- 08/14/2024: Congratulations to grad student Zach Gdowski and undergraduate student Sam Swartzendruber on the publication of their paper Diblock Copolymers Do Not Mimic Metal Alloys in Macromolecules
- 06/03/2024: Welcome to 2024 Summer MRSEC REU student Sithmi Hewage (Iowa State U.)!
- 05/17/2024: Congratulations to Zach Bauer for the successful defense of his M.S. Thesis!
- 04/10/2024: Andreas Mueller's work on particle dynamics in a diblock-copolymer-based dodecagonal quasicrystal and its periodic approximant by x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy is published in Physical Review Letters.
- 03/28/2024: Camila Perales Rodriguez's work on Lyotropic Phase Behavior of Coil-Bottlebrush Diblock Copolymers in Alkylimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids is published in Macromolecules.
- 03/23/2024: Emily Ness presents her work on core-shell bottlebrushes at the Spring 2024 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, LA!
- 01/31/2024: Michael Karavolias's work on self-assembled complex micelle phase stability in ABA-type triblock copolymers and related core-shell bottlebrushes appears in a special collection on block copolyemr self-assembly in Physical Review Materials.
- 01/03/2024: Collaborative work from the UMN MRSEC IRG-2 on Mesoscale Network Materials appears in Biomacromolecules.
- 11/10/2023: Welcome to new group members Ke Jin and Mason Kozody!
- 06/26/2023: Mahesh speaks at the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals about group research on complex spherical micelle phases in lyotropic liquid crystals
- 06/01/2023: Emily Ness wins a Chemistry Student Travel Award at the 22nd Annual UMN Chemistry Dept. Graduate Student Travel Award! Congrats, Emily!
- 03/07/2023: Mahesh finishes his term as Chair of the Division of Polymer Physics of the American Physical Society (APS DPOLY)
- 11/08/2022: Welcome to new 1st year graduate students Giselle Campos (Chemistry) and Zach Bauer (Chemical Engineering).
- 10/26/2022: Congratulations to Dr. Andreas Mueller on the successful defense of Ph.D. thesis co-advised with Prof. F. S. Bates!
- 09/07/2022: Congratulations to Andreas and Ashish and Aaron on the publication of their paper collaborative paper with the Bates and Lodge groups on "Tuning Diblock Copolymer Particle Packing Symmetry with Variable Molecular Weight Core-Homopolymers" in Macromolecules!
- 06/06/2022: Welcome to visiting MRSEC REU students Mason Kozody (Clarkson University) and Natalie Steibel (University of Pittsburgh)!
- 12/10/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and our collaborators Jacob Rueben and Prof. Cecilia Leal (UIUC Mat. Sci.) on the publication of our first paper together on "Near-Infrared-Triggered Reversible Transformations of Gold Nanorod-Laden Lipid Assemblies: Implications for Cellular Delivery"
- 09/20/2021: Congratulations to Aditya on the publication of his paper on porous fibers derived from melt-blowing co-continuous polymer blends!
- 09/17/2021: Congratulations to Hongyun on publication of her final paper from the group on the ionic conductivities of salt-doped, broad dispersity triblock copolymers!
- 09/15/2021: Congratulations to Mike Karavolias on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis (in-person)!!
- 09/08/2021: Congratulations to 2nd year Chemistry grad student Emily Ness on her Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award for the 2020-21 academic year! Way to go, Emily!
- 09/09/2021: Ashish's collaborative work on the impact of shear on the aqueous lyotropic phase selection in liquid crystals based on commercially-relevant Brij58 is highlighted by the Advanced Photon Source.
- 08/30/2021: Congratulations to former group member Dr. Hongyun Xu and collaborators Han Xiao and Chris Ellison on publication of their paper "Flexible Nanoporous Materials by Matrix Removal from Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymers" in Nano Letters!
- 07/29/2021: Congratulations to former group members Drs. Ashish Jayaraman, Carlos Baez-Cotto, and Tyler Mann on the publication of their PNAS paper detailing the discovery of the first aqueous lyotropic dodecagonal quasicrystal
- 07/12/2021: Congratulations to group member Beth Dewing on the successful defense of her Chemistry Ph.D. thesis!!
- 06/21/2021: Congratulations to group member Aditya Banerji on the successful defense of his Chemical Engineering Ph.D. thesis!!
- 04/22/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and Andreas and collaborators in the Bates Group on publication of our paper re-evaluating the phase behavior of a PEP-PDMS diblock that reveals the formation of Frank-Kasper phases and epitaxial quasicrystal growth
- 04/16/2021: Welcome to new postdoc Dr. Dylan Steer!
