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CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Matthew E. Helgeson, University of California, Santa Barbara (Rogers), "Development of High-throughput Microrheology to Fuel the Biomaterials Revolution"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and International Paper Company
Location
116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Date
Apr 25, 2023   2:00 pm  
Contact
Christy Bowser
E-Mail
cbowser@illinois.edu
Phone
217-244-9214
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Advances in synthetic biology and protein engineering have dramatically expanded our capabilities for tailoring biomolecular chemistry and materials in human-engineered technologies. Realizing this potential will require breakthroughs in high-throughput characterization to rapidly and efficiently screen the vast chemical and formulation design spaces opened by these new capabilities. Although high-throughput screening has long been implemented in biochemical characterization, methods for high-throughput thermomechanical characterization of materials have lagged significantly behind. Based on optical observation and analysis of Brownian motion in a test material, microrheology holds significant potential to fill this gap for informing rheological design of scarce, multi-phase or time-evolving materials.

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