous Structures by Colloidal Co-Assembly
J. Aizenberg and L. Mahadevan
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New Route to Fabricating PDMS-Based Microfluidic Components
D.R. Clarke and Z. Suo
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Soft Lithography Fabrication
New Shared Experimental Facility
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New England Workshop on the Mechanics of Materials and Structures

2010

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Aberration Corrected Electron Microscopes
New Tools in the Shared Experimental Facilities
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Catalysis for CO2 Reduction
Aspuru-Guzik, Betley, Friend
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Creating New High Tech Jobs
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Development of a RheoConfocal Microscope
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Entropy Favors Asymmetry in Colloidal Self-Assembly
Guangnan Meng, Natalie Arkus, Michael P. Brenner, and Vinothan N. Manoharan
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Ferro-Sponges for Drug and Cell Delivery
Xuanhe Zhao, Jaeyun Kim, and David Mooney
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Pneumatic Belt
Xin Chen, Coskun Kocabas, and George M. Whitesides
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Sequential Adsorption Model of Microfiber Clustering
Jayson Paulose, David R. Nelson, and Joanna Aizenberg
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Soft Matter Science Revealed through Cooking
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(Supported under the auspices of NSF-MRSEC [DMR-0820484])

2010

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Spindle Nanosurgery by Femtosecond Laser
Valeria Nuzzo, Eric Mazur, Jan Brugues, and Dan Needleman

2009

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Soft Electrostatic Patches
Robert J. Wood and Michael Petralia
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New Paradigm for Shared Experimental Facilities
TA Instruments Center for Thermal and Mechanical Analysis
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New Ordered Hierarchical Helical Assemblies
Boaz Pokroy, Sung H. Kang, L. Mahadevan, and Joanna Aizenberg
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Combinatorial Nano-Calorimetry on Ti-Ni-Zr
Joost J. Vlassak and Patrick J. McCluskey
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Osmotically-Driven Flows in Microchannels Separated by a Semi-Permeable Membrane
N. Michele Holbrook and Jinkee Lee (Harvard); Kaare Hartvig Jensen, Thomas Bohr, and Henrik Bruus (Technical University of Denmark)
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Engineering the Optical Properties of Colloidal Suspensions
Adeline Perro, Guangnan Meng, and Vinothan N. Manoharan
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From Bean to Bar: The Sweet Science of Chocolate Holiday Lecture for Families
Howard A. Stone and Amy Rowat
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Cooking and Science: A Conversation on Creativity
Ferran Adrià (El Bulli, Barcelona, Spain)
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Tracking Cells in Three Dimensions
Prakriti Tayalia, David Mooney, and Eric Mazur
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Muira-Foldable Thin Films
Jin-Oh You, Radhika Nagpal, and Debra Auguste

2008

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BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard
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Squishy, Gooey, Stretchy: The Science of Making Pizza
Holiday Lecture for Families
H.A. Stone and A. Rowat
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Defects in Thin Nematic Shells
D.R. Nelson and D.A. Weitz
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Biomimetic Thin Film Muscles
K.K. Parker and G.M. Whitesides
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Behavior of Microtubules in Cells
L. Mahadevan and D.A. Weitz
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Shear Transformation Zones in Colloidal Glasses
F. Spaepen and D.A. Weitz

2007

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Rheometer Facility
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Industrial Outreach Workshop
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Holiday Lecture for Children and Parents
Howard A. Stone
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Gender Equity Workshop
Cynthia M. Friend
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A Biophysical and Biomechanical Analysis of Worm Motile Behavior
Aravintham Samuel and Lakshminarayan Mahadevan
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Optimal Vein Density in Artificial and Real Leaves
M. Zwienicki, N.M. Holbrook, L. Mahadevan, and D.A. Weitz
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How Bumps on Whale Flippers Delay Stall
Ernst van Nierop, Silas Alben, and Michael P. Brenner
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Surface Tension Driven Motion
Jacques Dumais
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Optical Tweezers
Mara Prentiss
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Probing Neuronal Origin of Behavior in C. Elegans
Samuel Chung, Aravinthan Samuel, Eric Mazur, and Jonathan Kamler
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Hybrid Structures of Hard and Soft Materials of Small Features
Zhigang Suo
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Fundamental Structural Rearrangements in a Flowing Glass
Frans Spaepen and David A. Weitz

