We study the physics of soft condensed matter, materials which are easily deformable by external stresses, electric or magnetic fields, or even by thermal fluctuations. The goal of our research is to probe and understand this relationship. The techniques we use include light scattering, optical microscopy, rheology, and sheer brain power .
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Listed below on this web page are the research topics we're working on currently. There are also links to tutorials we have written about some of our techniques. Currently we're studying the nucleation process for monodisperse crystals. By mixing colloidal particles of different sizes, we are able to form binary colloidal alloys, which we plan to study next. We hope to use these alloys as precursors for the synthesis of novel materials.