- 04/20/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and collaborators Connor Valentine and Prof. Lynn Walker (Carnegie-Mellon U.) on publication of our paper on shear-modulated phase transitions in Brij 58 lyotropic liquid crystals
- 04/19/2021: Congratulations to Andreas Mueller on his receipt of a 2021-2022 UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship!
- 03/03/2021: Congratulations to Andreas and Ashish on the publication of their paper on crystalline-amorphous diblock polymers that form complex sphere packings with new insights into soft dodecagonal quasicrystal formation.
- 12/10/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and our collaborators Jacob Rueben and Prof. Cecilia Leal (UIUC Mat. Sci.) on the publication of our first paper together on "Near-Infrared-Triggered Reversible Transformations of Gold Nanorod-Laden Lipid Assemblies: Implications for Cellular Delivery"
- 09/20/2021: Congratulations to Aditya on the publication of his paper on porous fibers derived from melt-blowing co-continuous polymer blends!
- 09/17/2021: Congratulations to Hongyun on publication of her final paper from the group on the ionic conductivities of salt-doped, broad dispersity triblock copolymers!
- 09/15/2021: Congratulations to Mike Karavolias on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis (in-person)!!
- 09/08/2021: Congratulations to 2nd year Chemistry grad student Emily Ness on her Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award for the 2020-21 academic year! Way to go, Emily!
- 09/09/2021: Ashish's collaborative work on the impact of shear on the aqueous lyotropic phase selection in liquid crystals based on commercially-relevant Brij58 is highlighted by the Advanced Photon Source.
- 08/30/2021: Congratulations to former group member Dr. Hongyun Xu and collaborators Han Xiao and Chris Ellison on publication of their paper "Flexible Nanoporous Materials by Matrix Removal from Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymers" in Nano Letters!
- 07/29/2021: Congratulations to former group members Drs. Ashish Jayaraman, Carlos Baez-Cotto, and Tyler Mann on the publication of their PNAS paper detailing the discovery of the first aqueous lyotropic dodecagonal quasicrystal
- 07/12/2021: Congratulations to group member Beth Dewing on the successful defense of her Chemistry Ph.D. thesis!!
- 06/21/2021: Congratulations to group member Aditya Banerji on the successful defense of his Chemical Engineering Ph.D. thesis!!
- 04/22/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and Andreas and collaborators in the Bates Group on publication of our paper re-evaluating the phase behavior of a PEP-PDMS diblock that reveals the formation of Frank-Kasper phases and epitaxial quasicrystal growth
- 04/16/2021: Welcome to new postdoc Dr. Dylan Steer!
- 04/20/2021: Congratulations to Ashish and collaborators Connor Valentine and Prof. Lynn Walker (Carnegie-Mellon U.) on publication of our paper on shear-modulated phase transitions in Brij 58 lyotropic liquid crystals
- 04/19/2021: Congratulations to Andreas Mueller on his receipt of a 2021-2022 UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship!
- 03/03/2021: Congratulations to Andreas and Ashish on the publication of their paper on crystalline-amorphous diblock polymers that form complex sphere packings with new insights into soft dodecagonal quasicrystal formation.
- 1/04/2021: Welcome to new Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Jaeyub Chung!
- 11/18/2020: Welcome to new group members and 1st year graduate students Zach Gdowski (CEMS), Matt Larson (CEMS), Emily Ness (Chemistry), and Camila Perales Rodriguez (Chemistry)
- 9/29/2020: Mahesh elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society through the Division of Polymer Physics (DPOLY) for "for fundamental and illuminating studies of self-assembly across multiple length-scales."
- 09/28/2020: Welcome to new Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Lucas (Ke) Luo!
- 09/25/2020: Ron and Gray's papers on synchrotron XPCS studies of grain growth and coarsening in a BCC-forming diblock polymer melt highlighted on the Advanced Photon Source website
- 09/18/2020: Congratulations to former students Gray and and Ron on the publication of an exciting and insightful paper into the grain growth and coarsening dynamics of a BCC-forming diblock polymer melt using X-ray photocorrelation spectroscopy
- 09/01/2020: The renewed UMN MRSEC starts with exciting new collaborative interactions with the Bates, Calabrese, Dorfman, Ellison, Ferry, Lodge, Reineke, and Siepmann groups in IRG2, and with the Frisbie group in IRG1! See News Story here...
- 08/25/2020: Congratulations to Hongyun on publication of a collaborative paper with Prof. Sun's group on quasi emulsion solvent diffusion strategies for improving dissolution and tablet ability of indomethacin
- 08/12/2020: Welcome to new Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Michael Hyatt!
- 08/03/2020: Welcome to new Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Liwen Chen!
