CAREER: Fabrication, Phase Behavior, and Directed Assembly of Lithographically Designed Colloidal Particles in Solution

在这个由化学系实验物理化学计划和材料研究部凝聚态物理计划共同资助的职业奖项中，加州大学洛杉矶分校的Thomas G.Mason教授和他的研究生和本科生使用光刻方法生产了宏观数量的定义几何形状的微观胶体粒子。我们将使用各种技术来研究这些粒子组合的行为，着眼于回答有关相行为、非平衡玻璃化行为和相互作用的非球形粒子系统的组合等重要悬而未决的问题。除了他的研究活动，梅森教授还将开发一门新的、跨学科的、本科的胶体动力学实验室课程。本实验课程将使用埃克森美孚研究与工程公司捐赠的大量仪器。梅森教授还将参加由加州大学洛杉矶分校X中心赞助的项目，为洛杉矶地区处于不利地位的K-12学生做宣传，这些学生中有许多来自传统上在科学界代表性较低的群体。

In this CAREER award, co-funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division and the Condensed Matter Physics Program of the Division of Materials Research, Prof. Thomas G. Mason of the University of California, Los Angeles and his graduate and undergraduate research students produce macroscopic quantities of microscopic, colloidal particles of defined geometry, using lithographic methods. The behavior of these assemblies of particles will be studied, using a variety of techniques, with an eye towards answering important outstanding questions about the phase behavior, non-equilibrium glassy behavior, and assembly of systems of interacting nonspherical particles.In addition to his research activities, Prof. Mason will develop a new, interdisciplinary, undergraduate laboratory course in colloidal dynamics. This laboratory course will use a significant number of instruments donated by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. Prof. Mason will also participate in programs sponsored by UCLA's Center X to do outreach to disadvantaged K-12 students in the Los Angeles area, many of these students coming from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences.