The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter @ University of Pennsylvania
The traditional home for research on materials at the University of
Pennsylvania (PENN) is the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of
Matter (LRSM). The LRSM is an autonomous entity, with its own building
and laboratory space, which was created specifically to foster
collaborative, interdisciplinary research on the PENN campus. The LRSM
receives funding from PENN and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
support a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at
PENN. The principal investigator on the NSF grant is Arjun G. Yodh,
Director of the LRSM. The MRSEC provides core support for selected
Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) and seed projects to pursue a
range of fundamental materials problems, involving collaborations with
industry and National Laboratories. In addition, the LRSM is developing
new-shared experimental facilities (SEFs) both in-house and at National
Laboratories. The LRSM is also helping to sustain SEFs that are vital
tools for the local materials research community. The LRSM maintains a
broad range of innovative educational outreach activities to the
materials community, local colleges, and high schools. The LRSM runs a
vigorous summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program,
with a special emphasis on participation by women and under-represented
groups.
Research Groups
Program Highlights
- February 28, 2013 LRSM Science Cafés
- February 28, 2013 Curvature Sorting of Peripheral Proteins on Solid-Supported Wavy Membranes
- February 28, 2013 A Lipid-Clustering Mechanism to Trigger Actin Assembly in Cell Extracts
- February 28, 2013 Particle Shape Affects Membrane Bending & Drop Drying
- February 28, 2013 Physical Aging in Thin Polymer Films
- February 28, 2013 Tunable Tensile Ductility in Metallic Glasses
- February 28, 2013 Vesicles and Other Suprastructures from Recombinant Proteins
- February 28, 2013 Topological Semimetal in Tensile Strained HgTe