- 07/20/2020: Congratulations to Dr. Hongyun Xu on the successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis on imperfections (dispersity and grain boundaries) on block polymer morphology and function
- 06/03/2020: Congratulations to Dr. Ashish Jayaraman on the successful defense of his Ph.D. thesis on complex lyotropic liquid crystalline sphere packings!
- 05/22/2020: Congratulations to Ashish and Hongyun on their publication about the student-led UMN Joint Safety Team
- 04/29/2020: Congratulations to Beth and Nick for their publication on high transferance number Li ion electrolytes
- 03/31/2020: Congratulations to Andreas & Ashish on an exciting paper on C14 and C15 Laves phases in diblock/homopolymer blends
- 03/05/2020: Congratulations to Hongyun on publication of a collaborative paper with Prof. Sun's group on Celebrex tabletability
- 2/26/2020: Carlos and Gray's paper on gemini surfactant lyotropic liquid crystals loaded with n-decane appears in Langmuir
- 2/17/2020: Gray and Ashish's quasielastic neutron scattering paper on sulfonate LLCs appears in J. Phys. Chem. Congrats!
- 11/25/2019: Congratulations to Mike, Jack, and Emily on their publication in ACS Macro Lett
- 11/08/2019: Welcome 1st year, NSF Graduate Fellow Parth Bhide to the group
- 10/23/2019: Congratulations to group alumna Dr. Corrine Lipscomb (3M) on her 2020 ACS WCC Rising Star Award
- 8/26/2019: Congratulations to Aditya on publication of Macromolecules paper on cure blown fibers
- 8/6/2019: Congratulations to Hongyun Xu on receipt of an ACS MN Section Travel Grant to present at the next ACS Mtg
- 07/25/2019: Congratulations to Dr. Carlos Baez-Cotto for the defense on his Ph.D. thesis. Onward and upward bound!
- 07/19/2019: Congratulations to Hongyun for her paper on salt-doped disperse triblock polymers in Macromolecules
- 06/03/2019: Welcome to MRSEC REU Student Emily Ness (Pacific Lutheran U.)–wishing you a productive summer ahead
- 06/03/2019: Congratulations to Andreas Mueller on passing his oral prelim exam
- 05/28/2019: Andreas, Ashish, Beth, Hongyun, Mike deliver 2019 IPRIME Annual Meeting presentations
- 05/28/2019: Mahesh runs a workshop an IPRIME Workshop with Prof. Joe Zasadzinski on Surfactants
- 05/15/2019: Mahesh promoted to rank of Full Professor
- 03/31/2018: Beth presents her new work on lithium single-ion conducting solution Li-ion battery electrolytes at the ACS Meeting
- 03/07/2019: Ashish gives a talk at the 2019 APS March Meeting on Frank Kasper Phases in Brij58
- 02/28/2019: Ashish and Diana's paper on Frank-Kasper phases in Brij58 appears in ACS Central Science
- 12/5/2018: Gray and Ron's collaborative work on XPCS Dynamics of a Sphere-Forming Diblock Melt appears in ACS Macro Letters
- 10/25/2018: Gray's (who's being sorely missed) work understanding confined water dynamics using QENS appears in J. Phys. Chem B
- 06/01/2018: Congratulations to Beth Dewing on her Beaker & Bunsen Graduate Student Award from UMN Chemistry
- 06/14/2018: Congratulations to Beth Dewing and co-organizers for a successful 2018 National Graduate Research Polymer Conference
- 04/03/2018 Carlos' discovery of the first lyotropic C14 Laves Phase appeared ACS Nano. Congratulations, Carlos!
- 12/23/2017 Group's work on surfactant–templated nanoporous polymers published in Chemistry of Materials
- 01/30/2018 Ashish's Frank-Kasper lyotropic phase selection paper appears in Langmuir. Congratulations, Ashish!
- 11/15/2017: Group welcomes new members Jack Elder and Andreas Mueller
- 10/03/2017: Group's work on design of nanoporous proton conductors led by Gray published in J .Phys. Chem. B
- 06/05/2017: Mahanthappa Group welcomes MRSEC REU Student Diana Zhang from UT-Austin
- 05/30–06/01/2017: Carlos and Gray give Microstructured Polymer Group presentations at the Annual IPRIME Meeting
- 04/28/2017: "Low-symmetry sphere packings of simple surfactant micelles induced by ionic sphericity" published in PNAS
April 10, 2017: Spotlight on polymer research at Minnesota: Mahesh, Hongyun and Carlos (and Beth) get featured in the video talking about the fundamental and applied polymer research at the University of Minnesota.
February 6, 2017: Gray's work on understanding the dynamics of nanoconfined water in surfactant based aqueous lyotropic liquid crystals using quasi-elastic neutron scattering gets featured on the Oakridge National Lab's website.