The “life” in organisms is due to the specific molecular interactions of proteins, called molecular recognition, that leads to a self-assembly and a large diversity of functions in biology;
Emulating biology, in Molecular Biomimetics, GEMSEC is developing novel protocols towards materials and systems based on proteins, engineered in our labs;
A rainbow of activities..
All to enhance students’, teachers’ and public’s recognition & appreciation..
of the state-of-the-art Science and Technology at the materials/bio interface;
.. for Students to seek career in Science and Engineering
.. for Teachers for better tools for Teaching
Research funded in part by the MIT MRSEC has
led to a discovery of one-way photonic behavior. A team made up of MIT
physicists Zheng Wang, research scientist in MIT's Research Laboratory
of Electronics; recent MIT PhD recipient Yidong Chong; Professor John
Joannopoulos; and Professor Marin Soljacic have developed and
experimentally tested photonic crystals that restrict light to travel
Using small-angle neutron scattering, we investigated the mechanism of molecular exchange in spherical micelles formed by diblock copolymers in an organic solvent.
Graduate student Wade Luhman has demonstrated a route to enhance the short exciton diffusion length (LD) of organic semiconductors by combining fluorescent and phosphorescent materials into a single electron donating thin film.
Co-sponsored inaugural Gotham-Metro Condensed Matter Meeting
Student-led one-day conference in hard and soft matter physics held at the New York Academy of Sciences
Participating institutions: New York University, Columbia University, City College of New York, CUNY Staten Island, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Princeton University, SUNY Stony Brook, and Yale University
More than 140 attendees