2006

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The P-nDSC: A Combinatorial Approach to Thermal Analysis of Materials
Colloidal Crystals
Nanoindentation of Colloidal Crystals
Nano Laser Surgery
Sub-Cellular Nanosurgery in Live Cells Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Cells on Asymmetric Patterns
Cells on Asymmetric Patterns
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Nematic Textures in Spherical Shells
Microfluidic Assembly of Colloidal Armor
Microfluidic Assembly of Colloidal Armor
Surface Tension Rockets
Surface Tension Rockets
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Self-Assembly of Supported and Unsupported Thin Films
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Public Presentations
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Postdoctoral Professional Development: Cool Labs, Hot Topics at the Museum of Science, Boston
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Frontiers of Soft Condensed Matter Workshop:
Inter-MRSEC and Industry Partnership
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Creation of New High Tech Jobs

2005

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Double Emulsions: Droplets inside Droplets
D.A. Weitz
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Public Presentations/Strange Matter Exhibit
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Enriching Teacher Professional Development and K12 Education through RET
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A Low-Cost and Portable Medical and Diagnostic Devices Targeted for the Third World
G.M. Whitesides and D.A. Edwards
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Biomechanics at the Scale of the Cell and below Using Laser Surgery
D. Ingber, E. Mazur and D.A. Weitz
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Direct Visualization of Shear in a Colloidal Glass
F. Spaepen and D.A. Weitz
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Crawling of C. Elegans: How a Worm's Motion Leads to Fundamental Understanding at the Interface of Biomechanics and Neuroscience
A. Samuel and L. Mahadevan

2004

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Career Development for Young Scientists
Educational Programs
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Fracture in Drying Nanoparticle Suspensions
Weitz, Hutchinson, and Xie

2003

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From Bosnian Emigré to Graduate Study
Tanja Hadzic, (Department of Immunology, University of Iowa)
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How Research Opportunities Shape Scientific Careers
Dr. Nadya Mason, (Society of Junior Fellows, Harvard University).
colloidosomes
Colloidosomes: Self-Assembled Permeable Solid Shells
Weitz
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Packing Spheres on a Spherical Surface: New Solution to a 100-year-old Problem
Nelson and Weitz

2002

Attractive Interactions Between Like-Charged Colloidal Particle on Surfaces
Attractive Interactions Between Like-Charged Colloidal Particle on Surfaces
Michael Brenner and David Weitz
Stress Evolution During E-Beam Deposition of Amorphous Alumina
Stress Evolution During E-Beam Deposition of Amorphous Alumina
Frans Spaepen
Novel Laser Patterning of Silicon Surfaces
Novel Laser Patterning of Silicon Surfaces
Cynthia Friend and Eric Mazur
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CARS Imaging of Cells
Sunney Xie

2001

Avalanche Photodiode
Avalanche Photodiode using Microtextured Silicon
Eric Mazur and Cynthia Friend
Ab-initio Multiscale Simulation of Piezoelectric Response
Ab-initio Multiscale Simulation of Piezoelectric Response
Efthimios Kaxiras and Jim Rice
Fabrication of Complex, 3D Microstructures
Fabrication of Complex, 3-D Microstructures
George Whitesides
Photograph showing a microfluidic device we used for generating gradients of a green and red dyes in solution.
Generating Microgradients
George Whitesides and Howard Stone
Central slice (left) and side view (right) of a cell photodisrupted by 100-fs laser pulses seen by fluorescence confocal microscopy.
Photodisruption in Cells using Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Eric Mazur and Donald Ingber
Side-view SEM images of structures produced in bulk glass using 110-fs laser pulses focused by a 0.45 NA microscope objective.
Micromachining Transparent Materials with Femtosecond Laser Pulses
Eric Mazur
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Atom Cloud Trapped by Magnetic Laminate inside a Magneto Optical Trap
Mara Prentiss
The upper part of the figure shows the computed electron wave flow over the potential shown in the lower part (high potential is white, low is green).
Electron Flow in a High Mobility Two Dimensional Electron Gas
Eric Heller and Robert Westervelt
The upper part of the figure shows the computed electron wave flow over the potential shown in the lower part (high potential is white, low is green).
Fluctuating Spin g-tensor in Small Metal Grains
Bertrand Halperin
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Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy and Spectroscopy. BEEM/BEES.
Venky Narayanamurti
Three-dimensional networks of fluid channels in PDMS
Three-Dimensional Networks of Fluid Channels in PDMS
George Whitesides
Optical micrograph of optical waveguides
Optical Waveguides
Eric Mazur
Uniform nanowires
Ultrathin Uniform Nanowires
Michael Tinkham
Micro-electromagnet Atom Guide
Micro-Electromagnet Atom Guide
Mara Prentiss and Robert Westervelt
GaSb Self-assembled Quantum Dots on GaAs
GaSb Self-Assembled Quantum Dots on GaAs
Venky Narayanamurti
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