Multiscale Simulation of the Synthesis, Assembly and Properties of Nanostructured Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Using a combination of molecular and mesoscale simulation methods, we are studying the behavior of a new type of nanostructured molecule known as polyhedral oligomeric silsesqioxanes (POSS). These novel inorganic building blocks are composed of smaller, silica-like units, and can be functionalized with organic tethers |
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Simulation of DNA- and Polymer-Mediated Nanoscale Assembly
Sponsor:
Department of Energy
An impressive variety of nano building blocks - including nanospheres, nanorods, nanocubes, nanoplates, nanotetrapods, and nanoprisms - exists and continues to grow with breakthroughs in synthesis techniques. The application of nanotechnology to areas such as photonics and electronics, chemical and biological sensors, energy storage and |
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Theory and Simulation of Patchy ParticlesWe are carrying out an exploratory investigation of the effectiveness of different molecular and mesoscale simulation methodologies for simulating self-assembly of arrays of nanoparticles functionalized by biomolecules. The highly specific, “lock-and-key” recognitive interaction capability of biomolecules like DNA, proteins, and antibodies makes them ideal for |
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Integrated Multiscale Modeling of Molecular Computing Devices
Sponsor:
Department of Energy
A major challenge in the fabrication of molecular electronics (ME) devices is the nanopatterning of millions of molecular wires necessary in constructing transistors and other devices to realize complex circuitry. Two approaches to ordering molecules into arrays are nanolithography and SA. While nanolithography may ultimately |
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Surfactant Assembly on Nanostructured Surfaces
Sponsor:
Funded by the National Science Foundation under the Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams (NIRT) program
We are developing multiscale simulation approaches to investigate the assembly behavior of surfactants on nanostructured surfaces including nanotubes and Buckyballs. This work has application to the design and synthesis of patchy particles - particles with designed patterns of interactions that mediate the forces between particles |
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Cooperative molecular motion and spatially heterogeneous dynamics in supercooled liquids and glassesOver the past several years, we have performed extensive molecular dynamics simulation studies of the behavior of liquids cooled below their crystallization temperature to the supercooled liquid state. As these metastable liquids approach their glass transition temperature, the dynamics of the individual molecules comprising the |
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Role of Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics and Polydispersity in the Early Stages of Homogeneous Nucleation: Application to the Promotion and Suppression of Crystallization and Vitrification
Sponsor:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Supercooled and supersaturated liquids are metastable liquids that typically crystallize after sufficient time has passed. Rapid cooling or densification can suppress homogeneous nucleation of the crystal phase, leading to vitrification and the transformation of the liquid into a glass. Polydispersity in the sizes of the |
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Materials Digital Library: MatDL.org
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
We are collaborating with researchers at MIT, Kent State University, University of Colorado, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop content for MatDL, a new, web-based digital library for materials research and education. In our simulation-based research on self-assembly of nano building |
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High performance parallel simulation and visualization codes for computational nanoscience of soft materials
Sponsor:
National Partnership for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (NPACI), and NSF-funded program
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| sglotzer@umich.edu | |
| phone | 734-615-6296 |
| fax | 734-763--0459 |
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