Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials (CSEM) @ California Institute of Technology
The Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials (CSEM) at Caltech, established in September of 2000, addresses both research and educational aspects of polymeric, structural, photonic, and ferroelectric materials that will be necessary to solve critical societal needs of the twenty-first century. The Center pioneers a number of exotic and futuristic materials and applications such as liquid metals, responsive gels, and tiny medical sensors.
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Research Groups
- Seed II Spin and Charge Quantum Transport in Organic/Magnetic Heterostructures for Spintronics and Optoelectronics
- Seed I Methanol Generation and its Efficient Use in Fuel Cells
- IRG I Ferroelectric Photonic Materials
- IRG II Patterns, Gradients and Signals in Soft Biomaterials
- IRG III Mechanics of Amorphous and Nanoscale Metal Composites and Foam Structures
Program Highlights
- June 21, 2010 Quantifying 3D Traction Forces of Epithelial Cell Clusters
- June 21, 2010 “Stretchy” Near-Infrared Metamaterials
- August 5, 2008 Low Density Ti-based Bulk Metallic Glasses as a Matrix For High Performance Metallic Glass Composite
- August 5, 2008 How to Avoid Parasitic Cracks During Layer Transfer
- July 25, 2007 Design of tunable ferroelectric photonic structures
- July 25, 2007 Woe to the Makers of Literal Translation
- December 6, 2006 Active Nanophotonic Materials and Devices
- July 25, 2006 The Eyes Have It